Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston, York University

Research

performance ethnography disability arts-based methods social justice advocacy

Latest funding

Performing eco-grief: youth, theatre, and climate mourning in Canada and Poland
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$217,657
Unspoken minds: Exploring disability and neurodivergency through ethnographic theatre
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$34,810

All 2 grants and awards

Performing eco-grief: youth, theatre, and climate mourning in Canada and Poland

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kazubowski-Houston, Magdalena J.

$217,657

Unspoken minds: Exploring disability and neurodivergency through ethnographic theatre

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kazubowski-Houston, Magdalena J.

Keywords: performance ethnography; disability; arts-based methods; social justice; advocacy

$34,810

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: performance ethnography Dear Professor Kazubowski-Houston, 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 performance ethnography 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 "Performing eco-grief: youth, theatre, and climate mourning in Canada and Poland" (2025), 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]