It is one thing to conduct cutting-edge research; it is another to communicate that research to the world. After presenting his research in just three minutes, 91亚色 geography PhD candidate Colin Sutherland has been named a 2019 top 25 finalist for the SSHRC Storytellers Competition.
Colin Sutherland
An initiative of the Government of Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the SSHRC Storytellers Competition invites post-secondary students to tell a story of how SSHRC-funded research is helping Canadians. Participants are limited to just three minutes or 300 words.
鈥淐ommunication is a really important component of the work we do in academia,鈥 said Sutherland. 鈥淚t was great to see that I could get a message across to at least a panel to give them an idea of what kind of work I do and its relevance to Canadians.鈥
Sutherland鈥檚 research involves a hot topic: wildfire management. He interrogates the common perception of wildfires as surprise disasters, instead looking at the sociopolitical conditions that make them possible. His entry in the SSHRC competition focused on his research on wildfire management, exploring the mechanisms used in Canada鈥檚 national parks and neighbouring jurisdictions to manage prescribed burns on a landscape.
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