Jessica Kolopenuk, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest papers

Indigenous sovereignty and the limits of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative.
Nature communications · 2026 · first author
Rethinking the Genomic Diversity Problem: Rejecting Inclusion in Defense of Indigenous Sovereignty.
Annual review of genomics and human genetics · 2025 · first author
Ending violence against Indigenous peoples in Canada: a healthcare responsibility.
Lancet regional health. Americas · 2024 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Expanding compulsory drug treatment in Alberta: Perspectives of people who use drugs and healthcare providers
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$200,000
The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$34,861
Sport Participation and Data Governance: A Cree-Led Approach in Eeyou Istchee
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$396,565

All 5 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Indigenous sovereignty and the limits of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative.

Kolopenuk J, Smith RWA

Nature communications2026First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71192-7 PMID: 41882007

02

Rethinking the Genomic Diversity Problem: Rejecting Inclusion in Defense of Indigenous Sovereignty.

Kolopenuk J

Annual review of genomics and human genetics2025First author

DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-022024-010010 PMID: 40184626

03

Ending violence against Indigenous peoples in Canada: a healthcare responsibility.

Kolopenuk J

Lancet regional health. Americas2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2024.100893 PMID: 39430574

04

Indigenous data sovereignties and data sharing in biological anthropology.

Tsosie KS, Yracheta JM, Kolopenuk J, Smith RWA

American journal of physical anthropology2021

DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.24184 PMID: 33244756

Expanding compulsory drug treatment in Alberta: Perspectives of people who use drugs and healthcare providers

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Patient-Oriented Research - POR equity-focused

Principal investigators: Hyshka, Elaine; Dong, Kathryn A; Salvalaggio, Ginetta L; Twan, Shanell

Keywords: Community-Engaged Research; Compulsory Drug Treatment; Focused Ethnography; Illegal Drug Use; Structural Vulnerability

$200,000

The Political Economy of Buying Ideas: Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Business Innovation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ornston, Darius P.

Keywords: Comparative political economy; international political economy; innovation policy; procurement; trade agreements; Canada; Sweden; United States

$34,861

Sport Participation and Data Governance: A Cree-Led Approach in Eeyou Istchee

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Koch, Jordan R.

$396,565

Indigenous Hockey Research Network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigeneity; Hockey; Anti-Racism; Sovereignty; Nationalism; Gender; Embodiment; Media Analysis; Sports Science; Resurgence

$20,000

Supporting Indigenous Governance through Indigenous Science, Technology, and Society (ISTS)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: TallBear-Dauphine, Kimberly

Keywords: Indigenous and feminist science studies (including animal studies and “new materialisms”); Politics of indigeneity; Politics of nature (Native Americans, nature, and culture; queer ecologies); Indigenous queer theory and (de)colonial sexualities; Indigenous Studies; Political Theory; Genomics; Indigenous Health; Race and Gender; Indigenous Science, Technology and Society

$125,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Kolopenuk, 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]. I read your paper "Indigenous sovereignty and the limits of the Canadian Precision Health Initiative." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]