Since 2008, the Canada Program has granted more than $1,600,000 in thesis and dissertation research funding to Harvard students—both graduate and undergraduate—representing the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the College, and other schools across the University. Students receiving support, known as Canada Research Fellows, are engaged in research concerning government, law, sociology, history, music, education, public health, and urban design.
2022-2023
Emma Broder, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
Mind, Stress, and Chronic Disease: Psychosomatic Research in Montreal, 1932-1970
Birch Chemberlin, The College
North American Settler Colonialism and Indigenous-Settler Treaty Relationships
Anna Christensen, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
Inter-species Extinction Narratives of the Great Auk and Beothuk Peoples
Taylor Davey, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Reshaping Climate Governance: Urbanizing Carbon Policy in the Canadian Context
Aysha Emerson, The College
White-settler Protesters’ Motivations for Involvement in the Ongoing Fairy Creek Blockade on Vancouver Island
Daniel Frim, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion
Indigenous languages and oral literatures of North America's northwest coast; comparative religion; and comparative study of oral and oral-derived literatures
Jonathan Galka, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
Making the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone: Science, Governance, and the High Seas Seabed
Hanan Kataw, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Design
The Digital Avant-garde Discourse: 1993-2013
Kevin Linn, DPH Candidate, T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Coverage Amongst First Nations Youth in British Columbia
Karintha Lowe, PhD Candidate, American Studies
Cinematic Frontiers: Winnifred Eatons Cattle and the development of the Motion Pictures Industry
Derek Robey, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
What's in a Name? The Construction of the Collective Memory of Race in Canada and the United States
Salina Suri, Department of the History of Science
Stranger Tides: Investigating the Restoration of Good Relations with Ballast-Disrupted Ecologies
2021-2022
Taylor Davey, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Reshaping Climate Governance: Urbanizing Carbon Policy in the Canadian Context
Aniket De, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Federalism in Empire: India and Canada
Camden Elliott, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Environmental Histories of the French and Indian Wars, 1688-1764
Chelsea Green, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
Responding to a Melting Northwest Passage: An Investigation of Inuit and Canadian Approaches
Franco Paz, PhD Candidate, Department of History
The Ends of the Earth: Capitalism, Slavery, and the Environment in the Atlantic World
Daniel Rohde, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
The Bank of the People: Money and Politics at Canadas Unification
Wyatt Sarafin, PhD Candidate, Department of English
Graphic Americas: Toward a Poetics of Art and Archive
Christina Shivers, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Inventorying Nature: Environmental Planning and the Rise of Market-Based Environmentalism
2020-2021
Aniket De, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Federalism in Empire: India and Canada
Camden Elliott, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Environmental Histories of the French and Indian Wars, 1688-1764
Daniel Frim, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion
Indigenous languages and oral literatures of North America's northwest coast; comparative religion; and comparative study of oral and oral-derived literatures
Lester Gustave, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
Mineral Lands, Mineral Empire: Mapping the Raw Materials of U.S. Industrial Capitalism, 1780-1880
Nina Halty, PhD Candidate, Department of History
US history; diplomatic history; race and ethnicity; American slavery; international law; and Antebellum South
Derek Robey, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
What's in a Name? The Construction of the Collective Memory of Race in Canada and the United States
Daniel Rohde, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
The Bank of the People: Money and Politics at Canadas Unification
Jocelyn Sears, PhD Candidate, Department of English
Narrative Form and Historical Time in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments
Christina Shivers, PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Inventorying Nature: Environmental Planning and the Rise of Market-Based Environmentalism
Julia Smachylo, DDes Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Operationalization of city-hinterland landscapes; and urban development
Matthew Sohm, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Mineral Lands, Mineral Empire: Mapping the Raw Materials of U.S. Industrial Capitalism, 1780-1880
Aaron Van Neste, Phd Candidate, History of Science
