Monica Prendergast, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$30,369
Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$39,511
Performance Studies in Education: A Polydisciplinary Secondary Level Curriculum Development Project
SSHRC · 2013 · Principal investigator
$65,000

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Prendergast, Monica

Keywords: theatre education; drama education; playbuilding; collective creation; Canadian Theatre for Young Audiences; performance ethnography; arts-based research; research-based theatre; applied theatre; ethnography

$30,369

Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Prendergast, Monica

Keywords: theatre education; drama education; playbuilding; collective creation; Canadian Theatre for Young Audiences; performance ethnography; arts-based research; research-based theatre; applied theatre; ethnography

$39,511

Performance Studies in Education: A Polydisciplinary Secondary Level Curriculum Development Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Prendergast, Monica M.

$65,000

Staged wishes: utopian thinking and radical hope in drama-theatre education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Prendergast, Monica

Keywords: drama education; theatre education; arts education; utopian philosophy; utopian literature; curriculum studies; critical pedagogy; interview study; performance theory

$8,400

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 Dear Professor Prendergast, 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 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 "Youth<-->Mental Health<-->Performance: How Young People Respond to Portrayals of Mental Health, Resilience and Well-Being in and Through Drama and Performance Creation" (2022), 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]