Monica Patterson, Carleton University

Research

(1) Museum Studies/Curating/Curatorial Studies (2) Child and Youth Studies (3) Children's Rights (4) exhibitions (5) Critical/New Museology (6) children's participation (7) children's agency (8) inclusion

Latest funding

Unspeakable Images: Archiving, Reading, and Curating Images of Gender-Based Violence Produced by Children and Young People in South Africa
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$342,685
Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Thinking Through the Museum: A partnership approach to curating difficult knowledge in public
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$776,567

All 5 grants and awards

Unspeakable Images: Archiving, Reading, and Curating Images of Gender-Based Violence Produced by Children and Young People in South Africa

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitchell, Claudia A.

$342,685

Reimagining responses to forced migration through the Local Engagement Refugee Research Network (LERRN)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: forced migration; knowledge co-production; power; partnered research; policy processes; global South; global governance of displacement; global refugee regime

$20,000

Thinking Through the Museum: A partnership approach to curating difficult knowledge in public

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: partnership development; interdisciplinary collaboration; partnered knowledge mobilization; museums; education; difficult knowledge; public engagement; curatorial practices; Indigenous knowledge; diverse communities

$776,567

A New, Critical Children's Museology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Patterson, Monica

Keywords: (1) Museum Studies/Curating/Curatorial Studies; (2) Child and Youth Studies; (3) Children's Rights; (4) exhibitions; (5) Critical/New Museology; (6) children's participation; (7) children's agency; (8) inclusion; (9) public engagement; (10) democratization

$63,290

Difficult knowledge in public: thinking through the museum

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Failler, Angela

Keywords: partnership development; interdisciplinary collaboration; partnered knowledge mobilization; museums; education; difficult knowledge; public engagement; curatorial practices; Canadian museum for human rights; indigenous knowledge; diverse communities

$168,618

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: (1) Museum Studies/Curating/Curatorial Studies Dear Professor Patterson, 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 (1) museum studies/curating/curatorial studies 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 "A New, Critical Children's Museology" (2019), 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]