Margaret Vail, St. Francis Xavier University

Research

data management research data management digital humanities databases cultural heritage indigenous data sovereignty data justice data modelling

Latest funding

Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) East - Digital Preservation & Databases
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$42,495

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Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) East - Digital Preservation & Databases

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Vail, Margaret P.

Keywords: data management; research data management; digital humanities; databases; cultural heritage; indigenous data sovereignty; data justice; data modelling

$42,495

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: data management Dear Professor Vail, 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 data management 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 "Digital Humanities Summer Institute (DHSI) East - Digital Preservation & Databases" (2024), 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]