Shannon Bassett, Laurentian University

Research

historic and cultural urban landscape ecological urbanism urban and community design + participatory planning sustainability+resiliency Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) systems the SMART City public space design prototyping

Latest funding

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$499,172
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$998,657
Reducing Risk, Raising Resilience: Recovering the Public Spaces of Shahjahanabad through Participatory Conservation and Ecological Urbanism
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$60,000

All 3 grants and awards

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$499,172

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$998,657

Reducing Risk, Raising Resilience: Recovering the Public Spaces of Shahjahanabad through Participatory Conservation and Ecological Urbanism

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bassett, Shannon

Keywords: historic and cultural urban landscape; ecological urbanism; urban and community design + participatory planning; sustainability+resiliency; Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) systems; the SMART City; public space; design prototyping; mapping and visualizing data; feminist geography

$60,000

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: historic and cultural urban landscape Dear Professor Bassett, 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 historic and cultural urban landscape 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 "Reducing Risk, Raising Resilience: Recovering the Public Spaces of Shahjahanabad through Participatory Conservation and Ecological Urbanism" (2021), 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]