Oceans of Ignorance: The Narrative of Inexhaustibility in Fisheries Science
2019-2020
Marino Auffant, PhD Candidate, Department of History
International history; 1970s energy crisis; oil and commodities; Middle East; Latin America; history of capitalism; and Global Cold War
Aaron Bekemeyer, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Twentieth-century US history; politics; policing and prisons; the state and state building; labor; and urban history
Sam Beswick, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Law of obligations; private law defenses and remedies; temporal dimensions of adjudication; and privacy rights
Constance Bourguignon, The College
Joint concentrating, integrating WGS into an existing course of study, double-counting and cross-listed courses, interdisciplinarity, gender and language, WGS and education
Georgina Evans, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
Public opinion; political campaigns and electoral politics; American politics; and political methodology
Daniel Frim, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion
Indigenous languages and oral literatures of North America's northwest coast; comparative religion; and comparative study of oral and oral-derived literatures
Balraj Gill, PhD Candidate, Program in American Studies
Indigenous history; colonial and imperial history; carceral studies; and nineteenth- and twentieth-century North America
Ethan Goodnight, PhD Candidate, Program in American Studies
US religious history; critical race theory; Antebellum United States; intellectual history; and the Atlantic world
Ben Goossen, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Global and international history; modern Europe; environmental history; religious history; and the history of science
Nina Halty, PhD Candidate, Department of History
US history; diplomatic history; race and ethnicity; American slavery; international law; and Antebellum South
Jordan Howell, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
History of capitalism; history of technology; race and imperialism; US empire; labor history; African diaspora and Caribbean history; and Caribbean political economy
Ashley Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Education
Issues at the intersection of digital media and youth’s civic and political expression; the design and study of digitally networked, participatory spaces for young people
Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
The role of information in political preference formation and change, both at the individual level (through the lens of political psychology) and at the aggregate level (as it manifests in public opinion trends)
Sarah Sadlier, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Native American history; legal history; gender and sexuality studies; environmental history; American studies; and military history
Margaret Schwenzfeier, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
Public opinion; political campaigns and electoral politics; American politics; and political methodology
Julia Smachylo, DDes Candidate, Doctor of Design, Graduate School of Design
Operationalization of city-hinterland landscapes; and urban development
Maddie Williams, PhD Candidate, Department of History
History and politics of disability, medicine, race, and gender
Andi Zhou, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
Territorial conflict; national, territorial, and political identity; nationalism; political psychology; and origins of political preferences
2018-2019
Bradley Craig
Hardeep Dillon
Daniel Frim, PhD Candidate, Committee on the Study of Religion
Indigenous languages and oral literatures of North America's northwest coast; comparative religion; and comparative study of oral and oral-derived literatures
Balraj Gill, PhD Candidate, Program in American Studies
Indigenous history; colonial and imperial history; carceral studies; and nineteenth- and twentieth-century North America
Yulin Hswen, Dsc Candidate, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Early Detection of Environmental Hazards in Canada-Harnessing Online Networks for the Protection of Canadian Health
Ashley Lee, Doctoral Candidate, Graduate School of Education
Issues at the intersection of digital media and youth’s civic and political expression; the design and study of digitally networked, participatory spaces for young people
Alex Mierke-Zatwarnicki, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
The role of information in political preference formation and change, both at the individual level (through the lens of political psychology) and at the aggregate level (as it manifests in public opinion trends)
Bo Yun Park, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
The evolving scripts of political leadership found in Canada, France, and the United States
Rachel Silverman
Rachel Steely
Ye Zhang
The interactive effects of party politics and the resource economy in Canada
2017-2018
Hardeep Dillon
Yulin Hswen, Dsc Candidate, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Early Detection of Environmental Hazards in Canada-Harnessing Online Networks for the Protection of Canadian Health
