Nisha Nath, Athabasca University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their Athabasca University profile.

Latest funding

The puzzle of discretion: interrogating change with public sector workers in white settler colonial institutions
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$43,315
kikapekiskwewin: Why are cultural values so important to Indigenous people involved in research with Indigenous people?
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$16,397
In the deep: How do public sector workers reproduce and disrupt settler colonialism?
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$42,099

All 3 grants and awards

No publications available.

The puzzle of discretion: interrogating change with public sector workers in white settler colonial institutions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nath, Nisha K.

Keywords: public sector workers; public sector work; settler colonialism; discretion; anti-racist methods; interventive research

$43,315

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

In the deep: How do public sector workers reproduce and disrupt settler colonialism?

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Allen, Willow Samara

Keywords: settler colonial socialization; settler pedagogies; reconcilitation; public sector workers; Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action; settler colonialism; interdisciplinary; antiracism methods; coalition building; solidarities

$42,099

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 Dear Professor Nath, 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 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 "The puzzle of discretion: interrogating change with public sector workers in white settler colonial institutions" (2025), 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]