Lisa Stevenson, McGill University

Research

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Medical and psychological anthropology narrative and anthropology violence and subjectivity social and political theory ethnographic film Inuit Canadian Arctic Contact: Office: Ferrier Building Rm 486 Phone: (514) 398 1647 Email: lisa.e.stevenson [at] mcgill.ca (Lisa Stevenson)

Latest funding

Amplifying the Voices of the Displaced
CFI · 2026 · Co-investigator
$380,086
Recherche-création / Individuel
FRQSC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$173,160
The politics of sylvan thinking: Amazonian ecologies, indigenous ontologies, and the rights of nature in the age of neo-extractivism
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$270,007

All 4 grants and awards

No publications available.

Amplifying the Voices of the Displaced

Co-investigatorCFI2026John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Welsh, Jennifer

Keywords: Displacement, refugees, agency, media, participation, research-creation, collaborative research, internally displaced persons, archives, multimodal ethnography Media, audiovisual editing, video, podcasting, surround sound, sound recording

$380,086

Recherche-création / Individuel

Principal investigatorFRQSC2022Appui à la recherche-création / Individuel

Principal investigators: Stevenson, Lisa

Keywords: VIOLENCE, IMAGE, IMAGINATION, FORMS OF REPRESENTATION, FILMMAKING, COLOMBIA; Violence; Communications verbale, gestuelle

$173,160

The politics of sylvan thinking: Amazonian ecologies, indigenous ontologies, and the rights of nature in the age of neo-extractivism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kohn, Eduardo O.

Keywords: anthropology; environment; Amazon; semiotics; sensory ethnography; Ecuador; Quichua

$270,007

In the Shadow of Care: Inuit, the State and the collision of different forms of care from 1940 to the present

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Stevenson, Lisa

$74,947

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Medical and psychological anthropology Dear Professor Stevenson, 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 medical and psychological anthropology 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 FRQSC-funded project "Recherche-création / Individuel" (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]