Megan Lukaniec, University of Victoria

Research

digital humanities Iroquoian linguistics syntax discourse Indigenous language revitalization language documentation linguistics lexicography

Latest funding

Tekwarihwakhashonhk 'We are putting our ideas together': Analyzing Wendat and Wandat syntax and discourse
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$50,985
Onkwehón:we Project - Territory, Identity and Social Interactions in Ancestral Iroquoia
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,979
Kwakwendahchondiahk: Building bilingual dictionaries of Wendat from archival documentation
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$74,935

All 3 grants and awards

Tekwarihwakhashonhk 'We are putting our ideas together': Analyzing Wendat and Wandat syntax and discourse

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lukaniec, Megan

Keywords: Iroquoian linguistics; syntax; discourse; Indigenous language revitalization; language documentation; digital humanities

$50,985

Onkwehón:we Project - Territory, Identity and Social Interactions in Ancestral Iroquoia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: First Nations;Indigenous;Iroquoians;Archaeology;History;Traditional knowledge;Linguistics;Bioanthropology;Digitization

$19,979

Kwakwendahchondiahk: Building bilingual dictionaries of Wendat from archival documentation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Lukaniec, Megan

Keywords: linguistics; lexicography; Indigenous languages; digital humanities; language revitalization; historical linguistics

$74,935

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: digital humanities Dear Professor Lukaniec, 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 digital humanities 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 "Tekwarihwakhashonhk 'We are putting our ideas together': Analyzing Wendat and Wandat syntax and discourse" (2024), 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]