Claire Carter, University of Regina

Research

gender sexuality dance community artists performance body movement

Latest funding

Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$500,000
A Case Study at the Intersection: Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ Youth Mental Health System and Service Needs in Northern Saskatchewan
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$194,000
Improvising Futures
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000

All 6 grants and awards

Improvising Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement

$500,000

A Case Study at the Intersection: Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ Youth Mental Health System and Service Needs in Northern Saskatchewan

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Standards for Children and Youth Mental Health Services

Principal investigators: Cooper, Elizabeth; Clark, Megan; Lavallee-Poitras, Tess; Robins, Dawn; Yim, Suzy

Keywords: 2slgbtqia+; Health Services And Systems; Indigenous; Mental Health; Participatory Action; Risk Beaviours

$194,000

Improvising Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement

$1,000,000

Improvising Futures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: improvisation; collaboration; social justice; arts-based community making; community engagement

$20,000

Moving Communities: Building a Trans and Queer Dance Community Network and Knowledge Base for the Queen City Stage

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Carter, Claire L.

Keywords: gender; sexuality; dance; community; artists; performance; body; movement; identity; healing; storied movement; training; learning

$42,000

Exercise and the Queer Body: Implications of Exercise on Gender Identity, Body Image, and Community for Queer and Trans* Women

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Carter, Claire

Keywords: (1) gender; (2) identity; (3) body image; (4) sexuality; (5) community; (6) exercise; (7) well-being; (8) physical activity and sport; (9) social belonging; (10) intersectionality

$54,755

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: gender Dear Professor Carter, 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 gender 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 "Moving Communities: Building a Trans and Queer Dance Community Network and Knowledge Base for the Queen City Stage" (2020), 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]