Jeannette Watts, University of British Columbia

Research

Ceremony Diabetes Epidemiology Food Sovereignty Health Services Indigenous Governance Indigenous Peoples Land-Based Physical Activity

Latest funding

"Tee Cha Chitl" (TCC) Getting Well Again Community-Driven Nulth-chah-nulth (NCN) Diabetes Wellness Retreats
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$34,880
Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$1,172,436

All 2 grants and awards

"Tee Cha Chitl" (TCC) Getting Well Again Community-Driven Nulth-chah-nulth (NCN) Diabetes Wellness Retreats

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Team Gr: Diabetes Prevention & Treatment in Indigenous Communities: R&W - LOI

Principal investigators: Dickens, Rachel M; Atleo, Matilda; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Ceremony; Diabetes; Epidemiology; Food Sovereignty; Health Services; Indigenous Governance; Indigenous Peoples; Land-Based Physical Activity; Multidisciplinary; Traditional Wellness

$34,880

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia.

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Christenson, James M; Ho, Kendall; McDonald, Shannon; Reading, Jeffrey L; Stelkia, Krista M; Watts, Jeannette C

Keywords: Community Engagement; Emergency Medical Care; First Nations; First Responders; Remote Indigenous Communities

$1,172,436

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: Ceremony Dear Professor Watts, 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 ceremony 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 ""Tee Cha Chitl" (TCC) Getting Well Again Community-Driven Nulth-chah-nulth (NCN) Diabetes Wellness Retreats" (2021), 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]