Karen Dubinsky, Queen's University

Research

Canadian-Cuban relations history of Canadian NGOs Cuban culture in Canada popular diplomacies people-to-people relations Cuban immigration history Cuban Canadian music history Cuban Canadian diaspora

Latest funding

Cuban Roots on Canadian Soil - A History of Cuban Musicians in Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$79,272
Canada and Cuba: Friends of Convenience?
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$91,813
Children, ideology and iconography: how babies rule the world
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$36,000

All 5 grants and awards

Cuban Roots on Canadian Soil - A History of Cuban Musicians in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: Cuban immigration history; Cuban Canadian music history; Cuban Canadian diaspora

$79,272

Canada and Cuba: Friends of Convenience?

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: Canadian-Cuban relations; history of Canadian NGOs; Cuban culture in Canada; popular diplomacies; people-to-people relations

$91,813

Children, ideology and iconography: how babies rule the world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: history of children and political iconography; global history of child images

$36,000

New World coming: The 1960s and the Shaping of Global Consciouness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: globalization; 1960s; decolinization; counterculture; youth; social identities; environmental consiousness

$35,000

Babies without borders: a history of interracial and international adoption

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Dubinsky, Karen E.

Keywords: adoption history; family history; race and gender history; cultural history

$73,761

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: Canadian-Cuban relations Dear Professor Dubinsky, 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 canadian-cuban relations 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 "Cuban Roots on Canadian Soil - A History of Cuban Musicians in Canada" (2025), 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]