Charmaine Nelson, NSCAD University

Research

Transatlantic slavery Quebec Canada British North America intra-regional slave trade Creolization fugitive slave advertisements slave literacy

Latest funding

Excavating the Neglected Histories of Slavery in Canada and Temperate/Northern Regions
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Joe the Pressman: How an African-born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$136,687
Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$534,559

All 3 grants and awards

Excavating the Neglected Histories of Slavery in Canada and Temperate/Northern Regions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Charmaine A.

Keywords: Canadian; American North; and Scandinavian slavery; temperate climate/northern regions; slave minority populations; slave childhood; culture; dress; ethnicity; family; maternity; mortality; population; representation; and resistance

$25,000

Joe the Pressman: How an African-born Man Refused a Life of Slavery in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nelson, Charmaine A.

Keywords: Quebec; Canada; British North America; Transatlantic slavery; intra-regional slave trade; Creolization; fugitive slave advertisements; slave literacy; slave resistance; slave labour; cold climates and slave experience

$136,687

Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Nelson, Charmaine A

Keywords: art and culture, black experience, transatlantic slavery, canadian slavery, canadian history, race and representation, visual arts, contemporary art, archives

$534,559

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: Transatlantic slavery Dear Professor Nelson, 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 transatlantic slavery 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 "Excavating the Neglected Histories of Slavery in Canada and Temperate/Northern Regions" (2021), 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]