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Jennifer Leason

ResearcherMedical AnthropologyUniversity of Calgary

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Jennifer Leason

Researcher

Medical Anthropology

Health Sciences

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (9 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Crc Indigenous Arts-Based Methods Gender Implementation Science Incarceration Indigenous And Decolonized Methodologies Interdisciplinary

Latest papers

Estimating the number and percentage of children who experience parental incarceration in Canada using whole population administrative and vital statistics data
PLoS ONE · 2026
Reclaiming Indigenous birth: research framework to assess the economic costs and outcomes of obstetric evacuation and experiences of Indigenous midwifery in Canada
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2026 · first author
Indigenous epidemiology in Canada: Epistemic struggle towards evidence, authority, and governance.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026 · first author

All 13 publications

Latest funding

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$500,000
Providing Indigenous Cultural Care through Midwife-Doula Partnerships in Winnipeg
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$290,000
Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$1,899,617

All 17 grants and awards

13 publications.

Estimating the number and percentage of children who experience parental incarceration in Canada using whole population administrative and vital statistics data

Kouyoumdjian FG, Paynter M, Knudsen EM, Croxford R, Bondy SJ, Jennings L, Russell N, Semeniuk R, Bentley-Wang C, Butler A

PLoS ONE20261 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0344941

Reclaiming Indigenous birth: research framework to assess the economic costs and outcomes of obstetric evacuation and experiences of Indigenous midwifery in Canada

Leason J, Dion C, Murray J, Couchie C, Darling E, John-Baptiste A, Lawford K, Striker EG

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-026-09211-0

Indigenous epidemiology in Canada: Epistemic struggle towards evidence, authority, and governance.

Leason J

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01239-1 PMID: 42581246

Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files

Rotondo J, VanSteelandt A, Kouyoumdjian F, Bowes MJ, Kakkar T, Jones G, Abele B, Murray R, Schleihauf E, Halverson J

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance20258 citations

DOI: 10.2196/49981

Costs of medical evacuation and transportation of First Nations Peoples and Inuit who travel for medical care in Canada: A systematic review

Radhaa M, Leason J, Twalibu A, Davis E, Fletcher CD, Lawford K, Darling E, Wylie L, Couchie C, Simon D

Canadian Journal of Public Health20255 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00945-y

Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada

Catherine NLA, Leason J, Marsden N, Barker B, Cullen A, Simpson A, Berry BA, Mohns E, Yung D, Zheng Y

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth20255 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12884-024-07070-1 PMID: W4406600176

Reproductive and maternal child health experiences of Indigenous women in prison: A scoping review

Jurgutis J, Wang C, Cavanagh A, Cheng B, Kouyoumdjian FG, Leason J

Social Science and Medicine20252 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118516

Nuts'a'maat shqwaluwun - Knitting ways of life with Indigenous research principles to examine preterm birth in Quw'utsun.

Seymour TL, Peter D, Tinoco E, Thomas M, Johnny L, Yuen B, Spry L, Mendoza F, Elliott M, Webster B, Waters S, Sawchuck D, Simpson A, Leason J, Janssen PA, Murray JB

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01028-2 PMID: 40240739

Exploring the contextual risk factors and characteristics of individuals who died from the acute toxic effects of opioids and other illegal substances: listening to the coroner and medical examiner voice.

Thompson T, Rotondo J, Enns A, Leason J, Halverson J, Huyer D, Kuo M, Lapointe L, May-Hadford J, Orpana H

Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2023

DOI: 10.24095/hpcdp.43.2.01 PMID: 36794822

Disparities in primary and emergency health care among "off-reserve" Indigenous females compared with non-Indigenous females aged 15-55 years in Canada.

Srugo SA, Ricci C, Leason J, Jiang Y, Luo W, Nelson C, Indigenous Advisory Committee

CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne2023

DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.221407 PMID: 37640405

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2025Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Leason, Jennifer L

Keywords: Crc

$500,000

Providing Indigenous Cultural Care through Midwife-Doula Partnerships in Winnipeg

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Cidro, Jaime

Keywords: Indigenous maternal health; culturally safe care; midwifery; doula care; community-based perinatal health; anti-racist care; anti-oppressive care; birth equity; reproductive justice

$290,000

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Letourneau, Nicole L; Darroch, Francine E; Jackson, Margaret A; Jaffe, Peter G; Leason, Jennifer L; Lessard, Geneviève; Nixon, Kendra L; Rickards, Tracey; Ross, Kharah M; Scott, Katreena L; Stewart-Tufescu, Ashley; Wood, Karen E

Keywords: Adverse Childhood Experiences; Community Services; Evidence-Based Care; Family Violence; Gender- And Sex-Based Analysis; Girls And Women; Health System Tranformation; Intergenerational Trauma; Intersectionality; Primary, Secondary And Tertiary Prevention

$1,899,617

GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Health Research Training Platform - Girls/Women's Health and Wellness

