Logan MacDonald, University of Waterloo

Research

Indigenous Art Artistic Creation Exhibition Studio Art Relational Material Culture Collections Museums

Latest funding

Environmental Scan of Indigenous Artists in Archives
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$75,000
Dancers for life: HIV/AIDS and dance in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$70,323
AI Explainability: How Wide Must We Open the Black Box?
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$117,426

Environmental Scan of Indigenous Artists in Archives

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Logan

Keywords: Indigenous Art; Artistic Creation; Exhibition; Studio Art; Relational; Material Culture; Collections; Museums; Archival; Cultural Bureaucracy

$75,000

Dancers for life: HIV/AIDS and dance in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Roy, Susan

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; dance history; oral histories; performance history; queer history; Indigenous history; history of the body; critical archival studies; exhibition

$70,323

AI Explainability: How Wide Must We Open the Black Box?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Morin-Martel, Alexis

Keywords: artificial intelligence; public policies; fairness; opacity problem; explainable ai; transparency

$117,426

Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor in Indigenous Art

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Logan

$240,000

Canada Research Chair, Assistant Professor in Indigenous Art

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Logan

Keywords: fine art, indigenous art, visual arts, studio arts, experiential, decolonization, culture, pedagogy, artists, residency, labs, critical, reconciliation, knowledge, materials, exhibitions, artwork, creation, creativity, experimental, interdisciplinary

$360,000

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: Indigenous Art Dear Professor MacDonald, 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 indigenous art 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 "Environmental Scan of Indigenous Artists in Archives" (2023), 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]