John Kirk, Dalhousie University

Research

Cuba international relations Latin America public policy knowledge exchange ecology gender race

Latest funding

Cuba At 60: Current Challenges, Future Prospects
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Canada and Cuba: Friends of Convenience?
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
$91,813
Lessons from Cuban medical internationalism
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$97,172

Cuba At 60: Current Challenges, Future Prospects

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kirk, John M.

Keywords: Cuba; international relations; Latin America; public policy; knowledge exchange; ecology; gender; race; multi-disciplinary

$25,000

Canada and Cuba: Friends of Convenience?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: Canadian-Cuban relations; history of Canadian NGOs; Cuban culture in Canada; popular diplomacies; people-to-people relations

$91,813

Lessons from Cuban medical internationalism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kirk, John M.

Keywords: medical aid to Latin America; the Caribbean; Africa; Cuban diplomacy; sustainable development models; public health results of Cuban aid

$97,172

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: Cuba Dear Professor Kirk, 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 cuba 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 "Cuba At 60: Current Challenges, Future Prospects" (2019), 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]