Penny Bryden, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

Canada's Constitutional Culture: A Story We Tell Ourselves
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$118,333
The Power of Ideas: National Identity and Pierre Trudeau's Peace Initiative
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$98,428
Dirty money, secret sex: understanding the evolution of political scandal in Canada
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$70,788

All 5 grants and awards

No publications available.

Canada's Constitutional Culture: A Story We Tell Ourselves

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bryden, Penny E.

$118,333

The Power of Ideas: National Identity and Pierre Trudeau's Peace Initiative

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blake, Raymond B.

Keywords: Pierre Trudeau; national identity; biography; Canada; public policy; foreign policy; leadership; Prime Ministers; bureaucracy; politics; peace studies

$98,428

Dirty money, secret sex: understanding the evolution of political scandal in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bryden, Penny E.

Keywords: Canada; political history; scandal; transnational scandal; financial scandal; sex scandal; espionage; parliamentary history; political ethics

$70,788

The Confederation Debates, 1865-1949

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Lackenbauer, P. Whitney

Keywords: confederation; Aboriginal Canadians; Canadian history; digitization; crowd sourcing

$48,424

Mandarin to manager: the decline of power in the Canadian civil Service, 1957-1984

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Bryden, Penny E.

Keywords: bureaucracy; government; civil service; leadership; public policy; innovation

$75,354

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 Bryden, 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 "Canada's Constitutional Culture: A Story We Tell Ourselves" (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]