FUNDED RESEARCH
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES ’ HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE ( IPHRC ) AND THE SASKATCHEWAN CENTRE FOR PATIENT ORIENTED RESEARCH ( SCPOR ) GRANTS
PhD Candidate ( Education Psychology ) Miranda Field is recipient of an Indigenous Peoples ’ Health Research Centre ( IPHRC ) and the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research ( SCPOR ) Research Award of $ 30,000 for her research , which will focus on the role of place within Indigenous mental health healing and learning .
Miranda Field
PhD Candidate ( Education Psychology ) Shana Cardinal is recipient of an Indigenous Peoples ’ Health Research Centre ( IPHRC ) and the Saskatchewan Centre for Patient Oriented Research ( SCPOR ) Research Award of $ 30,000 for her research , which will focus on Indigenous perspectives of intergenerational trauma on student mental health .
Shana Cardinal
SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL ( SSHRC ) GRANTS
Dr . Christine Massing ( Principal Investigator ), in a partnership involving 8 institutions , has received a $ 36,379 SSHRC Connection Grant for their research entitled " Sketching Narratives of Movement Towards Comprehensive and Competence Early Childhood Educational Systems Across Canada ."
Dr . Christine Massing
Dr . Marc Spooner is recipient of a $ 49,600 SSHRC Connection Grant for his research entitled , " A ' crisis ' in Academia : Radio Documentaries Exploring the Changing Landscape of Higher Education ."
Dr . Marc Spooner
FIRST NATIONS AND MÉTIS HEALTH RESEARCH NETWORK ( FMHRN ) GRANTS
Dr . JoLee Sasakamoose is recipient of an $ 8,000 First Nations and Métis Health Research Network ( FMHRN ) Community Partnership Grant .
Dr . JoLee Sasakamoose and research team |
Dr . JoLee Sasakamoose |
Dr . Sasakamoose is also a Principal Investigator with the team of researchers who are recipients of a 15 million dollar ( 5 million this year with the possibility of renewal for two more years ) Network Environments for Indigenous
Health Research ( CIHR-NEIHR ) Networks Grant awarded to the newly formed Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis
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Health and Wellness Research , Training and Knowledge Mobilization Network based out of the University of Saskatchewan . |
According to their website , “ The new Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis Health and Wellness Research , Training and Knowledge Mobilization Network is a consortium of Métis , First Nations , and allied individuals , organizations , communities , and institutions with long-established leadership and working relationships in Indigenous health research , training and knowledge mobilization .”
The network will “ facilitate a focused , community-driven approach , so health research dollars flow more effectively into communities , with the Saskatchewan Network operating as a matchmaker between communities , researchers , and funding opportunities . At the core of this Network is the foundational belief that it belongs to the First Nations and Métis peoples of Saskatchewan , and can grow and evolve based on what they identify as community needs and priorities .”
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