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Krista Stelkia

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Krista Stelkia

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Indigenous Health Community-Based Research Indigenous Health Research Network Environments For Indigenous Health Research Crc Indigenous Health Research Ethics Indigenous Gender And Wellness.

Latest papers

From capacity-building to capacity-bridging: Indigenous Research Liaisons as a strategic intervention to bridge Indigenous communities' capacities in the British Columbia health research environment.
AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2026 · first author
Supporting Indigenous self-determination through institutional readiness for change: Indigenous cultural safety considerations for research administration from the British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research.
AlterNative (Auckland, N.Z. : 2005) · 2026 · senior author
Cardiovascular Care in Canada: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities For Improvement
Circulation · 2024

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Team British Columbia [I-HeLTI NUU-CHAH-NULTH TRIBAL COUNCIL], of Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (I-HeLTI)
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$408,333
Exploring First Nations-specific approaches to ethical health research in British Columbia: A case study of Nation-based research ethics protocols in BC
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$600,000

All 15 grants and awards

Team British Columbia [I-HeLTI NUU-CHAH-NULTH TRIBAL COUNCIL], of Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (I-HeLTI)

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Directed Grant: Supplement to the I-HeLTI Teams

Principal investigators: Lucas, Lynnette J; Nepomnaschy, Pablo A; Reading, Jeffrey L; Venners, Scott; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Cardio-Metabolic Conditions; Child Development; Child Health; Developmental Origins Of Health And Disease; Indigenous Health; Interventions; Mental Health; Peri-Conceptional Cohort; Program Evaluation; Two-Eyed Seeing

$408,333

Exploring First Nations-specific approaches to ethical health research in British Columbia: A case study of Nation-based research ethics protocols in BC

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Atwater, Taylor

Keywords: Indigenous Health; Indigenous Health Research Ethics; Research Ethics; Self-Determination

$120,000

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Nominated PICIHR2024Canada Research Chairs - CIHR Funded - Tier 2

Principal investigators: Stelkia, Krista M

Keywords: Crc

$600,000

Diversity in discrimination research: Bringing the experiences of multiply marginalized Canadian populations to the fore

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bastos, Joao

Keywords: social inequities; discrimination; measurement; psychometrics; racism

$57,201

British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research: The Next Five Years

Nominated PICIHR2024Operating Grant - NEIHR - British Columbia

Principal investigators: Stelkia, Krista M; Wieman, Cornelia G; Adams, Evan L; Caron, Nadine R; Hancock, Robert; Mccormick, Roderick M; Reading, Jeffrey L; Robinson, Rheanna

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Health Research; Network Environments For Indigenous Health Research

$4,000,000

Mitigating the negative effects of social media use on women's body image

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Mills, Jennifer S.

Keywords: social media; body image; women

$56,457

Indigenizing Health Research Ethics in British Columbia with Indigenous Communities, Collectives and Organizations: Co-Create Wise Practices & Distinctions-Based Ethical Protocols in Indigenous Health Research

Nominated PICIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stelkia, Krista M; Arbour, Laura T; Behn Smith, Daniele M; Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Erb, Tara L; Fleming, Terri; Hancock, Robert; Manshadi, Anita; Mccormick, Roderick M; Reading, Jeffrey L; Sims, Daniel; Wieman, Cornelia G

Keywords: Indigenous Health; Indigenous Health Research Ethics

$424,576

Health impacts of a pilot decriminalization policy among people who use drugs in Vancouver, BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hayashi, Kanna; Graham, Brittany J

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Decriminalization; Drug Use; Law Enforcement; Mixed-Methods Research

$443,700

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: I-HeLTI Cohort Research Study

Principal investigators: Lucas, Lynnette J; Bell, Rhonda C; Bill, Lea; Montesanti, Stephanie R; Nepomnaschy, Pablo A; Oster, Richard T; Reading, Jeffrey L; Titone, Sebastien; Venners, Scott; Waddell, Charlotte A; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Child Development; Dohad; Indigenous Health; Life Course; Maternal And Child Health; Non-Communicable Diseases; Nutrition; Resilience; Social And Biological Determinants Of Health And Development; Stress And Trauma

$14,100,000

Addressing First Nations' health and wellness priorities: Enhancing Indigenous research and data analytics at the BC First Nations Health Authority.

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Marsden, Namaste; Berry-Einarson, Kathryn; Berry, Nicole S; Isaac-Mann, Sonia T; Murray, Jennifer B; Reading, Jeffrey L; Stelkia, Krista M; Venners, Scott; Ward, Amanda J

Keywords: Indigenous Health

$745,876

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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Krista Stelkia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

From capacity-building to capacity-bridging: Indigenous Research Liaisons as a strategic intervention to bridge Indigenous communities' capacities in the British Columbia health research environment.

Supporting Indigenous self-determination through institutional readiness for change: Indigenous cultural safety considerations for research administration from the British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research.

Cardiovascular Care in Canada: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities For Improvement

Indigenous Health Research Mentorship within Post-Secondary Institutions in Canada, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand: A Scoping Review.

Best Practices to Support the Self-Determination of Indigenous Communities, Collectives, and Organizations in Health Research through a Provincial Health Research Network Environment in British Columbia, Canada.

Structural Racism as an Ecosystem: An Exploratory Study on How Structural Racism Influences Chronic Disease and Health and Wellbeing of First Nations in Canada.

Team British Columbia [I-HeLTI NUU-CHAH-NULTH TRIBAL COUNCIL], of Indigenous Healthy Life Trajectory Initiative (I-HeLTI)

Exploring First Nations-specific approaches to ethical health research in British Columbia: A case study of Nation-based research ethics protocols in BC

Canada Research Chair - Tier 2

Diversity in discrimination research: Bringing the experiences of multiply marginalized Canadian populations to the fore

British Columbia Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research: The Next Five Years

Mitigating the negative effects of social media use on women's body image

Indigenizing Health Research Ethics in British Columbia with Indigenous Communities, Collectives and Organizations: Co-Create Wise Practices & Distinctions-Based Ethical Protocols in Indigenous Health Research

Health impacts of a pilot decriminalization policy among people who use drugs in Vancouver, BC

Hishuk-ish tsawalk (everything is one, everything is connected): Restoring healthy family systems in Indigenous communities

Addressing First Nations' health and wellness priorities: Enhancing Indigenous research and data analytics at the BC First Nations Health Authority.

Frequent collaborators

Krista Stelkia

Anita Manshadi

Harriette Van Spall