Isabel Altamirano-Jiménez, University of Alberta

Research

resource extraction body-land Canada Mexico consent Indigenous feminism political economy colonial studies

Latest funding

Relational Accountability of Mother Earth: Revitalizing and Restoring the Land and Water
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 6 grants and awards

Relational Accountability of Mother Earth: Revitalizing and Restoring the Land and Water

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Johnson, Paulina

$1,000,000

Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Altamirano-Jimenez, Isabel

$200,000

Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel

Keywords: Indigenous feminisms Comparative Indigenous politics Embodiment Canada Mexico Body-land Resource extraction Green extractivism

$100,000

Land Body and Consent

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel

Keywords: body-land; resource extraction; consent; Indigenous feminism; political economy; colonial studies; self-determination; Canada; Mexico

$142,187

Support Network for Community-Driven Indigenous Health Research: Application Development Grant

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Goodman, Karen J

Keywords: Community-Driven Research; Indigenous Communities

$75,000

Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Altamirano-Jiménez, Isabel

Keywords: Indigenous feminism; resource extraction; Indigenous women's rights and the neo-liberal state; embodiment; consent; interdisciplinary research; accountable collaboration; feminist alliance between global north and south; co-production of digital storytelling and pedagogical toolkits; indigenous conceptions of good life.

$580,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: resource extraction Dear Professor Altamirano-Jiménez, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on resource extraction connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Comparative Indigenous Feminist Studies" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]