Faculty profile
Alanna Thain
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Latest funding
- $86,673
Balancing the Scales: School Finance Equity Across and Within Canada's Provinces and Territories
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $51,461
Senses of Sleep: Contemporary Practices, Technologies and Ecologies of Sleep Media
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $499,172
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
Balancing the Scales: School Finance Equity Across and Within Canada's Provinces and Territories
Principal investigators: Dhuey, Elizabeth
Keywords: school finance; special education; economics of education
Senses of Sleep: Contemporary Practices, Technologies and Ecologies of Sleep Media
Principal investigators: Thain, Alanna M.
Keywords: sleep; rest; media; cinema; apps; television; installations; internet; archive; equity; surveillance; epistemologies; bodies; time; media ecology; attention; media studies; sleep studies; arts; embodiment; technology; feminist studies
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
Altered States: The Social Lives of Sleep
Principal investigators: Thain, Alanna M.
Keywords: sleep; rest; social; nature; sleep crisis; art; performance; media; equity; cinema; digital technologies; workshops; screenings; conference; interdisciplinary
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Roadmaps to Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; architecture; landscape architecture; Indigenous studies; urban design; urban resilience; health; heritage; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis
Necessary Feminisms: Resisting Displacement, Forging Sanctuaries
Principal investigators: Lynes, Krista G.
Keywords: feminism; research-creation; occupation and decolonization; migrant justice; social movements; participatory and public art; refugeeism; sanctuary movements
Quality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability
Keywords: built environment; quality; social value; equity; sustainability; inclusive places; contemporary architecture; landscape architecture; urban design; urban resilience; heritage conservation; competitions; awards; qualitative comparative analysis
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
cinEXmedia: Ensuring Well-Being in the Screen Age. A Partnership Supporting the Inclusive Use of Cinematic Experiences in Health, Education, and Society
Keywords: film studies; cinema experience; intersectorality; rhythm; visual literacy; techno-social innovation; education; health sciences; screen studies; co-viewing; digital platforms; inclusive media; science of screens
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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