Jamie Liew, University of Ottawa

Research

statelessness migration law citizenship administrative systems identification belonging nationality

Latest funding

Tracing the Settler Colonial Legacies of Insurance: From Empire to Wildfires in British Columbia, Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$54,194
Sons & Daughters of the Soil: The Making of Citizens and Stateless Persons in Post-Colonial Malaysia
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$101,181
Mapping the Discursive and Institutional Landscape of "Birth Tourism" and its Perceived Attack on Canadian Birthright Citizenship
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$104,812

All 5 grants and awards

Tracing the Settler Colonial Legacies of Insurance: From Empire to Wildfires in British Columbia, Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Sloan Morgan, Onyx

Keywords: wildfire; fire; insurance; settler colonialism; property; British Columbia; risk; climate justice

$54,194

Sons & Daughters of the Soil: The Making of Citizens and Stateless Persons in Post-Colonial Malaysia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liew, Jamie C.Y.

Keywords: statelessness; migration; law; citizenship; administrative systems; identification; belonging; nationality; race; colonialism

$101,181

Mapping the Discursive and Institutional Landscape of "Birth Tourism" and its Perceived Attack on Canadian Birthright Citizenship

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gaucher, Megan

Keywords: maternity tourism; immigration; citizenship; reproduction

$104,812

Sons & Daughters of the Soil: The Making of Citizens and Stateless Persons in Post-Colonial Malaysia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Liew, Jamie C.Y.

Keywords: statelessness; migration; law; citizenship; administrative systems; identification; belonging; nationality; race; colonialism

$138,275

Environment and international migration to Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: McLeman, Robert A.

Keywords: environmental migration; environmental refugees; migration policy; immigration law; refugee law; migrant settlement

$125,798

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: statelessness Dear Professor Liew, 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 statelessness 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 "Sons & Daughters of the Soil: The Making of Citizens and Stateless Persons in Post-Colonial Malaysia" (2021), 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]