Brenda Gunn, University of Manitoba

Research

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

Advocating for the Rights of Indigenous People in International Law Constitutional Law International Law Metis People and Canadian Law International Law Metis People and Canadian Law

Latest funding

Calling for Justice and Re-Imagining Governance: The Rematriation of Indigenous Women's Human Rights and the Obligations of All Governments
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$30,000
Revisiting Reconciliation
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$49,906
The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer: Understanding, Measuring Progress Toward, and Creating Interventions to Promote Reconciliation in Canada
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$111,773

All 7 grants and awards

No publications available.

Calling for Justice and Re-Imagining Governance: The Rematriation of Indigenous Women's Human Rights and the Obligations of All Governments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Perry, Adele M.

Keywords: Indigenous governance; Indigenous women; gender; human rights; Calls for Justice; Indigenous feminism; settler colonialism; MMIWG2S+

$30,000

Revisiting Reconciliation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gunn, Brenda L.

Keywords: reconciliation; Indigenous knowledge keepers and elders; Indigenous knowledge; Indigenous research methodologies; decolonizing approaches

$49,906

The Canadian Reconciliation Barometer: Understanding, Measuring Progress Toward, and Creating Interventions to Promote Reconciliation in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Starzyk, Katherine B.

Keywords: reconciliation; Canada; psychometrics; Indigenous peoples; social psychology; public polling

$111,773

Kiskinohamatowin: An International Academic Forum on Indigenous Peoples' Human Rights

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gunn, Brenda L.

Keywords: Indigenous peoples; Indigenous law; self-government; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples; civil and political rights; equality and non-discrimination; spiritual rights; free prior and informed consent

$25,000

Redefining relationships: Indigenous peoples and Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gunn, Brenda L.

Keywords: Indigenous peoples; reconciliation; treaties; Indigenous law; self-government; UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

$13,966

Metis treaties in Canada: past present and future

Co-investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chartrand, Larry N.

Keywords: Metis; treaties; Aboriginal rights; Indigenous peoples

$423,904

The right to clean water in First Nations: the most precious gift

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Busby, Karen

Keywords: water rights; drinking water; sanitation; First Nations; Aboriginal; indigenous; human rights; northern communities; advocacy; economics; law; public engagement; psychology; sociology; social work; video

$200,000

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: Advocating for the Rights of Indigenous People in International Law Dear Professor Gunn, 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 advocating for the rights of indigenous people in international law connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Revisiting Reconciliation" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]