Christopher Horsethief, University of British Columbia

Research

Community Based Participatory Research Decolonized Health System Decolonized Methodology Health Equity Health Promotion Health Systems And Health Services Research Indigenous Knowledge Systems Indigenous Wellness

Latest funding

Measuring the Costs and Social Returns of Matriarchal Kinship Care: The Nita Survey
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,147,500
Promoting Health Equity Through Anti-Colonial Health Systems Transformation: The xacqanal itkinil (Many Ways of Working on the Same Thing) Research Project
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$956,250

All 2 grants and awards

Measuring the Costs and Social Returns of Matriarchal Kinship Care: The Nita Survey

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shahram, Sana; Bingham, Brittany L; Ndumbe-Eyoh, Sume; Urbanoski, Karen A

Keywords: Caregiving And Kinship Care; Data Governance; Health Equity; Health Systems Research; Indigenous Health; Maternal And Child Health; Participatory Action Research; Research Co-Production; Social Epidemiology; Social Return On Investment

$1,147,500

Promoting Health Equity Through Anti-Colonial Health Systems Transformation: The xacqanal itkinil (Many Ways of Working on the Same Thing) Research Project

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Shahram, Sana; Horsethief, Christopher; Pauly, Bernadette M

Keywords: Community Based Participatory Research; Decolonized Health System; Decolonized Methodology; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Health Systems And Health Services Research; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Indigenous Wellness; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Social Determinants Of Health

$956,250

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: Community Based Participatory Research Dear Professor Horsethief, 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 community based participatory research 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 "Promoting Health Equity Through Anti-Colonial Health Systems Transformation: The xacqanal itkinil (Many Ways of Working on the Same Thing) Research Project" (2020), 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]