Gabrielle Slowey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at York University and is a member of the graduate programs in Politics and Socio-Legal Studies. She is also the former Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York (2015-2021). She was the inaugural Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College (USA) and a York-Massey Fellow. Her research focuses on the political economy of land claims, treaties and self-government, especially across the north/Arctic and in areas where resource extraction takes place. Her work considers questions of community health, environmental security, climate change and Indigenous rights in these contexts. Her approach is very much community-based and community-driven research. It draws upon broader theoretical concerns of colonialism, reconciliation, staples and democracy.
In 2024 she was awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant for “Building Partnerships and Trust: Labour–Management–Inuit Relations, Unionization, and the Goals of Reconciliation” which is a knowledge exchange and mobilization project that explores the relationship between southern trade unions and northern Indigenous workers in Nunavut in the context of resource extraction. More specifically, this project asks: what happens when hiring preferences and training obligations contained in an Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement (IIBA) are incorporated into a collective agreement? How can a trade union work collaboratively with a corporation to maximize hiring and training opportunities for Inuit workers? How does the inclusion of a trade union help forward the agenda of Inuit workers, and how does it help bring the objectives of the IIBA into focus? Previously (2018) she was co-PI on a SSHRC Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation Connection Grant for a project titled: Spirit and Intent: The Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement Today and Tomorrow: Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge and Promoting an Understanding of What the Agreements Mean to Improve Future Governance opportunities and relationships. She is the author of numerous publications including Navigating Neoliberalism: Self-Determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation.

Research Interests

• York-Massey Scholar - 2018-2019
• Inaugural Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies (Dartmouth College, USA) - 2016-2017
• York Research Leader - 2016-2017

Current Research Projects

Current Courses

Gabrielle Slowey is an Associate Professor in the Department of Politics at York University and is a member of the graduate programs in Politics and Socio-Legal Studies. She is also the former Director of the Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies at York (2015-2021). She was the inaugural Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies at Dartmouth College (USA) and a York-Massey Fellow. Her research focuses on the political economy of land claims, treaties and self-government, especially across the north/Arctic and in areas where resource extraction takes place. Her work considers questions of community health, environmental security, climate change and Indigenous rights in these contexts. Her approach is very much community-based and community-driven research. It draws upon broader theoretical concerns of colonialism, reconciliation, staples and democracy.
In 2024 she was awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant for “Building Partnerships and Trust: Labour–Management–Inuit Relations, Unionization, and the Goals of Reconciliation” which is a knowledge exchange and mobilization project that explores the relationship between southern trade unions and northern Indigenous workers in Nunavut in the context of resource extraction. More specifically, this project asks: what happens when hiring preferences and training obligations contained in an Inuit Impact Benefit Agreement (IIBA) are incorporated into a collective agreement? How can a trade union work collaboratively with a corporation to maximize hiring and training opportunities for Inuit workers? How does the inclusion of a trade union help forward the agenda of Inuit workers, and how does it help bring the objectives of the IIBA into focus? Previously (2018) she was co-PI on a SSHRC Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation Connection Grant for a project titled: Spirit and Intent: The Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement Today and Tomorrow: Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge and Promoting an Understanding of What the Agreements Mean to Improve Future Governance opportunities and relationships. She is the author of numerous publications including Navigating Neoliberalism: Self-Determination and the Mikisew Cree First Nation.

Degrees

Professional Leadership

Director, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
Board Member, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS)
Fulbright Canada, Director of Canadian Alumni Association and Alumni Advisory Council, Member

Community Contributions

Nunavut: 2024: SSHRC Connection Grant for “Building Partnerships and Trust: Labour–Management–Inuit Relations, Unionization, and the Goals of Reconciliation” which is a knowledge exchange and mobilization project that explores the relationship between southern trade unions and northern Indigenous workers in Nunavut in the context of resource extraction.
Yukon: 2018-2019: SHRC Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation Connection Grant for a project titled: Spirit and Intent: The Yukon Umbrella Final Agreement Today and Tomorrow: Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge and Promoting an Understanding of What the Agreements Mean to Improve Future Governance opportunities and relationships.

Research Interests

Awards

• York-Massey Scholar - 2018-2019
• Inaugural Fulbright Chair in Arctic Studies (Dartmouth College, USA) - 2016-2017
• York Research Leader - 2016-2017

Current Courses