Terry Mitchell, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

indigenous knowledge indigenous rights resource governance UNDRIP sustainability consent resource extraction FPIC

Latest funding

Resource governance and indigenous rights: understanding intercultural frameworks for negotiating free prior and informed consent
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$423,583

Resource governance and indigenous rights: understanding intercultural frameworks for negotiating free prior and informed consent

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mitchell, Terry L.

Keywords: indigenous knowledge; indigenous rights; resource governance; UNDRIP; sustainability; consent resource extraction; FPIC

$423,583

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 knowledge Dear Professor Mitchell, 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 knowledge 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]