Janice Waldron, University of Windsor

Research

adult education lifelong learning community music music learning and teaching Canadian Scottish pipe bands convergent on and offline communities of practice social media user-generated content

Latest funding

MayDay Group Colloquium 33
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,996
Canadian Scottish pipe bands as on and offline convergent communities of practice
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$125,019
Addressing our creativity deficit: building creative ability in youth through multimodal-literacy-focused music creation
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 4 grants and awards

MayDay Group Colloquium 33

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Waldron, Janice L.

Keywords: MayDay Group Colloquium 33; social media and music learning; music education; critical theory in music education; critical thinking in music education; accessible music learning and teaching for everyone

$24,996

Canadian Scottish pipe bands as on and offline convergent communities of practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Waldron, Janice L.

Keywords: adult education; lifelong learning; community music; music learning and teaching; Canadian Scottish pipe bands; convergent on and offline communities of practice; social media; user-generated content

$125,019

Addressing our creativity deficit: building creative ability in youth through multimodal-literacy-focused music creation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: music creation; multi-modal literacy; improvisation; creative ability

$20,000

Adult music learning and teaching in Celtic-Canadian music: locating community in postmodern place

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Waldron, Janice L.

Keywords: music education; community music; adult music learning; informal music learning; communities of practice; online music learning; celtic-Canadian traditional music; cyber ethnography; ethnographic field study; multi-sited field study

$131,530

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: adult education Dear Professor Waldron, 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 adult education 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 "MayDay Group Colloquium 33" (2021), 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]