Xiaoping Sun, Saint Mary's University

Research

food security eco-security migration land reclamation frontiers farming sustainability gender

Latest funding

Feeding the nation from the wilderness: food, migration, and environment on China's Northeastern borderland
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$92,706
Textual turning point: the futures of 1944
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$7,053
Feeding the Nation from the Wilderness: Food and Identity in Northeast China, 1949-1979
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$37,637

All 3 grants and awards

Feeding the nation from the wilderness: food, migration, and environment on China's Northeastern borderland

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sun, Xiaoping

Keywords: food security; eco-security; migration; land reclamation; frontiers; farming; sustainability; gender

$92,706

Textual turning point: the futures of 1944

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sun, Xiaoping

Keywords: empire; decolonization; race; revolution; enlightenment; neoliberalism; cosmopolitanism; people; civilian relief

$7,053

Feeding the Nation from the Wilderness: Food and Identity in Northeast China, 1949-1979

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Sun, Xiaoping

Keywords: (1) Beidahuang; (2) veterans; (3) land reclamation; (4) migration; (5) food; (6) identity; (7) affect; (8) gender; (9) environment; (10) settler society

$37,637

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: food security Dear Professor Sun, 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 food security 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]