Emily Ashton, University of New Brunswick

Research

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Early childhood education Childhood studies Critical theories Curriculum development Environmental humanities Speculative fiction

Latest funding

Imagination and Speculative World Building: Creating Climate Futures with Children
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$22,483

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Imagination and Speculative World Building: Creating Climate Futures with Children

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Tomin, Brittany

Keywords: Early Childhood Education; Climate Literacies; Environmental Education; Speculative Pedagogy; Storytelling; World Building; Arts-based Research Methods; Participatory Research Methods; Project-based Learning; Childhood Studies

$22,483

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: Early childhood education Dear Professor Ashton, 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 early childhood education connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]