Colin Ripley, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

queer architecture design

Latest funding

Designing Otherwise: Neuroqueer Approaches to Interior and Spatial Design Practice
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$75,738
housed...[un]housed...[re]housed symposium
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$44,560
Stealing Home: Confrontations with design
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$85,230

All 5 grants and awards

Designing Otherwise: Neuroqueer Approaches to Interior and Spatial Design Practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Ripley, Colin

$75,738

housed...[un]housed...[re]housed symposium

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Di Cintio, Lorella

Keywords: Housing;Unhoused;Homelessness

$44,560

Stealing Home: Confrontations with design

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ripley, Colin S.

Keywords: queer architecture; design

$85,230

Stratus

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Ripley, Colin S.

Keywords: responsive architecture; atmospheric design

$186,000

The post carbon highway

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Thun, Geoffrey M.

Keywords: architectural design; sustainable architecture; urban design; mega-region planning; landscape urbanism; future ecologies; situated infrastructures; emerging inhabitations; transportation infrastructure planning

$146,212

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2026

Subject: Prospective PhD student: queer architecture Dear Professor Ripley, 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 queer architecture 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 "Designing Otherwise: Neuroqueer Approaches to Interior and Spatial Design Practice" (2026), 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]