Kailin Wright, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

Canadian theatre Canadian literature feminism and performance theatre history and criticism adaptation studies digital humanities (1) Canada (2) theatre

Latest funding

Archival ACTS: Unsettling Performance Histories in Atlantic Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$74,344
No Mother, No Nation: Performing Reproductive Justice and the Future
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$8,028
No Mother, No Nation: Performing Reproductive Justice and the Future
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$52,422

All 5 grants and awards

Archival ACTS: Unsettling Performance Histories in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Wright, Kailin

$74,344

No Mother, No Nation: Performing Reproductive Justice and the Future

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wright, Kailin

Keywords: Canadian theatre; Canadian literature; feminism and performance; theatre history and criticism; adaptation studies; digital humanities

$8,028

No Mother, No Nation: Performing Reproductive Justice and the Future

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wright, Kailin

Keywords: Canadian theatre; Canadian literature; feminism and performance; theatre history and criticism; adaptation studies; digital humanities

$52,422

No Baby, No Future: Performing Pregnancy Loss in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wright, Kailin

Keywords: (1) Canada; (2) theatre; (3) performance; (4) pregnancy; (5) reproduction; (6) futurity; (7) intersectional feminism; (8) Indigenous women; (9) race; (10) motherhood

$34,034

Editing modernism in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2007Strategic Knowledge Clusters

Principal investigators: Irvine, Dean J.

Keywords: Canadian literature; editing; textual criticism; publishing; electronic texts; hypermedia; cultural history; experiential learning; literary modernism

$2,100,000

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: Canadian theatre Dear Professor Wright, 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 canadian theatre 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 "Archival ACTS: Unsettling Performance Histories in Atlantic Canada" (2026), 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]