John McLaren, University of Victoria

Research

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Latest funding

Judicial tenure and independence in the British Empire, 1800-1900
SSHRC · 2006 · Principal investigator
$70,504
Property Rights in the Colonial Imagination and Experience: Comparisons and Contrasts in Canadian and Australian History
SSHRC · 2000 · Principal investigator
$10,000
Wrestling spirits: the Canadian Doukhobors, the state and the law
SSHRC · 1998 · Principal investigator
$19,183

All 3 grants and awards

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Judicial tenure and independence in the British Empire, 1800-1900

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McLaren, John P.S.

Keywords: judges; tenure; judicial independence; colonies; British Empire; politics; rule of law; values and motives

$70,504

Property Rights in the Colonial Imagination and Experience: Comparisons and Contrasts in Canadian and Australian History

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: McLaren, John

Keywords: property; territory; colonies; empire; settlers; Aboriginals; law; rights title; claims

$10,000

Wrestling spirits: the Canadian Doukhobors, the state and the law

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McLaren, John

Keywords: Religion; conscience; ethnicity; law; state; conformity; resistence; assimilation

$19,183

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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