Winona Wheeler, University of Saskatchewan

Research

Indian Residential Schools Oblates Grey Nuns treaties Thunderchild Onion Lake Beauval Beardy's and Okemasis First Nations

Latest funding

Documentation Centre for Research on Missing Children and Unmarked Graves and Burial Sites Associated with Indian Residential Schools
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$129,575
De l'assimilation sémiotique aux politiques de reconnaissance. Une généalogie critique et visuelle de l'Iroquois Influence Theory
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$108,758
Archival Research Supporting First Nations Oral History and Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys at Four Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$48,871

All 4 grants and awards

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

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Melançon, Jérôme

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

$129,575

De l'assimilation sémiotique aux politiques de reconnaissance. Une généalogie critique et visuelle de l'Iroquois Influence Theory

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Laliberté, Bianca

Keywords: politiques de reconnaissance; inclusion sociale; premières nations; settler colonial studies; land ordinance; Monticello; diagramme; Gilles Deleuze; Etats-Unis; XVIIIe siècle

$108,758

Archival Research Supporting First Nations Oral History and Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys at Four Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) Residential Schools Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Wheeler, Winona L.

Keywords: Indian Residential Schools; Oblates; Grey Nuns; treaties; Thunderchild; Onion Lake; Beauval; Beardy's and Okemasis First Nations; unmarked graves

$48,871

Indigenous Specific Racism in the Academy: Research towards Action-Oriented Change

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: LaVallee, Amanda

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Racism in the Academy; Indigenous research methodologies; Indigenous ethics; Indigenous pedagogy; Institutional Racism; Systemic Racism

$160,000

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: Indian Residential Schools Dear Professor Wheeler, 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 indian residential schools 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 "Archival Research Supporting First Nations Oral History and Ground Penetrating Radar Surveys at Four Indian Residential Schools in Saskatchewan" (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]