Jérôme Melançon, University of Regina

Research

reconciliation Indian Residential Schools Archive Translation Government archives Religious archives Indigenous and settler relations residential schools

Latest funding

Documentation Centre for Research on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$129,575
French-Language Documents from the Marieval Residential School: Collaboration between the Francophone community and Cowessess First Nation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,927
Settler Colonialism in Canada: Perspectives, Comparisons, Cases
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$32,474

All 4 grants and awards

Documentation Centre for Research on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Melançon, Jérôme

Keywords: Indian Residential Schools; Archive; Translation; Government archives; Religious archives; Indigenous and settler relations; Reconciliation

$129,575

French-Language Documents from the Marieval Residential School: Collaboration between the Francophone community and Cowessess First Nation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) Residential Schools Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Melançon, Jérôme

Keywords: residential schools; reconciliation; First Nations; Francophones; colonialism; colonial structures and institutions

$49,927

Settler Colonialism in Canada: Perspectives, Comparisons, Cases

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Grafton, Emily K.

Keywords: settler colonialism; decolonization; reconciliation; Canadian politics; settler colonialism and race relations; settler colonialism and the structure of the nation-state

$32,474

Privilèges et marginalisations dans la francophonie: réflexions et action

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Schroeter, Sara

Keywords: francophonies canadiennes; langues minoritaires; marginalisation; justice sociale; identité; racialisation; diversité sexuelle et de genre; réconciliation; minorité dans la minorité; inclusion

$25,000

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: reconciliation Dear Professor Melançon, 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 reconciliation 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 "Documentation Centre for Research on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools" (2023), 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]