Eli MacLaren, McGill University

Research

global anglophone poetry health and wellness healing through art medicine community building public outreach arts entrepreneurship educational resources

Latest funding

Making Well: Poetry Matters 2019-20
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,702
Générations et regénérations du livre
SSHRC · 2014 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 2 grants and awards

Making Well: Poetry Matters 2019-20

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: MacLaren, Eli N.

Keywords: global anglophone poetry; health and wellness; healing through art; medicine; community building; public outreach; arts entrepreneurship; educational resources; Montreal international poetry prize

$24,702

Générations et regénérations du livre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Vincent, Josée

Keywords: workshop; archives; new media; anthropology; art; indigenous new media practice

$20,000

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: global anglophone poetry Dear Professor MacLaren, 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 global anglophone poetry 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 "Making Well: Poetry Matters 2019-20" (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]