Patrick McCurdy, University of Ottawa

Research

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Latest funding

Greenwashing and the Energy Transition: A Framework for Assessing Net Zero Communication in the Canadian Oil Sands Sector
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$68,583
A tar sands tale: a critical study into the events and mediatized legacy surrounding the banned CBC docudrama 'tar sands' and the holding power of fossil fuels over the social imagination
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$55,362
MediaToil: Examining the evolution and struggle over the mediated representation of Canada’s oil sands
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$67,135

All 3 grants and awards

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Greenwashing and the Energy Transition: A Framework for Assessing Net Zero Communication in the Canadian Oil Sands Sector

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McCurdy, Patrick

Keywords: environmental communication; oil sands; net zero; greenwashing; document analysis; thematic coding; greenhouse gas emissions; climate change; environmental; social & governance (esg); climate delay; public relations; energy humanities

$68,583

A tar sands tale: a critical study into the events and mediatized legacy surrounding the banned CBC docudrama 'tar sands' and the holding power of fossil fuels over the social imagination

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McCurdy, Patrick

Keywords: media studies; communications; qualitative analysis; mediatization; CBC; environmental communication; oil sands; tar sands; energy humanities; docudrama; libel; defamation; Peter Lougheed; Alberta

$55,362

MediaToil: Examining the evolution and struggle over the mediated representation of Canada’s oil sands

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McCurdy, Patrick

Keywords: media studies; communications; media framming; qualitative analysis; mediatization; social movements; environmental communication; visualization; oil sands; tar sands

$67,135

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 McCurdy, 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 "Greenwashing and the Energy Transition: A Framework for Assessing Net Zero Communication in the Canadian Oil Sands Sector" (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]