Benjamin Forest, McGill University

Research

political representation election districts boundary commissions political community democracy

Latest funding

Municipal Level LGBTQ+ Policy in the United States
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$68,326
Shaping Democracy: Boundary Commissions, Parties, and Citizens
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$110,807
Shaping Democracy: Boundary Commissions, Parties, and Citizens
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$105,734

All 6 grants and awards

Municipal Level LGBTQ+ Policy in the United States

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Forest, Benjamin

$68,326

Shaping Democracy: Boundary Commissions, Parties, and Citizens

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Forest, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; election districts; boundary commissions; political community; democracy

$110,807

Shaping Democracy: Boundary Commissions, Parties, and Citizens

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Forest, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; election districts; boundary commissions; political community; democracy

$105,734

Representing diversity: riding associations, minority candidates and minority constituencies in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Forest, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; multiculturalism; ethnic diversity; Canadian politics

$259,123

The power of symbolic capital: political struggles over monuments and memorials in the post-communist world

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Johnson, Juliet E.

Keywords: public memory; symbolic capital; monuments; post-communist; Russia; Kazakhstan; Ukraine; Czech Republic

$104,718

Geographic information systems and political representation in Canada and the United States

Principal investigatorSSHRC2007Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Forest, Benjamin

Keywords: political representation; social impacts of gis and technology; race; ethnicity and multiculturalism; legal geography; redistricting; political boundaries; gerrymandering

$96,358

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: political representation Dear Professor Forest, 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 political representation 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 "Municipal Level LGBTQ+ Policy in the United States" (2026), 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]