Sean Kheraj, York University

Research

Canadian environmental history energy history history of technology Western Canadian history pipelines social history

Latest funding

Silent rivers of oil: Environmental consequences, regulations, and resistance on Canadian oil pipelines since 1947
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$75,734
Silent rivers of oil: Environmental consequences, regulations, and resistance on Canadian oil pipelines since 1947
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$2,564
Gender in the Indigenous landscapes of southern Ontario: Canadian History and Environment Summer School (CHESS) 2017
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$18,561

Silent rivers of oil: Environmental consequences, regulations, and resistance on Canadian oil pipelines since 1947

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

Keywords: Canadian environmental history; energy history; history of technology; Western Canadian history; pipelines; social history

$75,734

Silent rivers of oil: Environmental consequences, regulations, and resistance on Canadian oil pipelines since 1947

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

Keywords: Canadian environmental history; energy history; history of technology; Western Canadian history; pipelines; social history

$2,564

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

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

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

$18,561

Frontiers of ecological imperialism a history of European biological expansion in Western Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

Keywords: history; environmental history; Canadian history; ecological imperialism; colonization; invasive species; resettlement

$41,716

Nature's past: historical perspectives on Canadian environmental issues audio podcast series

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Public Outreach Grants - Canadian Environmental Issues

Principal investigators: Kheraj, Sean

Keywords: environment; history; Canadian history; environmental history; environmental issues

$36,795

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: Canadian environmental history Dear Professor Kheraj, 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 canadian environmental 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 "Silent rivers of oil: Environmental consequences, regulations, and resistance on Canadian oil pipelines since 1947" (2019), 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]