Avigail Eisenberg, University of Victoria

Research

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Democratic theory normative political theory history of ideas (19th-20thC)pluralism identity politics

Latest funding

Norms of religious minority participation: fields of practice
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$11,990
Minorities and the norms of effective participation
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$65,425
Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation
SSHRC · 2010 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000

All 6 grants and awards

No publications available.

Norms of religious minority participation: fields of practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Eisenberg, Avigail I.

Keywords: religion; policy; minority; participation; healthcare practice; hospitals; healthcare; prisons; incarceration; education; schools; law; environment

$11,990

Minorities and the norms of effective participation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: Eisenberg, Avigail I.

Keywords: multiculturalism; political participation; migration; citizenship; democratic institutions; integration; religious accommodation; cultural rights; representation; intercultural dialogue; consultation; democratic legitimacy

$65,425

Religious diversity and its limits: moving beyond tolerance and accommodation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Beaman, Lori G.

Keywords: religion; law; society; multiculturalism; religious diversity; tolerance; reasonable accommodation; freedom of religion; reciprocity; equality; harm; religious expression; identity

$2,500,000

Ethnicity and democratic governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Berman, Bruce J.

Keywords: ethnicity; democracy; diversity; conflict; nationalism; political institutions; international intervention

$2,497,021

Peuples autochtones et gouvernance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Program

Principal investigators: Noreau, Pierre

Keywords: peuples autochtones; gouvernance; autonomie gouvernementale; droit autochtone; colonialisme; fédéralisme; sociétés et cultures autochtones; vie associative; entrepreneurship; citoyenneté; reconnaissance; interdisciplinarité; droit constitutionnel

$2,500,000

Negotiating cultural difference, rights, and equality in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2001Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Eisenberg, Avigail

Keywords: multicultualism; multinationalism; equality; rights; difference; jurisprudence; constitutionalism;

$55,600

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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