Patrick Brouder, Thompson Rivers University

Research

Arctic Canada Northern Tourism

Latest funding

Competitive Surprises in Business Strategy
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$82,354
Indigenous-led conservation for reconciliation in parks and protected areas
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$54,792
'Arctification' in Tourism: Perspectives from Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$18,000

All 4 grants and awards

Competitive Surprises in Business Strategy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Andrevski, Goce

Keywords: Competitive surprise; competitive dynamics; rivalry; competition; competitive actions

$82,354

Indigenous-led conservation for reconciliation in parks and protected areas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mason, Courtney W.

Keywords: Tourism development; Parks and protected areas; Indigenous-led conservation; Reconciliation; Indigenous Histories; Rural livelihoods; Climate resilience

$54,792

'Arctification' in Tourism: Perspectives from Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brouder, Patrick

Keywords: Arctic; Canada; Northern; Tourism

$18,000

Creative economies: exploring the nexus of culture and tourism in rural and peripheral Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Brouder, Patrick

Keywords: (1) social innovation; (2) creative economies; (3) rural and peripheral; (4) community economic development; (5) arts and culture; (6) Indigenous economies; (7) place-based development; (8) tourism; (9) resilience; (10) reconciliation

$65,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Arctic Dear Professor Brouder, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on arctic connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "'Arctification' in Tourism: Perspectives from Canada" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]