Myra Tait, Athabasca University

Research

survey First Nations education social health services children justice

Latest funding

Empire and Sexuality in the Age of the Periodical Press
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$60,000
kikapekiskwewin: Why are cultural values so important to Indigenous people involved in research with Indigenous people?
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$16,397
Survey of services for First Nations in Manitoba under Jordan's Principle
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
$24,990

All 3 grants and awards

Empire and Sexuality in the Age of the Periodical Press

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Chang, Andrew

Keywords: 19th-century British literature; Victorian studies; queer theory; postcolonial theory

$60,000

kikapekiskwewin: Why are cultural values so important to Indigenous people involved in research with Indigenous people?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Auger, Josephine C.

Keywords: Indigenous people; traditional knowledge; research ethics; TCPS2; tri-council; policy implementation; Indigenous methodologies; decolonizing methodologies; circles; virtual online recording; podcasts; video; cultural interface; knowledge mobilization

$16,397

Survey of services for First Nations in Manitoba under Jordan's Principle

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Tait, Myra J.

Keywords: survey; First Nations; education; social; health; services; children; justice; policy

$24,990

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: survey Dear Professor Tait, 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 survey 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 "Survey of services for First Nations in Manitoba under Jordan's Principle" (2020), 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]