Robert Burley, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

immigration keyword 1: urbanism suburb visual arts digital media photography geo-media edge city

Latest funding

Seeing Suburbia: The Search for the Centre at the Edge
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$196,065
The new surburb: hybrid forms in urban and visual culture
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$112,700

Seeing Suburbia: The Search for the Centre at the Edge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Burley, Robert A.

Keywords: keyword 1: urbanism; suburb; immigration; visual arts; digital media; photography; geo-media; edge city; immigration; cultural landscape; urban landscape

$196,065

The new surburb: hybrid forms in urban and visual culture

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Burley, Robert A.

Keywords: suburb; immigration; settlement; urbanism; urban planning; environment; documentary photography; landscape; community; infrastructure; storytelling; culture; new media; house/home; people/place; visual investigation; diaspora; transnational migration

$112,700

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: immigration Dear Professor Burley, 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 immigration 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 "Seeing Suburbia: The Search for the Centre at the Edge" (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]