Balbir Singh, Concordia University

Research

race policing surveillance fashion and the body opacity anti-colonial global social movements

Latest funding

Disaster Prisons Partnership
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$55,500
Art and Racial Justice
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$240,000

Disaster Prisons Partnership

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Piché, Justin

Keywords: Imprisonment; conditions of confinement; human rights; alternatives to imprisonment; diversion; decarceration; disasters; public health; environment; community safety; Canada

$55,500

Art and Racial Justice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Singh, Balbir

$240,000

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: race Dear Professor Singh, 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 race 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 "Art and Racial Justice" (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]