Siobhan Angus, Carleton University

Research

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Latest funding

Cultivating Empire: Visual Culture, Chemical Agriculture, and Settler Colonialism
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$117,568
Beyond the Toxic Sublime: Visual culture, pollution, and environmental justice in petrochemical landscapes
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$70,510

All 2 grants and awards

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Cultivating Empire: Visual Culture, Chemical Agriculture, and Settler Colonialism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Angus, Siobhan

$117,568

Beyond the Toxic Sublime: Visual culture, pollution, and environmental justice in petrochemical landscapes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Angus, Siobhan

Keywords: Environmental justice; Photography; Visual activism; Pollution; Toxicity; Landscape studies; Cancer Alley; Chemical Valley; Petrochemicals; Refining

$70,510

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 Dear Professor Angus, 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 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 "Cultivating Empire: Visual Culture, Chemical Agriculture, and Settler Colonialism" (2025), 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]