Jason Hannan, University of Winnipeg

Research

conservatism rhetoric media communication denialism conspiracy theory Animal agriculture marketing

Latest funding

New White Saviours: The Colonial Mythology of Meat
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$37,853
Common Ground Canada Network
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$599,088
Transition through partnerships for sustainable diets: Food Procurement, Placement, and Possibilities
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$78,000

All 6 grants and awards

New White Saviours: The Colonial Mythology of Meat

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hannan, Jason

Keywords: Animal agriculture; marketing; climate change; colonialism; disinformation; mythology

$37,853

Common Ground Canada Network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Social Sciences and Humanities Research Network on Sustainable Agriculture in a Net-Zero Economy

Principal investigators: Foster, Karen

$599,088

Transition through partnerships for sustainable diets: Food Procurement, Placement, and Possibilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kevany, Kathleen M.

Keywords: sustainable diets; Canada's Food Guide; plant-forward; catering menus; food environments; food procurement; food placement; network; collaboration; systems analysis

$78,000

Reactionary Speech: The Rhetoric of Conservatism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hannan, Jason

Keywords: conservatism; rhetoric; media; communication; denialism; conspiracy theory

$11,525

Reactionary Speech: The Rhetoric of Conservatism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hannan, Jason

Keywords: conservatism; rhetoric; media; communication; denialism; conspiracy theory

$22,211

Understanding Change in a Diverse Justice-Involved Sample

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: McLaren, Sonya

Keywords: justice-involved person change; desistance; risk

$161,997

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: conservatism Dear Professor Hannan, 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 conservatism 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 "New White Saviours: The Colonial Mythology of Meat" (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]