Julia Smachylo, Dds Candidate, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Incentive-Based Forest Management in Southern Ontario
2016-2017
Max Gopelrud, PhD Candidate, Department of Government, Harvard University
The Legislative Implications of Party Development in Canada
Yulin Hswen, Dsc Candidate, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Early Detection of Environmental Hazards in Canada-Harnessing Online Networks for the Protection of Canadian Health
Laura Kremen Adler, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
Becoming an Artist: Day Jobs and Identity in the Creative Fields
Malcolm Lavoie, SJD Candidate, Harvard Law School
Property and Self-Government: The Uses and Limits of Collective Property Rights in Minority Cultural Groups
Julia Smachylo, Dds Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Incentive-Based Forest Management in Southern Ontario
Hernan Bianchi-Benguria, Mdes, Graduate School of Design
Borders of Extraction: Pascua-Lama Crossborder Mining Mega-Complex
Nikhita Obeegadoo, PhD Candidate, Romance Languages and Literature
A Comparative Literary study of Haitian and Mauritian diaspora in Quebec
Kate Yoon, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, the College
Our Home and Native Land? Multiculturalism and National Identity in Canada
2015-2016
Dani Hallet, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
The history of glacier research in the Canadian Rockies from the 1880s until the present
John Hulsey, PhD Candidate, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Contemporary art and tactical reclamations of space
Ghazal Jafari, Mdes Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Organizational agency of information; and speed and time management in the urban, ecologic, economic, and geographic spaces
Eva Payne, PhD Candidate, Program in American Studies
United States involvement in international reform and humanitarian projects with a focus on sexual issues; and religious history of the United States
Yvan Prkachin, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
The history of brain research in mid-twentieth-century Montréal
2014-2015
Matthew A. J. Brown, Mdes, Graduate School of Design
Dani Hallet, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
The history of glacier research in the Canadian Rockies from the 1880s until the present
John Hulsey, PhD Candidate, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Contemporary art and tactical reclamations of space
Ghazal Jafari, Mdes Candidate, Graduate School of Design
Organizational agency of information; and speed and time management in the urban, ecologic, economic, and geographic spaces
Eva Payne, PhD Candidate, Program in American Studies
United States involvement in international reform and humanitarian projects with a focus on sexual issues; and religious history of the United States
Yvan Prkachin, PhD Candidate, Department of the History of Science
The history of brain research in mid-twentieth-century Montréal
Luke Willert, PhD Candidate, Department of History
Environmental history and the American West
2013-2014
Shehnaz Alidina, ScD Candidate in Health Policy Management, School of Public Health
Comparative Study of Patient-Centered Medical Homes in Canada and the United States
Aliki Economides, PhD Candidate in the History of Art and Architecture, Graduate School of Design
Twentieth Century Architectural Practice and Pedagogy; Ornament; and Representation
Stefan Beljean, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology
Evaluation and Performance Measures and the Sociology of Culture and Organizations
Chase Foster, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
Comparative Bureaucratic and Regulatory Practices
Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, PhD Candidate in Government and Social Policy, Department of Government
The Political Economy of Social and Economic Policies in the United States and Other Advanced Economies
Jennifer Howk, PhD Candidate, Department of Government
The Effects of Political Incorporation on Community Well-Being and Democratic Participation in the Arctic
John Hulsey, PhD Candidate, Film and Visual Studies, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Contemporary Art and Tactical Reclamations of Space
Mark Krass, Undergraduate Research Fellow, Concentration in Social Studies, Harvard College
The Impact of Social Network Characteristics on Creating Generalized and Institutional Trust in Diverse Communities
Lucille Mok, PhD Candidate, Department of Music
The Arts and National Identity; Recording Technology; and Musical Portrayals of Landscape and the North
Faaiza Rashid, PhD Candidate in Organizational Behavior, Department of Sociology
Interpersonal Dynamics of Multi-Disciplinary, Cross-Cultural Groups and Their Consequences for Individuals and Collective Outcomes
2012–2013
Aliki Economides, Graduate School of Design
Twentieth-century Architectural Practice and Pedagogy; Ornament; Representation; French-Canadian National Identity