Principal investigators: Metcalfe, Amy L; Brennand, Erin A; Gordon, Jennifer L; Van Lieshout, Ryan J

Keywords: Career Development; Gender; Girls; Health; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; National; Training Program; Wellbeing; Women

$2,400,000

Maternity Experiences Behind Bars: Exploring Incarcerated Indigenous Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health and Wellness

Nominated PICIHR2021Team Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness Team Grant

Principal investigators: Leason, Jennifer L; Cidro, Jaime; Jurgutis, Jessica; Kouyoumdjian, Fiona G; Paynter, Martha J

Keywords: Arts-Based Methods; Gender; Implementation Science; Incarceration; Indigenous; Indigenous And Decolonized Methodologies; Interdisciplinary; Maternal And Reproductive Health; Reproductive Justice; Wellness

$500,000

First Foods: Navigating Knowledge Pathways within Urban Indigenous Environments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Neufeld, Hannah

Keywords: Indigenous; maternal; child; infant; nutrition; caregiving; food

$88,387

Providing Indigenous Cultural Care through Midwife-Doula Partnerships in Winnipeg

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Joint Initiative

Principal investigators: Cidro, Jaime

Keywords: Indigenous maternal health; culturally safe care; midwifery; doula care; community-based perinatal health; anti-racist care; anti-oppressive care; birth equity; reproductive justice

$159,980

Assessing the Economic Costs of Obstetric Evacuation and Outcomes/Experiences of Indigenous Midwifery in Urban, Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities.

Nominated PICIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Leason, Jennifer L; Dion Fletcher, Claire G; John-Baptiste, Ava A; Ryan, Chaneesa R

Keywords: Community Based-Action Research; Economic Cost Analysis; Indigenous Health Indicators; Indigenous Maternal Child Health Outcomes; Indigenous Midwifery; Indigenous: First Nation, Métis And Inuit; Obstetric Evacuation; Perinatal Health Experiences; Returning Birth To Indigenous Communities; Socio-Cultural Benefits

$1,224,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2019Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Leason, Jennifer L

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network in Alberta

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant: NEIHR - Alberta

Principal investigators: Crowshoe, Lynden L; Tailfeathers, Esther; Bablitz, Cara A; Barnabe, Cheryl C; Green, Michael E; Henderson, Rita I; Kennedy, Andrea; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Murry, Adam T

Keywords: Diffusions Of Inovation; Health Inequities; Indigenous, Equity; Inter-Sectoral Collaborations; Jurisdictional Barriers; Preventive Medicine; Primary Care; System Integration

$3,500,000

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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Jennifer Leason

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Estimating the number and percentage of children who experience parental incarceration in Canada using whole population administrative and vital statistics data

Reclaiming Indigenous birth: research framework to assess the economic costs and outcomes of obstetric evacuation and experiences of Indigenous midwifery in Canada

Indigenous epidemiology in Canada: Epistemic struggle towards evidence, authority, and governance.

Substance-Related Acute Toxicity Deaths in Canada From 2016 to 2017: Protocol for a Retrospective Chart Review Study of Coroner and Medical Examiner Files

Costs of medical evacuation and transportation of First Nations Peoples and Inuit who travel for medical care in Canada: A systematic review

Understanding the experiences of young, urban, Indigenous mothers-to-be in British Columbia, Canada

Reproductive and maternal child health experiences of Indigenous women in prison: A scoping review

Nuts'a'maat shqwaluwun - Knitting ways of life with Indigenous research principles to examine preterm birth in Quw'utsun.

Exploring the contextual risk factors and characteristics of individuals who died from the acute toxic effects of opioids and other illegal substances: listening to the coroner and medical examiner voice.

Disparities in primary and emergency health care among "off-reserve" Indigenous females compared with non-Indigenous females aged 15-55 years in Canada.

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Providing Indigenous Cultural Care through Midwife-Doula Partnerships in Winnipeg

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls' and Women's Health

GROWW (Guiding interdisciplinary Research On cis- and trans-gendered Women's and girls health and Wellbeing)

Maternity Experiences Behind Bars: Exploring Incarcerated Indigenous Women's Reproductive and Maternal Health and Wellness

First Foods: Navigating Knowledge Pathways within Urban Indigenous Environments

Providing Indigenous Cultural Care through Midwife-Doula Partnerships in Winnipeg

Assessing the Economic Costs of Obstetric Evacuation and Outcomes/Experiences of Indigenous Midwifery in Urban, Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities.

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Indigenous Primary Health Care and Policy Research (IPHCPR) Network in Alberta

Frequent collaborators

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Dirk Huyer

Liz Darling

Leslie Roos

Lloy Wylie

Jessica Liauw

Tenzin Butsang

Karen Lawford

Martha Paynter

Amanda Butler

Namaste Marsden

Shannon Waters

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Catherine Lebel

Heather Orpana

Charlotte Waddell

Harriet MacMillan