Robert Clifford, University of British Columbia

Research

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Aboriginal and Indigenous law

Latest funding

Tracing the Settler Colonial Legacies of Insurance: From Empire to Wildfires in British Columbia, Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$54,194
The Presence of Hebrew in the Text and Images of the Alba Bible (1430)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$46,509
Respect For All Relations: Can Indigenous and Settler Laws Work Together?
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$51,458

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Tracing the Settler Colonial Legacies of Insurance: From Empire to Wildfires in British Columbia, Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sloan Morgan, Onyx

Keywords: wildfire; fire; insurance; settler colonialism; property; British Columbia; risk; climate justice

$54,194

The Presence of Hebrew in the Text and Images of the Alba Bible (1430)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gonzalez Dieguez, Guadalupe

Keywords: Alba Bible; translation; Moses Arragel; Hebrew language; Castilian Romance; medieval Spain; exegesis; illuminated Bible

$46,509

Respect For All Relations: Can Indigenous and Settler Laws Work Together?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wood, Stepan

Keywords: Indigenous revitalization; First Nations; Indigenous law; reconciliation; settler colonialism; rights of nature; legal personhood; human-nature relations; Tsilhqotin Nation; Haida Nation; WSÁNEC First Nations; Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance

$51,458

Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous studies; socio-legal studies; critical geography; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism

$358,092

Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous studies; socio-legal studies; critical geography; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism

$792,568

Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: critical geography; socio-legal studies; Indigenous studies; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism

$20,000

Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Scott, Dayna

Keywords: Jurisdiction Infrastructure Indigenous peoples Indigenous law Extractivism

$246,725

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: Aboriginal and Indigenous law Dear Professor Clifford, 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 aboriginal and indigenous law connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]