William Paris, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Racial Justice and Forms of Life: Towards a Critical Theory of Utopia
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$23,332
ABC: Algorithmic Bias and safety in Canada Partnership
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$69,900

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Racial Justice and Forms of Life: Towards a Critical Theory of Utopia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Paris, William

Keywords: philosophy of race; political philosophy;africana philosophy; phenomenology;20th century continental philosophy

$23,332

ABC: Algorithmic Bias and safety in Canada Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Vold, Karina

Keywords: Artificial intelligence; algorithms; bias; race; Indigenous; Canada; algorithmic bias; philosophy; AI safety

$69,900

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 Paris, 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 "Racial Justice and Forms of Life: Towards a Critical Theory of Utopia" (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]