Krista Maxwell, University of Toronto

Research

Indigenous peoples settler colonialism Indigenous social history kinship sovereignty law children child welfare

Latest funding

Anishinaabe kinship law and the Canadian child welfare system: social histories and sovereignty struggles in dialogue
SSHRC · 2017 · Principal investigator
$233,006
Racial hierarchies, imperial circuits and health care in Canada: international and immigrant nurses working in indigenous communities 1945-1985
SSHRC · 2012 · Co-investigator
$22,542
Witnessing Aboriginal child protection in Treaty 3 Anishinaabe First Nations shifts in ethics, kinship forms and indigenous-state relations
SSHRC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$41,774

Anishinaabe kinship law and the Canadian child welfare system: social histories and sovereignty struggles in dialogue

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Maxwell, Krista

Keywords: Indigenous peoples; settler colonialism; Indigenous social history; kinship; sovereignty; law; children; child welfare; parenting; caregiving

$233,006

Racial hierarchies, imperial circuits and health care in Canada: international and immigrant nurses working in indigenous communities 1945-1985

Co-investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: McElhinny, Bonnie S.

Keywords: Aboriginal peoples; healthcare; immigration; nursing; Philippines; Caribbean; imperialism; settler colonialism; race; indigeneity; international students

$22,542

Witnessing Aboriginal child protection in Treaty 3 Anishinaabe First Nations shifts in ethics, kinship forms and indigenous-state relations

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012

Principal investigators: Maxwell, Krista

Keywords: Anishinaabeg; indigenous peoples; child welfare; settler-colonialism; historical ethnography

$41,774

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: Indigenous peoples Dear Professor Maxwell, 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 indigenous peoples connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]