Pamela Colombo, Université Laval

Research

Pensionnats pour enfants autochtones - Bureaucratie coloniale - Département des Affaires Indiens - Violence administrative -pensionnats autochtones Nation innue enfants disparus cartographies Latin America memory studies interdisciplinary

Latest funding

« LES ENFANTS DE L'ÉTAT » : BUREAUCRATIE ET ENLÈVEMENT SYSTÉMATIQUE DES ENFANTS AUTOCHTONES AU QUÉBEC (1948 - 1975)
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$68,474
Tshetshi eka nita uni-tshissitutuakut (Pour ne jamais oublier)
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,663
Latin American Works of Memory: Rethinking Transnational and Local Concepts and Devices
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,570

All 4 grants and awards

« LES ENFANTS DE L'ÉTAT » : BUREAUCRATIE ET ENLÈVEMENT SYSTÉMATIQUE DES ENFANTS AUTOCHTONES AU QUÉBEC (1948 - 1975)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Colombo, Pamela

Keywords: Pensionnats pour enfants autochtones - Bureaucratie coloniale - Département des Affaires Indiens - Violence administrative -

$68,474

Tshetshi eka nita uni-tshissitutuakut (Pour ne jamais oublier)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) Residential Schools Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Colombo, Pamela

Keywords: pensionnats autochtones; Nation innue; enfants disparus; cartographies

$49,663

Latin American Works of Memory: Rethinking Transnational and Local Concepts and Devices

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Colombo, Pamela

Keywords: Latin America; memory studies; interdisciplinary; international; transnational circulation of knowledge; North-South dialogue; gender and memory; perpetrator studies; circulation of mnemonic devices; sites of memory; trials and testimonies

$24,570

Le partenariat circumpolaire WAGE - L'économie arctique et les transitions sociales

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: sociologie; inégalité; économie; géographie humaine; droit international; droit autochtone; politiques publiques; statistiques sociales; Arctique circumpolaire; peuples autochtones; coproduction de connaissances; recherche-action; développement social

$1,000,000

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: Pensionnats pour enfants autochtones - Bureaucratie coloniale - Département des Affaires Indiens - Violence administrative - Dear Professor Colombo, 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 pensionnats pour enfants autochtones - bureaucratie coloniale - département des affaires indiens - violence administrative - 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 "« LES ENFANTS DE L'ÉTAT » : BUREAUCRATIE ET ENLÈVEMENT SYSTÉMATIQUE DES ENFANTS AUTOCHTONES AU QUÉBEC (1948 - 1975)" (2025), 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]