Amir Michalovich, University of Manitoba

Research

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Digital multimodal composing to learn: Curriculum and assessment Teacher professional development in multiliteracies and newcomer education Digital and multimodal literacies of emergent multilingual learners Multimodal qualitative data analysis Research-based filmmaking Participatory media

Latest funding

Embracing refugee-background youth's difficult knowledge through digital storytelling in mainstream classrooms: Toward a trauma-informed pedagogical model for teachers
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$97,227

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Embracing refugee-background youth's difficult knowledge through digital storytelling in mainstream classrooms: Toward a trauma-informed pedagogical model for teachers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Michalovich, Amir

$97,227

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Digital multimodal composing to learn: Curriculum and assessment Dear Professor Michalovich, 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 multimodal composing to learn: curriculum and assessment 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 "Embracing refugee-background youth's difficult knowledge through digital storytelling in mainstream classrooms: Toward a trauma-informed pedagogical model for teachers" (2026), 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]