Alia Weston, OCAD University

Research

policy advocacy community arts youth engagement equity-seeking communities policy equity arts for social change cultural equity artist-researchers

Latest funding

relationships, reciprocity, exchange: Indigenous and BPOC relationality and accountability within Indigenous territories
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$156,625
relationships, reciprocity, exchange: Indigenous and BPOC relationality and accountability within Indigenous territories
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$84,896
ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$212,450

All 5 grants and awards

relationships, reciprocity, exchange: Indigenous and BPOC relationality and accountability within Indigenous territories

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Morrissette, Suzanne N.

Keywords: decolonization; colonial studies; Indigenous studies; research-creation; art practice

$156,625

relationships, reciprocity, exchange: Indigenous and BPOC relationality and accountability within Indigenous territories

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Morrissette, Suzanne N.

Keywords: decolonization; colonial studies; Indigenous studies; research-creation; art practice

$84,896

ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: Weston, Alia

Keywords: community arts; youth engagement; policy advocacy; equity-seeking communities; policy equity; arts for social change

$212,450

ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: Weston, Alia

Keywords: community arts; youth engagement; policy advocacy; equity-seeking communities; policy equity; arts for social change

$158,080

Co-Designing a sustainable system for delivering menstrual hygiene management in a low-resource community in Zimbabwe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Weston, Alia

Keywords: community development; women's economic empowerment; menstrual health management; sustainability

$24,998

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: policy advocacy Dear Professor Weston, 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 policy advocacy 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 "ReAct, ReCreate, ReVision: Youth Arts Advocacy for Equitable Cultural Policy" (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]