Benjamin Ferland, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Music as a tool for promoting openness to diversity in ENSEMBLE's educational programmes
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,207
Canadian socio-political cleavages in comparative perspective
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$93,623
Principle-based Reasoning about Ownership and Control
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$80,103

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Music as a tool for promoting openness to diversity in ENSEMBLE's educational programmes

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Ferland, Benjamin

Keywords: intervention programmes; tolerance; prejudice; music

$24,207

Canadian socio-political cleavages in comparative perspective

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wilkins-Laflamme, Sarah

Keywords: polarization; social inequality; socio-political cleavages; Canada; international social survey programme; quantitative methods; cross-national

$93,623

Principle-based Reasoning about Ownership and Control

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Friedman, Ori

Keywords: ownership; control; social cognition; developmental psychology

$80,103

Representation in Canadian Federal Electoral Districts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ferland, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; elections; federal electoral districts

$3,352

Representation in Canadian Federal Electoral Districts

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ferland, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; elections; federal electoral districts

$36,240

The responsiveness of Canadian elected representatives to their constituents: a field experiment

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ferland, Benjamin

Keywords: (1) political representation; (2) elected representatives; (3) responsiveness; (4) political inequality; (5) minority representation

$38,789

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 Dear Professor Ferland, 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 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 "Music as a tool for promoting openness to diversity in ENSEMBLE's educational programmes" (2024), 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]