Pia Russell, University of Victoria

Research

Indigenous-settler relations in Canada critical textbook studies public history digital scholarship gender studies critical race studies textual analysis interactive exhibition design

Latest funding

Unsettling History: British Columbia's Historical Textbooks Digital Library, 1871-1921
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$98,259

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Unsettling History: British Columbia's Historical Textbooks Digital Library, 1871-1921

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Russell, Pia

Keywords: Indigenous-settler relations in Canada; critical textbook studies; public history; digital scholarship; gender studies; critical race studies; textual analysis; interactive exhibition design; history of education; history of the book; cultural history

$98,259

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-settler relations in Canada Dear Professor Russell, 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-settler relations in canada 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 "Unsettling History: British Columbia's Historical Textbooks Digital Library, 1871-1921" (2021), 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]