Fiona Polack, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Research

offshore oil island studies energy humanities environmental humanities critical ocean studies climate change cultural studies

Latest funding

Oil Rigs and Islands
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$48,882
Oil Rigs and Islands
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$23,067
Petrocultures 2016: the offshore
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

Oil Rigs and Islands

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Polack, Fiona M.

Keywords: offshore oil; island studies; energy humanities; environmental humanities; critical ocean studies; climate change; cultural studies

$48,882

Oil Rigs and Islands

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Polack, Fiona M.

Keywords: offshore oil; island studies; energy humanities; environmental humanities; critical ocean studies; climate change; cultural studies

$23,067

Petrocultures 2016: the offshore

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Farquharson, Danine E.

Keywords: oil and society; cultural imaginaries of oil; energy humanities; climate change; cultural histories of energy; energy futures; offshore; North Atlantic; Arctic; law of the sea; offshore work

$25,000

Traces of ochre changing perspectives on the Beothuk

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Polack, Fiona M.

Keywords: indigenous; interdisciplinary; Canada; Newfoundland and Labrador; Beothuk; cultural history

$24,251

Last of her race: Shawnadithit, Truganini and settler culture inquietudes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Polack, Fiona M.

Keywords: postcolonial societies; settler cultures; Truganini; Shawnadithit; Tasmanian aborigines; Newfoundland beothuk; indigenous people; Australian identity; Canadian identity; Tasmanian identity; Newfoundland identity; interdisciplinary study; gender issues

$49,200

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: offshore oil Dear Professor Polack, 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 offshore oil 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 "Oil Rigs and Islands" (2020), 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]