Leslie Sabiston, McGill University

Research

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Indigenous futurities Anthropology of Settler Colonialism Political/legal anthropology medical/psychological anthropology Crime and violence Critical race theory Psychoanalysis Radical kinships Critical science studies Consciousness self and subjectivity

Latest funding

Reconciliation Through Pedagogical Dissonance: Intercultural Learning in an Indigenous Field-Based Course
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$69,373
Futureproofing higher education: Cross-national comparisons of management consultants in university restructuring
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$410,839

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

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

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Sabiston, Leslie

$69,373

Futureproofing higher education: Cross-national comparisons of management consultants in university restructuring

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Hurl, Chris

$410,839

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous futurities Dear Professor Sabiston, 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 futurities 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 "Reconciliation Through Pedagogical Dissonance: Intercultural Learning in an Indigenous Field-Based Course" (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]