Recipients of Small Research Awards 2012-2013
- Maxine Carroll, Université du Québec en Outaouais/Suicide Intervention Specialist, Nunavut. MA research allowance: Les séjours thérapeutique sur le territoire: regard des intervenants inuit sur une pratique intégrant le territoire comme élément-clé du processus de guérison.
- Catherine Charette, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority/Addictions Foundation of Manitoba. Seed funding: Impact of spiritual round rooms on client experience in mental health service settings: learning from the Community Mental Health Crisis Response Centre (CRC).
- Alexandra D'arrisso, McGill University/Jimmy Sandy Memorial School, Naskapi Community. Seed funding: How Aboriginal fathers promote the positive development of their children.
- Tara Flanagan, McGill University/Kawawachikamach Central Québec School Board. Seed funding: Quality of student life among Naskapi adolescents.
- Kelly McShane, Ryerson University/Aboriginal Academic Support Advisor Ryerson Aboriginal Student Services. Seed funding: Aboriginal perspectives on mental health.
- Erin Wolfson, University of Saskatchewan/CLASSIC (Community Legal Assistance Services for Saskatoon Inner City Inc.). Seed funding: Beyond truth and reconciliation: creating supportive spaces for residential school survivor and their families.
- Karen Wood, University of Saskatchewan/Kinsmen Activity Place, Saskatoon. Knowledge translation: Circle of learning, cycle of change: engaging community in knowledge translation activities regarding sexual abuse and residential schools.
Recipients of Small Research Awards 2011-2012
- Elizabeth Fast, McGill University School/Inter-tribal Youth Centre Native Friendship of Centre Montréal Inc. PhD research allowance: An exploration of identity among urban Aboriginal youth.
- Arlene Laliberté, National Public Health Institute of Québec/Manawan - Atikamekw Council, Québec. Seed Funding: Building the strengths to overcome the odds: gaining understanding of well-being and testing an Australian empowerment program with First Nation's Canadians.
- Thea Luig, University of Alberta/Fort MacPherson, North West Territories. PhD research allowance: Change, health and policy in northern Aboriginal communities.
- Angela Snowshoe, Western University/Centre for Addictions and Mental Health - Centre for Prevention Science. MA research allowance: Exploring culture as a protective factor in Aboriginal adolescents mental health: development and longitudinal validation of an enculturation measure.
- Roisin O'Connor, Concordia University/Kawawachikamach, Québec and Kitigan Zibi Kikinamdinan, Québec. Seed funding: First Nations adolescent substance use: identifying risk and protective factors.
- Erin Wolfson, University of Saskatchewan/Beauval, Saskatchewan and Inuvik, North West Territories. MA research allowance: Righting relationships: discourses of healing and reconciliation in Canada.
Recipients of Small Research Awards 2010-2011
- Pamela Downe, University of Saskatchewan/AIDS Saskatoon. Seed funding:
‘Please let me talk’: Aboriginal men and negotiations of mental health
amidst the stigma and stress of substance use and HIV/HCV vulnerability.
- Amanda Maranzan, Lakehead University/TBD. Seed funding: Investigation of the factors influencing choice of mental health treatment for First Nations people.
- Jacob Burack, McGill University/Kawawachikamach and Kitigan Zibi First Nations. Seed funding: First Nations children̢۪s perceptions of spirituality.
- Susan Manitowabi, Laurentian University/Mental Wellness Team. Seed funding: A culturally appropriate way of evaluating the engagement processes utilized by MWT pilot project.
- Jessica Ball, University of Victoria/Laichwiltach Family Life Society. Knowledge Translation: Creating, sustaining and growing a culturally based, community driven circle of programs for First Nations children and families
- Peter Braunberger/TBD: Barriers to mental health care of Aboriginal youth in northern Ontario: Beliefs about eating disorder symptoms
- Janice Victor, University of Saskatchewan. PhD Research Allowance: Discourse, agency and self in the community treatment and integration of sexual offenders.