Research
Read how they describe their research on their Mount Royal University profile.
Latest papers
Indigenous water science as water sustainability.
Explore (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · first author
Land-Based Activities as a Form of Immigrant Health Resiliency During COVID-19.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026 · first author
Indigenous land-based camp as decolonizing forest-fire disaster adaptation pathways.
Explore (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $99,050
Decolonizing Immigration in Canada: Indigenous Sovereignty, Land-Based Governance, and Racialized Migration
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $99,000
Developing a Decolonial Framework for Black Youth Climate Disaster Education in Western Canada
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $65,509
Practices of Knowing: Research-Creation Beyond Academia
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
10 publications.
Indigenous water science as water sustainability.
Datta R, Hurlbert M, Weenie A, Acharibasam JB, Starblanket E, Starr V, Starr R
Land-Based Activities as a Form of Immigrant Health Resiliency During COVID-19.
Datta R, Chapola J, Datta P, Datta P
Indigenous land-based camp as decolonizing forest-fire disaster adaptation pathways.
Datta R, Haque CE, Charles CJ, Chapola J
Decolonial perspectives on climate change: Learning from the Kainai First Nation in Canada.
Datta R, Singer-Iii W, Chapola J
Arctic food and energy security at the crossroads.
Unc A, Abou Najm MR, Aspholm PE, Bolisetti T, Charles C, Datta R, Eggen T, Flem B, Hailu G, Heimstad ES, Hurlbert M, Karlsson M, Korsnes M, Nash A, Parsons D, Sajeevan RS, Shurpali N, Valkenburg G, Wilde D, Wu B, Yanni SF, Misra D
Indigenous land-based practices for climate crisis adaptions.
Datta R, Chapola J, Owen K, Hurlbert M, Foggin A
Meanings of indigenous land-based healing and the implications for water governance.
Acharibasam JB, Hurlbert M, Datta R, Wâsakâyâsiw Lewis K
Youth response to climate change: Learning from Indigenous land-based camp at the Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Communities, Canada.
Datta P, Datta R, Lewis K, Hurlbert M
Exploring community- and systemic-level gender-based violence in visible minority women across five countries from an intersectionality lens: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review.
Chowdhury N, Erman D, Raihan M, Marshall Z, Datta R, Aghajafari F, Shankar J, Sehgal K, Rashid R, Turin TC
Ethical and Equitable Digital Health Research: Ensuring Self-Determination in Data Governance for Racialized Communities.
Islam M, Valiani AA, Datta R, Chowdhury M, Turin TC
Decolonizing Immigration in Canada: Indigenous Sovereignty, Land-Based Governance, and Racialized Migration
Principal investigators: Ari Erol, Esra
Developing a Decolonial Framework for Black Youth Climate Disaster Education in Western Canada
Principal investigators: Acharibasam, John Bosco
Practices of Knowing: Research-Creation Beyond Academia
Principal investigators: Gauntlett, David J.
Keywords: Creativity; Research-creation; Artists; Research impact; Qualitative methodologies
Mamawayawin nîkanîmakan nipîy sohkastwawin ekwa tipeyicikîwin (Indigenous Community-led Water Governance)
Principal investigators: Hurlbert, Margot
Keywords: Land-based learning; Indigenous-led Water Sovereignty; Community based participatory action research; Water policy; Source water protection
Building Black and Racialized immigrant community adaptability to circularity and decarbonization efforts in Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta
Principal investigators: Dara, Chinyere
Keywords: community adaptability; circular economy; decarbonization and environmental impact; stakeholders' perspectives; policy making; global climate change; community engagement; social-cultural initiatives; Black and Racialized immigrant; regenerative systems management
Nehiyawak: Building Indigenous Community-led Energy Resiliency and Governance
Principal investigators: Datta, Ranjan
Keywords: Indigenous Energy Governance; Indigenous Energy Rights; Community-led Decision Making; Land-based Cultural Camp; Reconciliation; Self-determination; Meaningful collaboration between Western and Traditional Science
Une histoire littéraire mondiale de la presse en français (1830-1930)
Principal investigators: Pinson, Guillaume
Keywords: Littérature; journalisme; genres médiatiques; culture médiatique; histoire mondiale; transferts et circulations
Unpacking Systemic Barriers Faced by Internationally Trained Health Professionals in their Pursuit of Alternative Careers
Principal investigators: Chowdhury, Tanvir
Keywords: Job Market; Internationally Trained; Health Professionals; Alternative Careers; Newcomer; Immigrant
The grammar of hierarchy effects
Principal investigators: Coon, Jessica
Keywords: linguistic theory; syntax; agreement; language documentation; Indigenous languages
Two-Eyed Seeing for climate-related disaster risk reduction, decolonizing science, and strengthening community resilience
Principal investigators: Haque, C. Emdad
Keywords: climate change and disaster vulnerability; risk reduction; scientific knowledge; indigenous knowledge; decolonization; reconciliation; knowledge co-production; empowerment; inclusive and participatory research; community resilience
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Ruksana Rashid and Nashit Chowdhury: 5 shared papers
- Ranjan Datta and Margot Hurlbert: 5 shared papers
- Nashit Chowdhury and Mohammad Raihan: 2 shared papers
- Fariba Aghajafari and Ruksana Rashid: 1 shared paper
- Fariba Aghajafari and Nashit Chowdhury: 1 shared paper
- Fariba Aghajafari and Mohammad Raihan: 1 shared paper
- Fariba Aghajafari and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Fariba Aghajafari and Janki Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Fariba Aghajafari and Zack Marshall: 1 shared paper
- Ruksana Rashid and Mohammad Raihan: 1 shared paper
- Ruksana Rashid and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Ruksana Rashid and Janki Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Ruksana Rashid and Zack Marshall: 1 shared paper
- Nashit Chowdhury and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Nashit Chowdhury and Janki Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Nashit Chowdhury and Zack Marshall: 1 shared paper
- Mohammad Raihan and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Ranjan Datta: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Tirupati Bolisetti and Margot Hurlbert: 1 shared paper
- Ranjan Datta and Adrian Unc: 1 shared paper
- Ranjan Datta and Janki Shankar: 1 shared paper
- Ranjan Datta and Zack Marshall: 1 shared paper
- Adrian Unc and Margot Hurlbert: 1 shared paper
- Community Health Sciences
- Humanities
- Other social sciences
- Science and the Environment, School of
- Social Work
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Other
Co-authors at Mount Royal University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Margot Hurlbert
Other social sciences
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Adrian Unc
Science and the Environment, School of
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Janki Shankar
Social Work
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Zack Marshall
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Fariba Aghajafari
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Ruksana Rashid
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Nashit Chowdhury
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Mohammad Raihan
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Tirupati Bolisetti
Civil and Environmental Engineering
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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Profile data last refreshed on September 26, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.