fellowships

Once the Fellowship is awarded, each Fellow will be assigned an academic mentor and they will be introduced to the program’s directors, who will play critical roles in supporting Fellows during their research.

Mentors will meet with Fellows four times during the Fellowship to discuss the parameters of their project, the direction of the research, the significance of their findings, and the questions and arguments they intend to present through their work. The program directors will check in with Fellows once a month and will support them through the Fellowship event program, presentations of their projects, and the preparation of a manuscript for publication.

Fellows will be expected to take part in a program of in-person and virtual events throughout the year. This part of the program includes:

• A two-day orientation session organized by the ACI that will include guidance on best practices in archives, working with artists, navigating research ethics, and principles of oral history, among other topics.
• Two in-person networking events, where Fellows will have the opportunity to hear presentations from and interact with leading Canadian and Indigenous art curators, archivists, educators, and museum professionals; and to discuss career opportunities in curatorial work, art history research, and other related fields.
• A public symposium held at Massey College in Toronto, where Fellows will share their research.

During the Fellowship, Fellows will be responsible for preparing oral presentations of their research projects as follows:

• Two informal presentations for their peers about their progress, to be delivered in the remote cohort meetings.
• One formal presentation of their research as part of a public symposium that ACI will organize in conjunction with the Fellowship cohort. The symposium will be a critical opportunity for Fellows to share their work with a wider audience, and to position their research to make a transformative impact. Mentors will also be invited to participate in this event.