Timothy Paulson, University of British Columbia

Research

Canola Finance Capitalism Environmental history History of Capitalism Archival methods Transgenic organisms Agricultural history

Latest funding

Canola Capitalism: Futures Markets and Genetically-Modified Rapeseed on the Canadian Prairie, 1963-2007.
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$49,520
Kelownafornia: Cultures of Nature in the Okanagan Valley
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$68,363
Kelownafornia: Cultures of Nature in the Okanagan Valley
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$207,777

All 3 grants and awards

Canola Capitalism: Futures Markets and Genetically-Modified Rapeseed on the Canadian Prairie, 1963-2007.

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Paulson, Timothy

Keywords: Canola; Finance; Capitalism; Environmental history; History of Capitalism; Archival methods; Transgenic organisms; Agricultural history; Market Performativity; Rapeseed

$49,520

Kelownafornia: Cultures of Nature in the Okanagan Valley

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Garrard, Gregory

Keywords: environmental humanities; ecocriticism; bioregionalism; landscape aesthetics; environmental history; ethnography

$68,363

Kelownafornia: Cultures of Nature in the Okanagan Valley

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Garrard, Gregory

Keywords: environmental humanities; ecocriticism; bioregionalism; landscape aesthetics; environmental history; ethnography

$207,777

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: Canola Dear Professor Paulson, 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 canola 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 "Canola Capitalism: Futures Markets and Genetically-Modified Rapeseed on the Canadian Prairie, 1963-2007." (2023), 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]