Letitia Meynell, Dalhousie University

Research

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Latest papers

Breaking barriers to ethical research: An analysis of the effectiveness of nonhuman animal research approval in Canada.
Accountability in research · 2019 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

'Chimpopolis': Science, Society, and the Philosophical Animal
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$59,000
Cosmopolitanism and the local in science and nature: creating an east/west partnership
SSHRC · 2013 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Science without data: the role of thought experiments in empirical investigations
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$12,936

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Breaking barriers to ethical research: An analysis of the effectiveness of nonhuman animal research approval in Canada.

Vardigans C, Malloy M, Meynell L

Accountability in research2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/08989621.2019.1684906 PMID: 31718286

'Chimpopolis': Science, Society, and the Philosophical Animal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Meynell, Letitia

Keywords: (1) animal studies; (2) philosophy of biology; (3) epistemology; (4) conservation; (5) animal ethics; (6) philosophy of mind; (7) feminist philosophy; (8) agency; (9) science policy; (10) culture

$59,000

Cosmopolitanism and the local in science and nature: creating an east/west partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: McOuat, Gordon R.

Keywords: knowledge exchange; colonial and post-colonialism; science and technology studies

$200,000

Science without data: the role of thought experiments in empirical investigations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Meynell, Letitia M.

Keywords: thought experiments; scientific epistemology

$12,936

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Meynell, 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]. I read your paper "Breaking barriers to ethical research: An analysis of the effectiveness of nonhuman animal research approval in Canada." (2019), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]