Faculty profile
Deborah Cowen
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Latest funding
- $79,994
Vital Transgressions: Activism, Risk and Queer/Trans Cinemas Today
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $358,092
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
- $792,568
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
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Vital Transgressions: Activism, Risk and Queer/Trans Cinemas Today
Principal investigators: Greyson, John R.
Keywords: transgression; queer; cinema; activism; local; global; digital; film; transgender; taboo;
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
Keywords: Indigenous studies; socio-legal studies; critical geography; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
Keywords: Indigenous studies; socio-legal studies; critical geography; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism
Settler Colonial Infrastructures and the Making of Canadian National Space
Principal investigators: Cowen, Deborah
Keywords: Infrastructure; Nation building; Settler Colonialism; Railroad; Labour; Racism; Land settlement; Security; Colonization companies
Infrastructure Beyond Extractivism: Material Approaches to Restoring Indigenous Jurisdiction
Keywords: critical geography; socio-legal studies; Indigenous studies; settler colonial studies; infrastructure; jurisdiction; extractivism
Jurisdiction Back: Infrastructure beyond Extractivism
Principal investigators: Scott, Dayna
Keywords: Jurisdiction Infrastructure Indigenous peoples Indigenous law Extractivism
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; investigative reporting; broadcast media; global supply chains; corruption; forced labour; environmental impact; consumerism; corporate social responsibility; global environmental governance; ethical trade
The hidden costs of supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; investigative reporting; broadcast media; global supply chains; corruption; forced labour; environmental impact; consumerism; corporate social responsibility; global environmental governance; ethical trade
From the Battlefield to the Boardroom and Back Again: Supply Chain Management in the Military
Principal investigators: Cowen, Deborah
Keywords: (1) War; (2) Logistics; (3) Supply Chain Management; (4) Privatization; (5) Globalization; (6) Violence; (7) Militarization; (8) Policing
The hidden costs of global supply chains: a global investigation
Keywords: journalism; international reporting; broadcast media; investigative reporting; global supply chains; consumerism; global environmental governance; corporate social responsibility; ethical trade
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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