Greg Bak, University of Manitoba

Research

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Archival decolonization Digital archives (current practice and history)Histories of digital culture(s)Archives and public memory

Latest funding

Archives as Research Infrastructure: Understanding the Impact and Effects of Research-Based Decision Making by Archivists
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$95,328
Usenet as a Historical and Diachronic Corpus
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$394,530
Building on a Global Stage: Transnationalism and Mid-Century Canadian Architecture
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$60,000

All 4 grants and awards

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Archives as Research Infrastructure: Understanding the Impact and Effects of Research-Based Decision Making by Archivists

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bak, Greg S.

$95,328

Usenet as a Historical and Diachronic Corpus

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Miller, Tristan

$394,530

Building on a Global Stage: Transnationalism and Mid-Century Canadian Architecture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Filek, Katie

Keywords: architecture; architectural history; canada; transnationalism; media; technology; global history

$60,000

Archives 4.0: Artificial Intelligence for Trust in Records and Archives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: public records; artificial intelligence; AI; records classification; records reliability; records authenticity; records use; records management; archival appraisal; archival description; archival access; visualization; machine learning

$997,826

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: Archival decolonization Dear Professor Bak, 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 archival decolonization 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 "Archives as Research Infrastructure: Understanding the Impact and Effects of Research-Based Decision Making by Archivists" (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]