Evan Bowness, Western University

Research

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Latest funding

Co-developing ethical generative AI for community-led land governance and engagement
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$98,190
Community Resource Management Areas for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Environmental/Economic Development
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$245,754
Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$53,767

All 6 grants and awards

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Co-developing ethical generative AI for community-led land governance and engagement

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan

$98,190

Community Resource Management Areas for Climate Change Adaptation and Sustainable Environmental/Economic Development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Luginaah, Isaac N.

$245,754

Towards Community-Directed Adaptation Research (C-DAR)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan W.

Keywords: Community-Directed Research; Land-Based Communities; Visual Social Science; Climate Change Adaptation; Transdisciplinarity

$53,767

Sustainability and Equity

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan

$45,000

Planting Seeds for Urban Indigenous Food Sovereignty: Growing SOAHAC's Traditional Food Bag Program

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Creative Methods; Environmental Repossession; Food Security; Indigenous Food Sovereignty; Indigenous Geographies; Indigenous Knowledge; Land-Based Learning; Story-Telling; Traditional Foods

$1,866,600

Building The Just Transitions in Food Systems Network

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Bowness, Evan W.

Keywords: just transitions; food systems; resurgence; settler responsibility; decolonial approaches

$64,505

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 Bowness, 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 "Co-developing ethical generative AI for community-led land governance and engagement" (2026), 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]