Hannah McElgunn, Queen's University

Research

traditional ecological knowledge Language Reclamation Indigenous Information Sovereignty Restorying Community-Engaged Methodologies Oral history seed keeping and food sovereignty museums and archives

Latest funding

(Re)storying Hopi Ethnobotanical Knowledge: A collaborative approach to oral history
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$67,587
Restoring Community Connections and Restorying the Collections: Women's Perspectives on Hopi Seeds
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$29,675

All 2 grants and awards

(Re)storying Hopi Ethnobotanical Knowledge: A collaborative approach to oral history

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McElgunn, Hannah

Keywords: Language Reclamation; Indigenous Information Sovereignty; Traditional Ecological Knowledge; Restorying; Community-Engaged Methodologies; Oral history

$67,587

Restoring Community Connections and Restorying the Collections: Women's Perspectives on Hopi Seeds

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: McElgunn, Hannah R.

Keywords: traditional ecological knowledge; seed keeping and food sovereignty; museums and archives; gender; community-engaged partnership

$29,675

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: traditional ecological knowledge Dear Professor McElgunn, 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 traditional ecological knowledge 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 "(Re)storying Hopi Ethnobotanical Knowledge: A collaborative approach to oral history" (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]