Gwendolyn Davies, University of New Brunswick

Research

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Latest funding

Vocabularies of identity II: the evolution of collective identity in Acadian and Loyalist texts published in New Brunswick newspapers from 1880 to 1938
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$116,940
A critical examination of literary ferment in the Anglophone and Acadian literatures of New Brunswick
SSHRC · 2011 · Co-investigator
$62,389
Vocabularies of cultural identity: developing a model for the computer-assisted analysis of bilingual corpora
SSHRC · 2009 · Co-investigator
$36,156

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Vocabularies of identity II: the evolution of collective identity in Acadian and Loyalist texts published in New Brunswick newspapers from 1880 to 1938

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Richard, Chantal G.

Keywords: computer-aided text analysis; discourse analysis; Acadian studies; Loyalist studies; peripheral nationalism; lexicography; comparative literature

$116,940

A critical examination of literary ferment in the Anglophone and Acadian literatures of New Brunswick

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Tony

Keywords: New Brunswick; literature; culture; literary ferment; literary history; regional studies; Atlantic Canada

$62,389

Vocabularies of cultural identity: developing a model for the computer-assisted analysis of bilingual corpora

Co-investigatorSSHRC2009Image, Text, Sounds and Technology

Principal investigators: Richard, Chantal G.

Keywords: text analysis; computer-assisted text analysis; content analysis; lexicography; Acadians; loyalists; nationalism; discourse analysis; loyalist centennial; conventions nationals Acadian's; national identity; cultural identity

$36,156

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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