Jillian Alston, University of Calgary

Research

Advocacy Capacity-Building Community Partnerships Empowerment Health Equity Network-Building Older People With Experiences Of Homelessness Participatory Action Research

Latest funding

Advancing Culturally Sensitive Support for Ethnically Diverse, Precariously Housed Older Adults Across Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$24,963
Exchange & GROWTH: Generating Resilience Outcomes through community Wisdom - Transforming Homelessness in later life
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$149,828
Co-designing equity care with Older People with Experiences of Homelessness (OPEH): exchanging knowledge, and planning system improvement
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$46,520

All 3 grants and awards

Advancing Culturally Sensitive Support for Ethnically Diverse, Precariously Housed Older Adults Across Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kokorelias, Kristina M; Hatzifilalithis, Stephanie; Hoang, Peter; Sheppard, Christine L

Keywords: Equity; Housing; Older Adults; Social Determinants Of Health; Vulnerable Populations

$24,963

Exchange & GROWTH: Generating Resilience Outcomes through community Wisdom - Transforming Homelessness in later life

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Nixon, Lara; Checkland, Claire; Alston, Jillian; Holroyd-Leduc, Jayna M; Kelly, Martina; Straus, Sharon E

Keywords: Advocacy; Capacity-Building; Community Partnerships; Empowerment; Health Equity; Network-Building; Older People With Experiences Of Homelessness; Participatory Action Research; Policy Design; Transdisciplinary

$149,828

Co-designing equity care with Older People with Experiences of Homelessness (OPEH): exchanging knowledge, and planning system improvement

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Nixon, Lara

Keywords: Ageism; Participatory Research

$46,520

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: Advocacy Dear Professor Alston, 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 advocacy 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 "Exchange & GROWTH: Generating Resilience Outcomes through community Wisdom - Transforming Homelessness in later life" (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]