Kaitlin Kish, Cape Breton University

Research

ecological economics place-based economies self-governance islands resilience systems mapping community identity tourism

Latest funding

Sustaining Our Island: Unama'ki Collaborative Climate Solutions
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$63,576
Growing Our Own Answers: Lessons in self-governance from and for island communities
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$17,329

All 2 grants and awards

Sustaining Our Island: Unama'ki Collaborative Climate Solutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kish, Kaitlin M.

Keywords: Climate adaptation; Indigenous knowledge; Community resilience; Ecological economics; Renewable energy; Two-Eyed Seeing; Partnership development; Data management; Sustainable development; Citizen science; Capacity b

$63,576

Growing Our Own Answers: Lessons in self-governance from and for island communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Kish, Kaitlin M.

Keywords: place-based economies; self-governance; islands; resilience; systems mapping; community identity; tourism; Food sovereignty; systems thinking

$17,329

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: ecological economics Dear Professor Kish, 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 ecological economics 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 "Sustaining Our Island: Unama'ki Collaborative Climate Solutions" (2024), 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]