Peter Cole, University of British Columbia

Research

Indigenous ecological knowledge climate change Indigenous community research Kichwa education Quechua language agrobiodiversity Global North-Global South collaboration narrativity and orality

Latest funding

Mutual Nurturance in the High Amazon for a World on Fire
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$124,824
Performing survivance: more-than-human intelligences and ecological sustainability
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$463,913

All 2 grants and awards

Mutual Nurturance in the High Amazon for a World on Fire

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cole, Peter J.

Keywords: Indigenous ecological knowledge; climate change; Indigenous community research; Kichwa education; Quechua language; agrobiodiversity; Global North-Global South collaboration; narrativity and orality

$124,824

Performing survivance: more-than-human intelligences and ecological sustainability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cole, Peter J.

Keywords: regeneration of Indigenous ecological knowings; more-than-human intelligences; equivalency of epistemologies; ecological sustainability; community sustainability

$463,913

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: Indigenous ecological knowledge Dear Professor Cole, 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 indigenous ecological knowledge 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 "Mutual Nurturance in the High Amazon for a World on Fire" (2025), 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]