Anita Girvan, University of British Columbia

Research

Cultural production of landscape E-race-sures Renovictions Reclamations Canadian nation-building White settler colonialism Northwest passage Railway images

Latest funding

e-Race-sures, Renovictions, and Reclamations: Cultural-Material Production in Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$28,449

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e-Race-sures, Renovictions, and Reclamations: Cultural-Material Production in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Girvan, Anita

Keywords: Cultural production of landscape; E-race-sures; Renovictions; Reclamations; Canadian nation-building; White settler colonialism; Northwest passage; Railway images; Indigenous presence; Black presence

$28,449

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: Cultural production of landscape Dear Professor Girvan, 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 cultural production of landscape 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 "e-Race-sures, Renovictions, and Reclamations: Cultural-Material Production in Canada" (2021), 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]