Jennifer Bonnell, York University

Research

Indigenous history European settlement Greater Toronto Area Black Creek Pioneer Village museum interpretation public history settler colonialism Ontario

Latest funding

Indigenous Experience and the Creation of a Settler-Colonial Order within the Black Creek/Humber River Watershed
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$38,000
Gender in the Indigenous landscapes of southern Ontario: Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) 2017
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$18,561

All 2 grants and awards

Indigenous Experience and the Creation of a Settler-Colonial Order within the Black Creek/Humber River Watershed

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Bonnell, Jennifer

Keywords: Indigenous history; European settlement; settler colonialism; Greater Toronto Area; Ontario; environmental history; agricultural settlement; historical GIS; oral history

$38,000

Gender in the Indigenous landscapes of southern Ontario: Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) 2017

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

Keywords: history; Indigenous studies; environmental studies; First Nations; Southern Ontario; landscapes; Haudenosaunee; Anishinaabe; gender; women

$18,561

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 history Dear Professor Bonnell, 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 history 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 "Indigenous Experience and the Creation of a Settler-Colonial Order within the Black Creek/Humber River Watershed" (2020), 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]