Ajay Heble, University of Guelph

Research

community development research improvisation situated knowledges Quebec music fine art literature

Latest funding

Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Devising Place, Improvising Space, and Situating Knowledge: Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$28,160
Impact Award: Partnership
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 7 grants and awards

Improvising Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement

$1,000,000

Devising Place, Improvising Space, and Situating Knowledge: Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Heble, Ajay

Keywords: community development; research; improvisation; situated knowledges; Quebec; music; fine art; literature; theatre; storytelling; culture; social change; creativity; video; installation

$28,160

Impact Award: Partnership

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Award

Principal investigators: Heble, Ajay

Keywords: improvisation; music and cultural theory; human rights; pedagogy; Canadian literature

$50,000

Summit on improvisation pedagogy and community impact

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Laver, Mark T.

Keywords: improvisation; pedagogy; music; musicology; ethnomusicology; evaluation; community

$39,990

Improvisation, community, and social practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Heble, Ajay

Keywords: improvisation; music; community; social theory; human rights; cultural studies

$20,000

Improvisation, community, and social practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006

Principal investigators: Heble, Ajay

Keywords: improvisation; music; community; social theory; human rights; cultural studies

$2,488,619

Improvisation, collaboration, and communities in dialogue: an interdisciplinary model for reconsidering and promoting the social function of research in the humanities

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Heble, Ajay

$63,384

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: community development Dear Professor Heble, 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 community development 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]