Adrian Blackwell, University of Waterloo

Research

(1) land-appropriation (2) property (3) settler colonialism (4) architectural typology (5) urban morphology (6) spatial form (7) mapping (8) indigenous

Latest funding

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$499,172
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$998,657
Tracing the relationship between colonial land-appropriation and contemporary urbanization in the Greater Golden Horseshoe and Paddle Prairie
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$70,273

All 3 grants and awards

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$499,172

Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis

$998,657

Tracing the relationship between colonial land-appropriation and contemporary urbanization in the Greater Golden Horseshoe and Paddle Prairie

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Blackwell, Adrian

Keywords: (1) land-appropriation; (2) property; (3) settler colonialism; (4) architectural typology; (5) urban morphology; (6) spatial form; (7) mapping; (8) indigenous; (9) Métis; (10) Haudenosaunee

$70,273

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: (1) land-appropriation Dear Professor Blackwell, 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 (1) land-appropriation 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 "Tracing the relationship between colonial land-appropriation and contemporary urbanization in the Greater Golden Horseshoe and Paddle Prairie" (2019), 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]