Sarah Morales, University of Victoria

Research

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

Torts transsystemic torts Coast Salish law and languages legal research and writing and field schools

Latest funding

Re-Positioning Indigenous Interests in Intellectual Property, Knowledge Governance and Access to the Benefits of Innovation
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$36,170
Tremulous Forests: Private Property, Aboriginal Title and Forestry on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Lands of Vancouver Island
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$37,162
Towards developing rural learning communities: Community-based adult education and the nurturing of rural citizenship
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$70,228

All 6 grants and awards

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Re-Positioning Indigenous Interests in Intellectual Property, Knowledge Governance and Access to the Benefits of Innovation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Oguamanam, Chidi

Keywords: Law; Intell. Pty; Innovation; Data Governance; Int'l Law; Aboriginal Peoples; Indigenous Knowledge; Public Health Law & Policy; Ethics; Complementary & Alternative Medicine; Biodiversity; Agr. Biotech. & Traditional Agriculture; Globalization; Int'l Dev.

$36,170

Tremulous Forests: Private Property, Aboriginal Title and Forestry on the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway Lands of Vancouver Island

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ekers, Michael A.

Keywords: Private Property; Aboriginal Title; Forestry; Resource Management; Remote Imaging

$37,162

Towards developing rural learning communities: Community-based adult education and the nurturing of rural citizenship

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Perry, J. Adam

Keywords: community-based adult education; rural community development; lifelong learning; rural sociology; rural immigration; aging in place rural communities; youth to adult transitions

$70,228

Shining Light on the "Blackout" Period in Aboriginal Law in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Swiffen, Amy E.J.

Keywords: legal history; Indigenous politics; constitutional law; settler colonialism

$79,571

Identifying and mitigating discrimination in higher education settings

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McDonough, Kim

Keywords: discrimination; linguistic stereotyping; reverse linguistic stereotyping; microaggressions

$76,708

Indigenous Constitutionalism and Plurinational Federalism in the Territories

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Robert C.

Keywords: Indigenous self-determination; reconciliation; treaty federalism; UNDRIP; jurisdiction; Aboriginal law; Indigenous legal traditions

$166,719

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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