Heather Latimer, University of British Columbia

Research

dystopia reproduction futurism migration climate borders race sexuality

Latest funding

Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$37,366
Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$4,632
"Wear all the Babies": Learning and Sharing the Language of Babywearing
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$24,972

Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Latimer, Heather D.

Keywords: dystopia; reproduction; futurism; migration; climate; borders; race; sexuality; gender; abortion; speculative; science fiction

$37,366

Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Latimer, Heather D.

Keywords: dystopia; reproduction; futurism; migration; climate; borders; race; sexuality; gender; abortion; speculative; science fiction

$4,632

"Wear all the Babies": Learning and Sharing the Language of Babywearing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Schreyer, Christine E.

Keywords: lexicography; babywearing; language; education; lexicon; dictionaries; fandoms

$24,972

Future Now: Reproductive Politics and the Dystopic Imaginary

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Latimer, Heather

Keywords: (1) Dystopia; (2) Reproduction; (3) Futurism; (4) Migration; (5) Climate; (6) Borders; (7) Sexuality; (8) Gender; (9) Speculative Fiction; (10) Science Fiction

$33,914

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: dystopia Dear Professor Latimer, 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 dystopia 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 "Conceiving the Future: Dystopia and Reproductive Politics" (2023), 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]