Dylan Robinson, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

s'olh shxwyó:yes { } Our Tools for Resurgence: Interdisciplinary Co-stewardship Models for Classical Music Performance
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$436,975
How music renders property under colonial copyright
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$51,330
Xoxelhmetset te Syewa:l | Caring for Our Ancestors: Reconnecting Indigenous Songs with Community and Kin
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$116,264

All 6 grants and awards

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s'olh shxwyó:yes { } Our Tools for Resurgence: Interdisciplinary Co-stewardship Models for Classical Music Performance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robinson, Dylan W.

$436,975

How music renders property under colonial copyright

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nickleson, Patrick J.

Keywords: intellectual property; copyright; settler-colonialism; music; property; dispossession; song

$51,330

Xoxelhmetset te Syewa:l | Caring for Our Ancestors: Reconnecting Indigenous Songs with Community and Kin

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robinson, Dylan W.

Keywords: repatriation; Indigenous songs; museum decolonization; redress; research-creation

$116,264

Kahswentha Indigenous knowledge initiative

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Keywords: indigenous knowledge; indigenous/settler relations; cultural awareness; knowledge mobilization

$25,000

The Arts of Public Engagement: Moving Beyond Reconciliation in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: ROBINSON, Dylan

Keywords: Aesthetics, First Nations, Public Arts, Reconciliation, Redress

$116,667

Beyond reconciliation: Indigenous arts, public engagement, and the aftermath of residential schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Martin, Keavy K.

Keywords: Indigenous studies; truth and reconciliation; redress; restitution; residential schools; public arts; performance; collaboration; relationality; sovereignty; decolonization; indigenization; arts-based research

$499,371

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 Dear Professor Robinson, 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 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 "s'olh shxwyó:yes { } Our Tools for Resurgence: Interdisciplinary Co-stewardship Models for Classical Music Performance" (2025), 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]