Donica Belisle, University of Regina

Research

sugar Redpath Rogers Lantic Acadia sugar beet sugar cane sugar sugar refining

Latest funding

Canadian Sugar: A Local and Global History
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,037
Canadian Sugar: A Local and Global History
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$67,789
Sugar: A Canadian History
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$26,340

Canadian Sugar: A Local and Global History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Belisle, Donica L.

Keywords: sugar; Redpath; Rogers; Lantic; Acadia sugar; beet sugar; cane sugar; sugar refining; sugar history; labour; consumption; international trade; health; colonization; anti-racism; business; sustainability; food studies; food systems

$24,037

Canadian Sugar: A Local and Global History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Belisle, Donica L.

Keywords: sugar; Redpath; Rogers; Lantic; Acadia sugar; beet sugar; cane sugar; sugar refining; sugar history; labour; consumption; international trade; health; colonization; anti-racism; business; sustainability; food studies; food systems

$67,789

Sugar: A Canadian History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Belisle, Donica

Keywords: (1) sugar; (2) history; (3) health; (4) food; (5) colonization; (6) industrialization; (7) obesity; (8) diabetes; (9) consumption; (10) trade

$26,340

Buying citizenship: women, gender, and consumer activism in Canada, 1890 to 1939

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Belisle, Donica L.

Keywords: consumerism; consumption; citizenship; gender; political economy; politics; activism; culture; social history; women; nation

$59,000

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: sugar Dear Professor Belisle, 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 sugar 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 "Canadian Sugar: A Local and Global History" (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]