Joel Ong, York University

Research

senses interdisciplinary international collaboration olfactory art art installation multisensory systems biology sensorial landscape

Latest funding

Understanding the culture of a children's day surgery unit and its influence on day surgery nurses' pain assessment practice
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$41,526
Sensoria: the Art and Science of the Senses
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$31,312

All 2 grants and awards

Understanding the culture of a children's day surgery unit and its influence on day surgery nurses' pain assessment practice

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Peters, Kaleigh

Keywords: nursing unit culture; focused ethnography; ethnography; nurses' pain assessment practice; children's postoperative pain

$41,526

Sensoria: the Art and Science of the Senses

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Ong, Joel

Keywords: senses; interdisciplinary; international collaboration; olfactory art; art installation; multisensory systems; biology; sensorial landscape; personal narrative; multisensory; contemporary practice

$31,312

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: senses Dear Professor Ong, 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 senses 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 "Sensoria: the Art and Science of the Senses" (2022), 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]