Jane Griffith, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

hydroelectric damming Canadian energy sector literature archives museums settler colonial studies resistance narrative

Latest funding

Watery Words: Narratives of Hydroelectric Damming in Canada
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$69,874

Watery Words: Narratives of Hydroelectric Damming in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Griffith, Jane A.

Keywords: hydroelectric damming; Canadian energy sector; literature; archives; museums; settler colonial studies; resistance; narrative; rhetoric; Canada-U.S. comparative

$69,874

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: hydroelectric damming Dear Professor Griffith, 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 hydroelectric damming 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 "Watery Words: Narratives of Hydroelectric Damming in Canada" (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]