Jorge Legoas, Queen's University

Research

Rights of Nature Sustainable Development Indigenous Cosmologies St. Lawrence River Legal Personhood Water Governance Integrated Resource Management

Latest funding

Loving and healing the St. Lawrence River: Indigenous and interdisciplinary knowledges to reinforce the Rights of Nature movement in Ontario
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$24,750

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Loving and healing the St. Lawrence River: Indigenous and interdisciplinary knowledges to reinforce the Rights of Nature movement in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Legoas, Jorge

Keywords: Rights of Nature; Sustainable Development; Indigenous Cosmologies; St. Lawrence River; Legal Personhood; Water Governance; Integrated Resource Management

$24,750

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: Rights of Nature Dear Professor Legoas, 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 rights of nature 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 "Loving and healing the St. Lawrence River: Indigenous and interdisciplinary knowledges to reinforce the Rights of Nature movement in Ontario" (2024), 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]