Marisa Portolese, Concordia University

Research

(1) Culture (2) Migration (3) Legacy (4) Heritage (5) Oral History (6) Portraiture (7) Documentary (8) Storytelling

Latest funding

Kinship and Cultural Heritage-The Legacy of the Goose Village Neighbourhood in Montreal
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$67,000

Kinship and Cultural Heritage-The Legacy of the Goose Village Neighbourhood in Montreal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Portolese, Marisa

Keywords: (1) Culture; (2) Migration; (3) Legacy; (4) Heritage; (5) Oral History; (6) Portraiture; (7) Documentary; (8) Storytelling; (9) Urban Landscape; (10) Kinship

$67,000

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: (1) Culture Dear Professor Portolese, 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 (1) culture 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 "Kinship and Cultural Heritage-The Legacy of the Goose Village Neighbourhood in Montreal" (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]