Kester Dyer, Carleton University

Research

Decolonization media-making co-creation emerging artists Indigenous Futurism Digital Media Cinema and Media

Latest funding

Affirming Indigenous Voices and Spaces in the University Context through Media Creation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Otherworldly Incursions: The Supernatural in Québec Cinema
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$51,056

All 2 grants and awards

Affirming Indigenous Voices and Spaces in the University Context through Media Creation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Dyer, Kester

Keywords: media-making; co-creation; Indigenous cinema and media; emerging artists; decolonization; reclaiming spaces

$25,000

Otherworldly Incursions: The Supernatural in Québec Cinema

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Dyer, Kester

Keywords: Supernatural; Québec Film; Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Film; Interculturality, Interculturalism, Pluralism; Migration, Diasporic Film; Postcolonialism; Film Genres; Decolonization; Melancholia; Haunting

$51,056

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: Decolonization Dear Professor Dyer, 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 decolonization 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 "Affirming Indigenous Voices and Spaces in the University Context through Media Creation" (2022), 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]