Kirsten Anker, McGill University

Research

urban governance property land waterways environmental management materialism Indigenous legal orders transsystemic law

Latest funding

Reconciliation Through Pedagogical Dissonance: Intercultural Learning in an Indigenous Field-Based Course
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$69,373
Unsettling Montreal: Place-Based Legal Encounters
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$36,081
Unsettling Montreal: Place-Based Legal Encounters
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$23,258

All 6 grants and awards

Reconciliation Through Pedagogical Dissonance: Intercultural Learning in an Indigenous Field-Based Course

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sabiston, Leslie

$69,373

Unsettling Montreal: Place-Based Legal Encounters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Anker, Kirsten

Keywords: urban governance; property; land; waterways; environmental management; materialism; Indigenous legal orders; transsystemic law; ecology; decolonisation

$36,081

Unsettling Montreal: Place-Based Legal Encounters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Anker, Kirsten

Keywords: urban governance; property; land; waterways; environmental management; materialism; Indigenous legal orders; transsystemic law; ecology; decolonisation

$23,258

Indigenous Rights, Indigenous Laws and Interlegalities Workshop

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Anker, Kirsten J.

Keywords: Indigenous law revitalisation; Indigenous rights; legal pluralism; Indigenous conservation; resource extractivism

$25,000

From environmental to ecological law: an anthropocene challenge

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Anker, Kirsten J.

Keywords: law; governance; environmental law; ecological law; anthropocene; transition

$12,925

Beyond centaur jurisprudence: bringing culture in the domain of law

Co-investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Provost, René F.

Keywords: law; culture; tribunals; pluralism; Aboriginal; Canada; international

$119,773

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: urban governance Dear Professor Anker, 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 urban governance 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 "Unsettling Montreal: Place-Based Legal Encounters" (2022), 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]