Janet Hiebert, Queen's University

Research

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Latest funding

Australia and the parliamentary rights model
SSHRC · 2009 · Principal investigator
$64,311
Parliamentary democracies and human rights: comparative institutional approaches to rights protections in advanced Westminster systems
SSHRC · 2005 · Co-investigator
$92,758
The Human Rights Act: changing political and judicial behaviour
SSHRC · 2002 · Principal investigator
$43,028

All 5 grants and awards

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Australia and the parliamentary rights model

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009

Principal investigators: Hiebert, Janet L.

Keywords: Bill of Rights; parliamentary rights model; scrutiny of rights

$64,311

Parliamentary democracies and human rights: comparative institutional approaches to rights protections in advanced Westminster systems

Co-investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Kelly, James B.

Keywords: parliamentary democracy; human rights; Canada; Australian capital territory; New Zealand; Britain; Northern Ireland; South Africa; parliamentary scrutiny; judicial review; bureaucratic scrutiny; bills of rights; commonwealth model; parliament-centered

$92,758

The Human Rights Act: changing political and judicial behaviour

Principal investigatorSSHRC2002Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hiebert, Janet L.

Keywords: bill of rights; human rights; judicial review; judicial interpretation; parliamentary scrutiny; rights-based claims; litigation strategy

$43,028

Canadian Institute of Federalism studies / Institut Canadien des études sur le fédéralisme

Co-investigatorSSHRC2000Federalism and Federations

$270,000

Righting policy: do institutions affect outcomes?

Principal investigatorSSHRC1998Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Hiebert, Janet

Keywords: Policy; rights; legislative scrutiny; judicial review

$33,321

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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