Karis Shearer, University of British Columbia

Research

sound studies pedagogy literature research-creation digital humanites galleries and archives listening practices sound archiving

Latest funding

Kalevan Naiset: Reading epic poetry in Finnish migrant-settler communities in Northern Ontario.
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$80,873
Re-Sounding Poetries: Collections, Classrooms, Communities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,880
The SpokenWeb: conceiving and creating a nationally networked archive of literary recordings for research and teaching
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$1,784,438

All 5 grants and awards

Kalevan Naiset: Reading epic poetry in Finnish migrant-settler communities in Northern Ontario.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Shearer, Karis

$80,873

Re-Sounding Poetries: Collections, Classrooms, Communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Shearer, Karis L.

Keywords: sound studies; pedagogy; literature; research-creation; digital humanites; galleries and archives; listening practices; sound archiving; Indigenous studies; creative writing

$34,880

The SpokenWeb: conceiving and creating a nationally networked archive of literary recordings for research and teaching

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: archives; audio signal analysis; audiotext; Canadian cultural heritage; copyright; critical listening; digital humanities; digital repositories; interface; literary recordings; literature; media history; oral history; pedagogy; performance; sound studies

$1,784,438

The SpokenWeb: conceiving and creating a nationally networked archive of literary recordings for research and teaching

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: archives; audio signal analysis; audiotext; Canadian cultural heritage; copyright; critical listening; digital humanities; digital repositories; interface; literary recordings; literature; media history; oral history; pedagogy; performance; sound studies

$715,076

Editing modernism in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Strategic Knowledge Clusters

Principal investigators: Irvine, Dean J.

Keywords: Canadian literature; editing; textual criticism; publishing; electronic texts; hypermedia; cultural history; experiential learning; literary modernism

$2,100,000

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: sound studies Dear Professor Shearer, 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 sound studies 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 "Kalevan Naiset: Reading epic poetry in Finnish migrant-settler communities in Northern Ontario." (2026), 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]