Marie-Pier Boucher, University of Toronto

Research

Communication Infrastructures Telecommunications Space Media Democratization of Space Technology Hybrid &amp Participatory Design Urbanism Future Cities

Latest funding

Outer Space & the City: Cohabitation Strategies with Interplanetary Infrastructures
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$54,988
Membranes en action : création multidisciplinaire d'interfaces durables entre collectivités, milieux écologiques et environnement bâti
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$74,706

All 2 grants and awards

Outer Space & the City: Cohabitation Strategies with Interplanetary Infrastructures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boucher, Marie-Pier

Keywords: Communication Infrastructures; Telecommunications; Space Media; Democratization of Space Technology; Hybrid & Participatory Design; Urbanism; Future Cities; Space imaginaries; Ethnography; Multidisciplinary practices in media, arts & sciences

$54,988

Membranes en action : création multidisciplinaire d'interfaces durables entre collectivités, milieux écologiques et environnement bâti

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jarry-Girard, Alice

Keywords: Membranes; Biomatériaux; Interfaces; Robotique molle et environnements réactifs; Environnement bâti; Milieux écologiques; Éthique et esthétique; Durabilité socio-environnementale; Pratique multidisciplinaire art-science; Recherche-Création

$74,706

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: Communication Infrastructures Dear Professor Boucher, 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 communication infrastructures 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 "Outer Space & the City: Cohabitation Strategies with Interplanetary Infrastructures" (2021), 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]