Neha Gupta, University of British Columbia

Research

Archaeological information Digital heritage Indigenous data governance Digital geospatial technologies Capacity building Westbank First Nation British Columbia Canada

Latest funding

Building an anti-colonial digital archaeology in the Canadian context through Indigenous data governance principles
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,555
Materializing Indigenous Histories: Community-University Partnerships for Indigenous-engaged Archaeological Research
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 2 grants and awards

Building an anti-colonial digital archaeology in the Canadian context through Indigenous data governance principles

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gupta, Neha

Keywords: Archaeological information; Digital heritage; Indigenous data governance; Digital geospatial technologies; Capacity building; Westbank First Nation; British Columbia; Canada

$74,555

Materializing Indigenous Histories: Community-University Partnerships for Indigenous-engaged Archaeological Research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Martindale, Andrew

Keywords: Indigenous archaeology; geochemical and biomolecular archaeology; data management and data sovereignty; partnership protocols and best practices

$200,000

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: Archaeological information Dear Professor Gupta, 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 archaeological information 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 "Building an anti-colonial digital archaeology in the Canadian context through Indigenous data governance principles" (2021), 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]