Martha Ferede, Graduate School of Education
It Takes a University: The Social and Academic Integration and Experiences of Refugee Youth in Canada
Steven J. Hoffman, Harvard Kennedy School
Global Health Decision Making and International Strategies for Addressing Global Health Threats; and Inequalities and Human Rights
John Hulsey, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies
Contemporary Art and Tactical Reclamations of Space
Lucille Mok, Department of Music
The Arts and National Identity; Recording Technology; and Musical Portrayals of Landscape and the North
Kimberly Pernell, Department of Sociology
The Development of Banking Regulation in the United States, Canada, and Spain
Faaiza Rashid, Department of Sociology
Interpersonal Dynamics of Multi-Disciplinary, Cross-Cultural Groups and Their Consequences for Individual and Collective Outcomes
Noah Guiney, The College
The Relationship Between Popular Music and Cultural Identity Formation in the Iranian Diaspora
Joanne Wong, The College
The Effect of Gentrification on Immigrant Settlement Patterns in the Greater Toronto Area
2011–2012
Shehnaz Alidina, Harvard School of Public Health
Health Care Delivery Organizations: Canada and the United States
Efrat Arbel, Harvard Law School
Contested Belonging: Sovereignty, Identity, and National Membership in Aboriginal, Prisoner, and Refugee Law
Martha Ferede, Graduate School of Education
Jennifer Langlais, Harvard Law School
Managing Diversity in Wartime Canada and the United States
Daniel Nadler, Department of Government
Canadian and United States Models of Federalism
Asher Orkaby, Department of Government
Steffen Rimner, Department of History
International Organizations, International Protest; European-East Asian and Canadian-American-East Asian Relations and Their History
Joshua Specht, Department of History
Transnational Trade: The United States and Canada
Tiffanie Ting, Graduate School of Education
Christine Hu, The College
Quebecois Sports Culture
Casra LaBelle, The College
The Role of Markets and Institutions in Canada's Relative Stability During and After Global Monetary Crises
Clare Miller, The College
Influence/Interplay Between National Parks in the United States and Canada, and Gateway Communities
2010–2011
Efrat Arbel, Harvard Law School
Contested Belonging: Sovereignty, Identity, and National Membership in Aboriginal, Prisoner, and Refugee Law
Paul Cruickshank, Department of the History of Science
Martha Ferede, Graduate School of Education
Daniel Nadler, Department of Government
Education Public Policy: Canada and the United States in Comparative Perspective
Vanessa Ogle, Department of History
Transformation of Time During Early Globalization and Canada's Adoption of Standard Time
Tiffanie Ting, Graduate School of Education
Art Museums in Canada: Constructing Culture and Identity with Community
2009–2010
Efrat Arbel, Harvard Law School
Contested Belonging: Sovereignty, Identity, and National Membership in Aboriginal, Prisoner, and Refugee Law
Suzanna Challen, Department of Government
Immigration Policy: the United States, Canada, and Australia
Victor Tan Chen, Harvard Kennedy School
United States and Canada Social Policy
Jeffrey Denis, Department of Sociology
Canadian Apartheid: The Making and Unmaking of Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal Boundaries and Bridges
Shelagh McCartney, Graduate School of Design
Transnational and National Migration, Remittances and Urbanization in Canada and Urbanisms of the Informal in Mumbai, Lagos, and Manila
Tiffanie Ting, Graduate School of Education
Art Museums in Canada: Constructing Culture and Identity with Community
2008–2009
Maria Banda, Harvard Law School
Understanding the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) and the Evolution, Interpretation, and Implementation of R2P
Efrat Arbel, Harvard Law School
Contested Belonging: Sovereignty, Identity, and National Membership in Aboriginal, Prisoner, and Refugee Law
Lydia Nan Bean, Department of Sociology
Evangelical Churches as Sites of Political Socialization in Canada and the United States
Jeffrey Denis, Department of Sociology
Canadian Apartheid: The Making and Unmaking of Aboriginal-Non-Aboriginal Boundaries and Bridges
Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Graduate School of Education
Bridging Social Capital Between Immigrants and Long-time Residents in Canada
Hillary Kaell, Department of History
Universal Christian and Localized Identity: How Pilgrimage to the Holy Land Acts as Transformative Experience
David Lynch, Harvard Kennedy School
Analogies and Attitudes Toward Sovereignty in Quebec
Shelagh McCartney, Graduate School of Design
Transnational and National Migration, Remittances and Urbanization in Canada and Urbanisms of the Informal in Mumbai, Lagos, and Manila
Daniel Nadler, Department of Government
Education Public Policy: Canada and the United States in Comparative Perspective
Tiffanie Ting, Graduate School of Education
Art Museums in Canada: Constructing Culture and Identity with Community
Matthieu Bouchard, The College
Elizabeth Powers, The College
Immigrant Communities in Toronto