Anne Tuppurainen, Trinity Western University

Research

Arts Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Health Equity Healthcare Services Spiritual Care Spiritual Care Practitioner Traditional Healer Arts-Based Research Methods

Latest funding

Arts-based Spiritual Care to Advance Equity in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary, Cooperative Investigation
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
Advancing Equity-oriented Arts-based Spiritual Care in Healthcare Services through an Interdisciplinary Investigation
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

Arts-based Spiritual Care to Advance Equity in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary, Cooperative Investigation

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra L; Tuppurainen, Anne

Keywords: Arts; Arts-Based Knowledge Translation; Arts-Based Research Methods; Case Study; Cooperative Inquiry; Health Equity; Healthcare Services; Spiritual Care; Spiritual Care Practitioner; Traditional Healer

$100,000

Advancing Equity-oriented Arts-based Spiritual Care in Healthcare Services through an Interdisciplinary Investigation

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra L; Tuppurainen, Anne

Keywords: Arts; Arts-Based Knowledge Translation; Case Study Research; Health Equity; Healthcare Services; Participatory Action Research; Realist Evaluation; Spiritual Care; Spiritual Care Practitioner; Traditional Healer

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Arts Dear Professor Tuppurainen, 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 arts 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 "Arts-based Spiritual Care to Advance Equity in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary, Cooperative Investigation" (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]