Sheila Gruner, Algoma University

Research

Afro-descendant and Indigenous Colombian peace accords Ethnic Chapter territorial and collective land rights gender development violence conflict

Latest funding

Oral History Performance, Listening Practices and Transitional Justice
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$84,389
Indigenous and Afro-descendant People in Colombia: Peace, Territory and Transformation
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$52,500
Oil fields: oil palm plantations and Agrarian change in the Middle Magdalena region of Colombia
SSHRC · 2018 · Co-investigator
$66,399

All 3 grants and awards

Oral History Performance, Listening Practices and Transitional Justice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sotelo Castro, Luis Carlos

Keywords: listening research; restorative justice; transitional justice; oral history performance

$84,389

Indigenous and Afro-descendant People in Colombia: Peace, Territory and Transformation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gruner, Sheila

Keywords: Afro-descendant and Indigenous; Colombian peace accords; Ethnic Chapter; territorial and collective land rights; gender; development; violence; conflict; displacement; social leaders; truth; justice; reparations and non-repetition; racism and war

$52,500

Oil fields: oil palm plantations and Agrarian change in the Middle Magdalena region of Colombia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tubb, Daniel G L.

Keywords: Middle Magdalena River; Colombia; oil palm plantations; palm oil; agrofuels; Agrarian change; Agrarian political econmomy; political ecology; extractivsim; post-conflict; ethnography; sociocultural anthropology

$66,399

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: Afro-descendant and Indigenous Dear Professor Gruner, 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 afro-descendant and indigenous 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 "Indigenous and Afro-descendant People in Colombia: Peace, Territory and Transformation" (2020), 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]