Nancy Holmes, University of British Columbia

Research

pollinators public art digital media community-engaged art interdisciplinary research art and science collaboration

Latest funding

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Border Free Bees Symposium
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$21,200
Public art pollinator pastures: new models of creative community engagement for sustainable environmental impact
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$197,500

From Catastrophe to Community: A People's History of Climate Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: environmental humanities; oral history; creative nonfiction; testimony journalism; museum curation; trauma-informed practice; human rights-based approach; regenerative design; community-engaged research; climate change; policy justice

$20,000

Border Free Bees Symposium

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Holmes, Nancy S.

Keywords: pollinators; public art; digital media; community-engaged art; interdisciplinary research; art and science collaboration

$21,200

Public art pollinator pastures: new models of creative community engagement for sustainable environmental impact

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Cartiere, Cameron

Keywords: public art; community engagement; cultural economics; social practice; environmental art; sustainability

$197,500

Space + Memory = Place: 2012 Conference of the Association for Literature, Environment and Culture in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Holmes, Nancy S.

Keywords: ecocriticism; ecopoetics; sense of place; arts and ecology; creative writing; visual arts; film studies; environmental studies; media arts; art history; green cultural studies

$26,912

The eco art incubator

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Holmes, Nancy S.

Keywords: eco art; creative writing; visual art; performance; ecocriticism; community-based art; place-based art; collaborative art; site-specific art; rural art; environmentalism; practice-based research

$198,000

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: pollinators Dear Professor Holmes, 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 pollinators connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]