John Shiga, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

sonar subjectivity military media nuclear imperialism ocean sound Cold War surveillance

Latest funding

Ambient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$14,851
Ambient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$46,933
Audible oceans: Sonar and the history of ocean noise
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$50,940

All 3 grants and awards

Ambient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiga, John P.

Keywords: sonar; subjectivity; military media; nuclear imperialism; ocean sound; Cold War; surveillance

$14,851

Ambient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shiga, John P.

Keywords: sonar; subjectivity; military media; nuclear imperialism; ocean sound; Cold War; surveillance

$46,933

Audible oceans: Sonar and the history of ocean noise

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Shiga, John

Keywords: (1) sound studies; (2) media history; (3) sonar; (4) underwater noise; (5) environmental history; (6) infrastructure studies; (7) ecological impact of media; (8) ocean science; (9) military bioacoustics; (10) environmental consciousness

$50,940

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: sonar Dear Professor Shiga, 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 sonar 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 "Ambient Governance: Socio-Environmental Legacies of Cold War Undersea Acoustic Surveillance in Atlantic Canada" (2022), 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]