Martha Stiegman, York University

Research

treaty relations treaty education Indigenous history settler colonialism Indigenous arts-based research methodologies Wampum diplomacy Indigenous dramaturgies popular education

Latest funding

Polishing the Chain
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Looking back to move ahead: knowledge mobilization and intersectoral exchange to advance food security in Nova Scotia
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$49,000
Strengthening Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 3 grants and awards

Polishing the Chain

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Stiegman, Martha L.

Keywords: treaty relations; treaty education; Indigenous history; settler colonialism; Indigenous arts-based research methodologies; Wampum diplomacy; Indigenous dramaturgies; popular education; Anishnaabe; Haudenosaunee; Toronto; decolonization

$50,000

Looking back to move ahead: knowledge mobilization and intersectoral exchange to advance food security in Nova Scotia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Williams, Patricia L.

Keywords: food sovereignty; food security; participatory action research; community-engaged research; community capacity building; knowledge mobilization; indigenous food sovereignty; co-learning (two-eyed seeing); policy change

$49,000

Strengthening Indigenous food sovereignty in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Stiegman, Martha L.

Keywords: food sovereignty; Indigenous peoples; settler/Indigenous alliances; food justice and food security; Indigenous resurgence

$25,000

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: treaty relations Dear Professor Stiegman, 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 treaty relations 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 "Polishing the Chain" (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]