Rebecca Woods, University of Toronto

Research

climate change extinction environmental history theatre pedagogy Animals Natural History Material Culture of Science

Latest funding

Exploring the Histories and Futures of Extinction with Young Audiences
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,980
Fossils, Flesh, and Frozen Mammoths: Movement and Method in the History of Nartural History
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000

All 2 grants and awards

Exploring the Histories and Futures of Extinction with Young Audiences

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Woods, Rebecca J.H.

Keywords: climate change; extinction; environmental history; theatre; pedagogy

$24,980

Fossils, Flesh, and Frozen Mammoths: Movement and Method in the History of Nartural History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Woods, Rebecca

Keywords: Animals; Natural History; Material Culture of Science; Environment; the Arctic; Climate; Pleistocene

$50,000

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: climate change Dear Professor Woods, 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 climate change 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 "Exploring the Histories and Futures of Extinction with Young Audiences" (2022), 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]