Daniel Rück, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Onkwehón:we Project - Territory, Identity and Social Interactions in Ancestral Iroquoia
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$19,979
Sacred Sites of the Anishinabe and the Ruins of Ottawa
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$44,991
Kitchissippi Historical Research Project
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$45,858

No publications available.

Onkwehón:we Project - Territory, Identity and Social Interactions in Ancestral Iroquoia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: First Nations;Indigenous;Iroquoians;Archaeology;History;Traditional knowledge;Linguistics;Bioanthropology;Digitization

$19,979

Sacred Sites of the Anishinabe and the Ruins of Ottawa

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Rück, Daniel M.

Keywords: sacred sites; ruins; Indigenous; Algonquin; Anishinabe; publication; symposium; archaeology; architectural remains

$44,991

Kitchissippi Historical Research Project

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rück, Daniel

Keywords: Indigenous; Algonquin; Ottawa River; collaborative research; Kitchissippi; historical research; settler colonialism; environmental history; digital humanities; accountability

$45,858

Indian Affairs and Confederation, 1860-1876

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Gettler, Brian

Keywords: (1) History; (2) Canada; (3) Confederation; (4) State Formation; (5) Indian Affairs; (6) Crown Lands; (7) Colonialism; (8) National History; (9) Indigenous History; (10) Territory

$57,526

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 Rück, 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 "Sacred Sites of the Anishinabe and the Ruins of Ottawa" (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]