James Miller, OCAD University

Research

(1) Placemaking (2) Marshallese Diaspora (3) Climate change (4) displacement (5) resettlement (6) indigenous knowledge (7) architecture (8) urban planning

Latest funding

Indigenous Placemaking in the Marshallese Climate Diaspora
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$73,394
Co-Designing Disaster Risk Reduction
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,600

All 2 grants and awards

Indigenous Placemaking in the Marshallese Climate Diaspora

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Miller, James

Keywords: (1) Placemaking; (2) Marshallese Diaspora; (3) Climate change; (4) displacement; (5) resettlement; (6) indigenous knowledge; (7) architecture; (8) urban planning; (9) design; (10) sustainability

$73,394

Co-Designing Disaster Risk Reduction

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Miller, James P.

Keywords: climate change; resilience; disaster risk reduction; design; participatory

$24,600

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) Placemaking Dear Professor Miller, 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) placemaking 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 "Indigenous Placemaking in the Marshallese Climate Diaspora" (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]