Jennifer Douglas, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest funding

Archives 4.0: Artificial Intelligence for Trust in Records and Archives
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$997,826
Getting at the Heart of the File: Toward a Person Centred Theory of Archival Care
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$98,549
Conceptualizing Recordkeeping as Grief Work: Implications for Archival Theory and Practice
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$61,584

No publications available.

Archives 4.0: Artificial Intelligence for Trust in Records and Archives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: public records; artificial intelligence; AI; records classification; records reliability; records authenticity; records use; records management; archival appraisal; archival description; archival access; visualization; machine learning

$997,826

Getting at the Heart of the File: Toward a Person Centred Theory of Archival Care

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Douglas, Jennifer L.

Keywords: archival theory; personal archives; intimate archives; archival creators; care

$98,549

Conceptualizing Recordkeeping as Grief Work: Implications for Archival Theory and Practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Douglas, Jennifer

Keywords: (1) Personal recordkeeping; (2) Personal archives; (3) Archival theory; (4) Grief; (5) Grief work; (6) Affect; (7) Continuing bonds

$61,584

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 Douglas, 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 "Getting at the Heart of the File: Toward a Person Centred Theory of Archival Care" (2020), 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]