Ella Bowles, Mount Allison University

Research

Indigenous knowledge Western science cultural keystone species willife management food security

Latest funding

Interweaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western science towards conservation and management
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$48,750

All 1 grants and awards

Interweaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western science towards conservation and management

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Bowles, Ella

Keywords: Indigenous knowledge; Western science; cultural keystone species; willife management; food security

$48,750

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 knowledge Dear Professor Bowles, 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 knowledge 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 "Interweaving Indigenous Knowledge and Western science towards conservation and management" (2019), 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]