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The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows in the Humanities
Increasing visibility of the humanities
Jack and Doris Shadbolt exemplified a vision of the humanities and arts whereby the work of the artist was seen as integrated into the natural and social worlds the artist inhabited.
The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows in the Humanities
The Shadbolt Fellowship Program is a means of increasing the visibility of the contributions of the humanities and arts to the university community; and engaging the wider community in the work of the humanities and arts.
The Fellows will help us imagine how we can make the world we live in better through acts of world-making in the creative arts and/or publicly engaged scholarship in the humanities, in alignment with the fundamental values of advancing reconciliation and equity, diversity and inclusion, communication, coordination, and collaboration.
2025-2026
Cease Wyss
Host Department: Indigenous Studies
Cease Wyss is a traditionally trained Indigenous ethnobotanist and accomplished sculptural artist. Wyss' 36-year career as an artist has been very productive with 30+ presentations, residencies, and shows. Their projects have appeared in international and local art exhibitions, most recently at MIT鈥檚 ISO Incubator Program, the Swiss Institute in New York City, The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, Semi-Public, 221A, Vancouver, and the Cabinet at SFU's School for Contemporary Arts. Cease has also received various accolades, including the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation鈥檚 VIVA Award for the Visual Arts and an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Emily Carr University.
During their fellowship, Wyss plans to bring settler students and the larger community to various sites within the Sto:lo region, the GVRD and the Howe Sound/Sunshine Coast region of the Salish Sea. These land-based conversations and walks will begin a dialogue about those places and their original context, and to compare this with the current land use and interpretations of the land 鈥� and engaging with ideas of remediation, restoration and cultural reciprocity. Through discussions and through selected readings, these walking sessions will investigate specific cases in which local Indigenous communities are fighting local governments for sovereignty over their stolen lands and waters.
Cease's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2025 to August 2026.
Darby Minott Bradford
Host Department: English
Darby Minott Bradford is an award-winning poet, translator, and accomplished literary programmer. They have published two poetry collections and two translations, which have collectively garnered accolades such as Winner of the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, Finalist for the Governor General Literary Award, and Finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Their latest translated work, Ring of Dust by Louise Marois, was published by Brick Books in spring 2025. During their fellowship, Bradford proposes to continue development of their hybrid-form manuscript Elsewhere, as well as grow an audio body of work based on these evolving texts. Through both this writing and recorded interviews with local literary artists, cultural workers, and 51社区黑料community members, their project seeks to investigate and open conversations about how people afford art and academic practices in unsustainably expensive cities. They will also serve as 51社区黑料English鈥檚 in Writer-in-Residence in Fall 2025.
Bradford's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from January to August 2026.
Krystle Dos Santos
Host Department: English
is an actor, singer, creator and community organizer, who has produced two music albums and theatrical shows. Her albums have won the Western Canadian Music Award twice. She has also organized various educational programs about Black-Canadian history in Canada.
Continuing her passion to amplify and tell the many overlooked stories of Black Canadians, Dos Santos' project will put on a theatre show about the stories of the women who owned and ran the restaurant, Vie鈥檚 Chicken and Steaks in Vancouver鈥檚 Hogan鈥檚 Alley. This performance will tell the larger story of the historical Hogan鈥檚 Alley community, starting with the migration of a group of Black Americans from San Francisco to Salt Spring Island where Vie was born, to the destruction of the beloved Hogan鈥檚 Alley neighbourhood in 1975.
Krystle's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2025 to May 2026.
Yiting Pan
Host Department: History
is an accomplished architecture professional and heritage scholar. She completed her PhD in the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art at University of Cambridge, and since then has worked as a researcher, heritage consultant, and lecturer. She has served as Vice Director of Historic Architecture and Architectural Conservation Research Group (Soochow University) and Initiator and Organizer of the First China-Portugal Heritage Research Forum. She has received numerous awards and grants, including the Ministry of Science and Technology of China Grant for National Key R&D Program and First Prize in Academic Research in the School of Architecture (Soochow University).
