Stephen Bocking, Trent University

Research

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Latest papers

History of US Presidential Assaults on Modern Environmental Health Protection.
American journal of public health · 2018
Mobile knowledge and the media: The movement of scientific information in the context of environmental controversy.
Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) · 2012 · first author
Science, salmon, and sea lice: constructing practice and place in an environmental controversy.
Journal of the history of biology · 2012 · first author

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Cold science: Arctic science in North America during the Cold War, 1945-1991
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$19,754
Northern exposures: science, Indigenous peoples, and northern contaminants
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$499,888
Le système Grands Lacs, Saint-Laurent : définitions et représentations, 19e-20e siècles
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$74,722

All 7 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

History of US Presidential Assaults on Modern Environmental Health Protection.

Fredrickson L, Sellers C, Dillon L, Ohayon JL, Shapiro N, Sullivan M, Bocking S, Brown P, de la Rosa V, Harrison J, Johns S, Kulik K, Lave R, Murphy M, Piper L, Richter L, Wylie S

American journal of public health201842 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2018.304396 PMID: 29698097

02

Mobile knowledge and the media: The movement of scientific information in the context of environmental controversy.

Bocking S

Public understanding of science (Bristol, England)2012First author

DOI: 10.1177/0963662510389977 PMID: 23832156

03

Science, salmon, and sea lice: constructing practice and place in an environmental controversy.

Bocking S

Journal of the history of biology2012First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10739-011-9299-z PMID: 21847601

Cold science: Arctic science in North America during the Cold War, 1945-1991

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Bocking, Stephen A.

Keywords: Arctic; Alaska; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Nunavut; Greenland; history of science; scientific culture; field science; imperialism; colonialism; sovereignty; security; human security

$19,754

Northern exposures: science, Indigenous peoples, and northern contaminants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Keeling, Arn M.

Keywords: Arctic/Northern Canada; environmental history; geography; toxicity and pollution; Indigenous peoples; industrial development; science studies; environmental remediation

$499,888

Le système Grands Lacs, Saint-Laurent : définitions et représentations, 19e-20e siècles

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Dagenais, Michèle

Keywords: ressources naturelles; bassin hydrographique; eaux limitrophes; frontière canado-américaine; gestion de l'eau; enjeux territoriaux; pêcheries; cartographie

$74,722

Contested countryside: land use conflicts in southern Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wekerle, Gerda R.

Keywords: land use conflicts; planning; place; environmental expertise; resources; rural movements

$175,091

Biodiversity science and conservation in southern Ontario: historical, contemporary, and spatial dimensions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Research Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Bocking, Stephen A.

Keywords: biodiversity; environmental policy; Ontario; conservation; protected areas; endangered species; ecological science; history of science

$158,112

The science of salmon farming and the politics of place

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bocking, Stephen A.

Keywords: environmental policy; science policy; environmental history; comparative study; salmon; fisheries; British Columbia; aquaculture; controversies

$49,840

Environmental science, public policy and change in the Canadian north, 1945-1990

Principal investigatorSSHRC1996Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Bocking, Stephen

Keywords: Northern Canada; environmental science; environmental policy; social change

$6,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

History Department
Department of Sociology
History, Classics, & Religion Dept
School of Environment and Women and Gender Studies

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Lauren Richter

Department of Sociology

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Michelle Murphy

School of Environment and Women and Gender Studies

1 shared papers, latest 2018

Liza Piper

History, Classics, & Religion Dept

1 shared papers, latest 2018

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Bocking, 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]. I read your paper "History of US Presidential Assaults on Modern Environmental Health Protection." (2018), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]