Faculty profile

John Borrows

ProfessorUniversity of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Constitutional law Indigenous law natural resources law comparative constitutionalism Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and law and religion

Latest funding

Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$358,092
Anishinabek Inaakonigewin
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$129,057
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$792,568

All 19 grants and awards

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

Anishinabek Inaakonigewin

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stark, Heidi Kiiwetinepinesiik

Keywords: Indigenous law; Indigenous governance; land management; traditional plant management; hunting and fishing protocols

$129,057

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

Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Borrows, John

Keywords: Indigenous Law; Law; Constitution; Treaties; Governance

$400,000

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

Twenty-First Century Borders: Emergent Challenges Within and Among States

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: cross-sector co-creation of knowledge & understanding; disciplinary and interdisciplinary research partnerships; networks for research and/or related activities; partnered knowledge mobilization

$827,260

Transforming Indian Act Governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous self-governance; community development; Indian Act; Indigenous law and jurisdiction; essential services; Indigenous-Canada relations; decolonization

$1,143,624

Transforming Indian Act Governance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous self-governance; community development; Indian Act; Indigenous law and jurisdiction; essential services; Indigenous-Canada relations; decolonization

$958,684

Conservation as Reconciliation: supporting the transformation of conservation in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenous protected conserved areas; reconciliation; re-narrating conservation; aichi targets; building capacity for Indigenous conservation; building understanding of Indigenous conservation

$1,809,051

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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