Joshua Nichols, McGill University

Research

Indigenous self-determination reconciliation treaty federalism UNDRIP jurisdiction Aboriginal law Indigenous legal traditions

Latest funding

Shining Light on the "Blackout" Period in Aboriginal Law in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$79,571
Identifying and mitigating discrimination in higher education settings
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$76,708
Indigenous Constitutionalism and Plurinational Federalism in the Territories
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$166,719

All 5 grants and awards

Shining Light on the "Blackout" Period in Aboriginal Law in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Swiffen, Amy E.J.

Keywords: legal history; Indigenous politics; constitutional law; settler colonialism

$79,571

Identifying and mitigating discrimination in higher education settings

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McDonough, Kim

Keywords: discrimination; linguistic stereotyping; reverse linguistic stereotyping; microaggressions

$76,708

Indigenous Constitutionalism and Plurinational Federalism in the Territories

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Robert C.

Keywords: Indigenous self-determination; reconciliation; treaty federalism; UNDRIP; jurisdiction; Aboriginal law; Indigenous legal traditions

$166,719

Indigenous Constitutionalism and Plurinational Federalism in the Territories

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nichols, Joshua B.D.

Keywords: Indigenous self-determination; reconciliation; treaty federalism; UNDRIP; jurisdiction; Aboriginal law; Indigenous legal traditions

$153,052

Global Indigenous Law: Historical and Contextual Approaches to Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Nichols, Joshua

Keywords: (1) Indigenous law; (2) International law; (3) Constitutional law; (4) Historical and contextual methods; (5) UNDRIP; (6) Self-determination; (7) History of colonialism; (8) History of Human Rights; (9) History of British Imperialism; (10) Legal history

$33,160

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 self-determination Dear Professor Nichols, 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 self-determination 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 "Indigenous Constitutionalism and Plurinational Federalism in the Territories" (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]