Matthew Farish, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Northern exposures: science, Indigenous peoples, and northern contaminants
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$499,888
Hostile environments the nature of American war in the twentieth century
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$77,144
Modernization and social science in the Cold War Canadian North
SSHRC · 2008 · Principal investigator
$52,249

All 3 grants and awards

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Northern exposures: science, Indigenous peoples, and northern contaminants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Keeling, Arn M.

Keywords: Arctic/Northern Canada; environmental history; geography; toxicity and pollution; Indigenous peoples; industrial development; science studies; environmental remediation

$499,888

Hostile environments the nature of American war in the twentieth century

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Farish, Matthew J.

Keywords: United States; military; environment; laboratories; globalism; climate; human sciences

$77,144

Modernization and social science in the Cold War Canadian North

Principal investigatorSSHRC2008Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Farish, Matthew J.

Keywords: Arctic Canada; modernization; urbanization; planning; Cold War; social science

$52,249

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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