Alex MacDonnell, Dalhousie University

Research

Arts-Based Methods Atlantic Canada Community-Based Research Critical Collaborative Ethnography Discourse Analysis Gbmsm Poststructural Queer Theory

Latest funding

From Isolation to Engagement: Building Community Connections to Advance STBBI Prevention and Sexual Wellbeing Among Men Sex Workers in Atlantic Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000

All 1 grants and awards

From Isolation to Engagement: Building Community Connections to Advance STBBI Prevention and Sexual Wellbeing Among Men Sex Workers in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Sex workers and their clients

Principal investigators: Numer, Matthew S; MacDonnell, Alex; Holmes, Dave

Keywords: Arts-Based Methods; Atlantic Canada; Community-Based Research; Critical Collaborative Ethnography; Discourse Analysis; Gbmsm; Poststructural; Queer Theory; Sex Workers; Social Cohesion

$1,000,000

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: Arts-Based Methods Dear Professor MacDonnell, 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 arts-based methods 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 CIHR-funded project "From Isolation to Engagement: Building Community Connections to Advance STBBI Prevention and Sexual Wellbeing Among Men Sex Workers in Atlantic Canada" (2025), 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]