Pan鈥檚 proposed project will fill the gap in research around the collective experiences of Chinese-Canadian architects within the city鈥檚 architectural and social history. Through documenting the professional journeys of three generations of Chinese-Canadian architects, she will capture oral histories of older architects for knowledge preservation. This will culminate in a publicly available creative map and digital guide of Chinese-Canadian architectural buildings in Metro Vancouver from 1900 to the present, along with published research. Pan is also a founding member of the .
Yiting's term as a Shadbolt Fellow runs from September 2025 to May 2026.
Applications now open
We are now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Shadbolt Fellowships. Apply by October 20th, 9am
Online Q&A info session
- September 25th (Thur)
- 3 - 4 pm
- Online via Zoom
For questions, please email: shadbolt_fellows@sfu.ca
Previous Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellows in the Humanities
- 2024-2025: Fiana Kawane, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies and Global Asia
- 2024-2025: Justin Neal, Indigenous Studies
- 2024-2025: Nadine (King) Chambers, History
- 2024-2025: Tania Willard, Indigenous Languages
- 2023-2024: Carolina Bergonzoni, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
- 2023-2024: Germaine Koh, Urban Studies
- 2023-2024: Ghinwa Yassine, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
- 2023-2024: jaye simpson, Indigenous Studies
- 2023-2024: Sam Wiebe, English
- 2022-2023: Andrea/Andy Hoff, Sociology and Anthropology
- 2022-2023: Mercedes Eng, English
- 2022-2023: Rina Garcia Chua, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies
- 2022-2023: Wanda John-Kehewin, Indigenous Studies
- 2021-2022: Alana Gerecke, Urban Studies
- 2021-2022: Erin Soros, Department of English
- 2021-2022: Megan J. Davies
- 2021-2022: Joanne Arnott, Indigenous Studies
- 2020-2021: Juliane Okot Bitek, English
- 2020-2021: Eden Robinson, Indigenous Studies
- 2020-2021: Fabian Romero, Indigenous Studies
- 2020-2021: Prophecy Sun, Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies
- 2019-2020: Keren Zaiontz, English
- 2019-2020: Dylan Robinson, Indigenous Studies
- 2019-2020: Carleigh Baker, Indigenous Studies
- 2019-2020: Denielle Elliott, Sociology and Anthropology
- 2019-2020: Lucia Lorenzi, Urban Studies
- 2019-2020: Susan Mertens, Graduate Liberal Studies
- 2018鈥�2019: Ivan Coyote, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2015鈥�2019: Anosh Irani, Writer-in-Residence, World Literature
- 2015鈥�2019: Dr. Katie McCullough, Visiting Assistant Professor and Director, Centre for Scottish Studies
- 2015鈥�2019: Yosef Wosk. During his tenure in this role, Yosef Wosk appointed twenty Graduate Liberal Studies/Shadbolt Community Scholars. The goal is that over time these scholars will form a substantial and influential group strongly connected with GLS, SFU, the community, and each other in ways that promise many opportunities for artistic and philosophical collaboration.
- 2017鈥�2018: June Scudeler. Working with the Department of First Nations Studies and 51社区黑料Galleries, June Scudeler (M茅tis) examined the intersections between gender studies, Indigenous literature, film, and art
- 2017鈥�2018: Anakana Schofield, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2017: Cecily Nicholson, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2015鈥�2017: Dr. Gregory Feldman, Visiting Assistant Professor in International Studies
- 2016: Jordan Scott, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2014鈥�2015: Dr. Rima Berns-McGown, Visiting Lecturer in Muslim Studies
- 2014鈥�2015: Rawi Hage, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2014鈥�2015: Madeleine Thien, Writer-in-Residence, English
- 2013鈥�2016: Dr. Richard Frank, Visiting Assistant Professor in Criminology, studying Cybercrime
- 2013鈥�2015: Dr. Nicolas Fillion, Visiting Assistant Professor in Philosophy
- 2013鈥�2014: Dr. Onur Bakiner, Visiting Assistant Professor in International Studies
- 2011: Daniel Meilleur, Visiting Professor of Performing Arts
- 2009: Ying Chen, Visiting Professor of French
- 2008: Douglas Todd, Visiting Professor of Religion and Ethics
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