Donna Kurtz, University of Alberta

Research

Community-Based Participatory Research Indigenous Methodologies Northwest Territories Healthcare Experience Indigenous Populations Arctic Communities Covid-19 Indigenous Health

Latest funding

CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$1,384,650
Capturing the anticipated/unanticipated consequences of COVID-19 (C19) and C19 prevention, management, and treatment strategies (C19PS) among Indigenous peoples (IP) in Arctic communities (AC)
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$1,517,380
Assessing attitudes, barriers, and opportunities for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination (HPVV) to inform, develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally appropriate program for increasing utilization and addressing vaccination hesitancy in Arctic Canadian Indigenous communities
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$2,103,750

All 3 grants and awards

CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Research; Healthcare Experience; Indigenous Methodologies; Indigenous Populations; Northwest Territories

$1,384,650

Capturing the anticipated/unanticipated consequences of COVID-19 (C19) and C19 prevention, management, and treatment strategies (C19PS) among Indigenous peoples (IP) in Arctic communities (AC)

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Kandola, Kami; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Arctic Communities; Covid-19; Indigenous Health; Population Health

$1,517,380

Assessing attitudes, barriers, and opportunities for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination (HPVV) to inform, develop, implement, and evaluate a culturally appropriate program for increasing utilization and addressing vaccination hesitancy in Arctic Canadian Indigenous communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sharma, Sangita; Irlbacher-Fox, Stephanie; Kurtz, Donna L

Keywords: Cervical Cancer; Community-Based Participatory Research; Covid-19 Vaccine; Human Papillomavirus (Hpv); Human Papillomavirus Vaccine; Indigenous; Indigenous Methodologies; Northwest Territories; Vaccination Programs; Vaccine Hesitancy

$2,103,750

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: Community-Based Participatory Research Dear Professor Kurtz, 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 community-based participatory 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 CIHR-funded project "CARE NT: Caring and Responding in the Northwest Territories" (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]