She went on to study the philosophy of religion with feminist philosopher and theologian Professor Grace Jantzen at King's College, London University.
Following this Canters won a scholarship to study for a doctorate at the University of Sunderland under the supervision of Dr. Pamela Sue Anderson and Dr. John Mullarkey.
Her thesis was a study of the Belgian feminist philosopher and former Lacanian psychoanalyst Luce Irigaray, which is the basis of her book Elemental Passions.
Canters developed a terminal illness not long after and died in Leiden in September 2002.
[3] Her doctoral thesis was published as a joint work by her former supervisor Jantzen in 2006.