Natasha Myers, York University

Research

Indigenous land sovereignty Indigenous stewardship Indigenous resurgence Indigenous knowledge outreach and community building Indigenous land stewardship earthwork gardens

Latest papers

Pedagogy and performativity: Rendering laboratory lives in the documentary "Naturally obsessed: the making of a scientist".
Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences · 2010 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

An Earthworkers Collaborative: Indigenous Land Stewardship in Toronto
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$43,145
Learning Land Sovereignty through a Garden in an Urban Oak Savannah
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,860
The laboratory lives of plants and people: artists, scientists and botanical experiments
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$37,296

All 3 grants and awards

1 publications.

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Pedagogy and performativity: Rendering laboratory lives in the documentary "Naturally obsessed: the making of a scientist".

Myers N

Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences2010First author

DOI: 10.1086/657480 PMID: 21409989

An Earthworkers Collaborative: Indigenous Land Stewardship in Toronto

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Myers, Natasha S.

Keywords: Indigenous stewardship; Indigenous resurgence; Indigenous knowledge; outreach and community building; Indigenous land sovereignty

$43,145

Learning Land Sovereignty through a Garden in an Urban Oak Savannah

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Myers, Natasha S.

Keywords: Indigenous land sovereignty; Indigenous land stewardship; earthwork; gardens; storywork; Indigenous methodologies; decolonization; Indigenizing stewardship; Urban Indigenous Resurgence

$24,860

The laboratory lives of plants and people: artists, scientists and botanical experiments

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Research Development Initiatives

Principal investigators: Myers, Natasha S.

Keywords: anthropology of science; experimental forms of life; philosophies of time and temporality; multispecies anthropology; plants and people

$37,296

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 land sovereignty Dear Professor Myers, 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]. I read your paper "Pedagogy and performativity: Rendering laboratory lives in the documentary "Naturally obsessed: the making of a scientist"." (2010), and it 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 "An Earthworkers Collaborative: Indigenous Land Stewardship in Toronto" (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]