Leila Sujir, Concordia University

Research

climate change artwork stereoscopic 3D video ethnobotany primatology sustainability ecology visual and media arts

Latest funding

Thinking Allowed
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$68,039
Elastic 3D Spaces: the old growth forest as 'home' space with an emphasis on land, healing, home, communities
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Elastic 3D space research workshop exchange
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000

Thinking Allowed

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sujir, Leila

Keywords: visual and media arts; environmental activism; climate change; Indigenous knowledge; artistic knowledge; scientific knowledge; interdisciplinary

$68,039

Elastic 3D Spaces: the old growth forest as 'home' space with an emphasis on land, healing, home, communities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Sujir, Leila R.

Keywords: community integration; augmented reality; virtual reality; stereoscopic 3D; narratives and counter narratives; ethnobotany and forestry practice; climate change; immigration and migration

$25,000

Elastic 3D space research workshop exchange

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Sujir, Leila R.

Keywords: stereoscopic 3D; embodied interaction; 3D graphics; expanded drawing practices; art-science collaboration; architectural projections; built environment; media arts inquiry

$25,000

Exploring elastic 3D spaces: bodies and belonging

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sujir, Leila R.

Keywords: sculptural video art installations; stereographic 3D (S3D); spatialized narratives; gesture based interfaces; 3D drawing; migration; displacement; immigration; narratives; documents; fictions; mythologies

$169,850

Breath I/O

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Research/Creation Grants in Fine Arts

Principal investigators: Lantin, Maria L.

Keywords: interactive art; sculptural video installation; physical interface design

$183,250

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: climate change Dear Professor Sujir, 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 climate change 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 "Thinking Allowed" (2021), 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]