Nancy Kang, University of Manitoba

Research

violence, women, trauma, slavery, residential schools, boarding schools, diaspora, borders, narratives, literature, afro-north american, asian north american, indigenous.violence women trauma slavery residential schools boarding schools diaspora

Latest funding

Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$575,000

All 3 grants and awards

Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Nancy

$75,000

Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Nancy

Keywords: violence; women; trauma; slavery; residential schools; boarding schools; diaspora; borders; narratives; literature; Afro-North American; Asian North American; Indigenous.

$25,000

Canada Research Chair in Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Kang, Nancy

Keywords: violence, women, trauma, slavery, residential schools, boarding schools, diaspora, borders, narratives, literature, afro-north american, asian north american, indigenous.

$575,000

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: violence, women, trauma, slavery, residential schools, boarding schools, diaspora, borders, narratives, literature, afro-north american, asian north american, indigenous. Dear Professor Kang, 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 violence, women, trauma, slavery, residential schools, boarding schools, diaspora, borders, narratives, literature, afro-north american, asian north american, indigenous. 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 "Transnational Feminisms and Gender-Based Violence" (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]