Melissa Twance, Lakehead University

Latest funding

The Arts Transformed: A Scoping Review of Digital Storytelling as a Tool to Illuminate Lived Experiences and Amplify Voices of Equity-deserving Populations
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$29,990
Indigegogy
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$45,000

All 2 grants and awards

The Arts Transformed: A Scoping Review of Digital Storytelling as a Tool to Illuminate Lived Experiences and Amplify Voices of Equity-deserving Populations

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Knowledge Synthesis Grants

Principal investigators: Geraldina Costa, Idevania

$29,990

Indigegogy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Twance, Melissa

$45,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2023

Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Twance, 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 "Indigegogy" (2023), 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]