The following successful applicants were awarded grants totaling $31,220.00 from the Symons
Trust Fund for Canadian Studies, February, 2010:
Proposal
Manuscript: Biography of Peter Gzowski
Applicant(s)
Dr. Rae B. Fleming
Research Associate
Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and
Indigenous Studies
Traill College, Trent University
Photographing paintings by P. K. Page Irwin (to be
Prof. Zailig Pollock
included in a volume entitled: Collective Works of P.
Dept. English Literature M.A. Prog.,
K. Page, and a website)
Traill College
Trent University
Book-length research project: The king of enigma:
Prof. Christopher Dummitt
Mackenzie King, cultural memory and Canadian
Dept. of History
identity
Champlain College
Travel expenses for research project: Assessing the
Ms. Caitlin Gordon-Walker
politics and practices of representation in the context
Ph.D. Candidate in Canadian Studies
of Canadian history museums in relation to how they
engage with contemporary realities, ideals, and
policies of multiculturalism
Trent University
Frost Centre, Traill College
Trent University
Lengthy Research Trip to Ottawa for M.A. History
Ms. Clare Glassco
thesis research, Bitter Harvest: The History of the
M.A. History Candidate
Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) in
Canada
Dept. of History
Eaton College, Trent University
Proposal
Applicant(s)
Research Project: ‘Muslims and Queer Visibility in
Dr. Momin Rahman
Canada: The Clash of Canadian Exceptionalism?
Dept. of Sociology
Otonabee College
Trent University
Research Project: Deteriorating water quality in the
Ms. Kathryn Hargan
Lake of the Woods, a large freshwater lake that
M.Sc. Candidate in Environmental and
provides drinking water to several towns and the city
of Winnipeg
Life Sciences Grad Program
ESC, Trent University
Support for operating costs for the Symons Seminar
Ms. Kathryn Hargan
Series on Graduate Student Research, 2009-2010
Fundraising Co-ordinator
Symons Seminar Series
Environmental and Life Sciences Grad
Program
ESC, Trent University
Support for travel to complete M.A. thesis entitled:
Ms. Celine Vukson
Tlicho oral history:
M.A. Candidate in Canadian Studies and
The story of the Lost Hunter
Indigenous Studies
Frost Centre, Traill College
Trent University
Research Project: The multiple physiological
Allison Hayward
mechanisms involved in the heavy metal hypertolerant
Ph.D. Candidate
grass, ‘Deschampsa cespitosa’, from Canadian mine
Environmental and Life Sciences Grad
sites
Program
Research Project: Determining the distribution, life
Kyle Borrowman
history and biological control of a hybridized
M.Sc. Candidate
watermilfoil
ESC, Trent University
Environmental and Life Sciences Grad
Program
ESC, Trent University
Proposal
Applicant(s)
Graduate Research Assistant for Research Project:
Professor Suzanne Bailey
Global modernism and Canadian travel narratives of
Dept. of English Literature
the 1950s
Traill College
Trent University
Travel and equipment expenses for M.A. thesis
Ms. Beth Evans
entitled: Community-owned renewable energy with a
M.A. Candidate
focus on the Peterborough region
Canadian Studies and Indigenous
Studies
Traill College, Trent University
Travel and equipment expenses for Ph.D. research:
Mr. James Broadhurst
Plant pathogen ‘Phytopthora ramorum’
Ph.D. Candidate
Environmental and Life Sciences Grad
Program
ESC, Trent University
Research Project: Violet McNaughton and
Prof. Marg Hobbs
Saskatchewan farm women, 1925-1950
Women’s Studies Department
Lady Eaton College
Trent University