Kristen Desjarlais-deKlerk

Research

Health And Wellness Indigenous Health Indigenous Sovereignty Network Development Relationality Youth Leadership

Latest funding

Connecting Stories and Systems Data to Transform Child Welfare for Indigenous Families: An Indigenous-led Mixed Methods Study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,071,000
Wellness, Health, and Youth: A Research Network By and For Indigenous Young People
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$98,500

Connecting Stories and Systems Data to Transform Child Welfare for Indigenous Families: An Indigenous-led Mixed Methods Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hayward, Ashley

Keywords: Advocacy; Child Welfare Systems; Community-Led Research; Etuaptmumk (Two-Eyed Seeing); Indigenous Health Equity; Indigenous Research Methodologies; Indigenous-Led Research; Keeoukaywin (Visiting Way); Kinship Care; Mixed Methods

$1,071,000

Wellness, Health, and Youth: A Research Network By and For Indigenous Young People

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Cat. Grant: Healthy Youth - Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, Inuit, Urban Ind.)

Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L; Cassidy-Matthews, Chenoa M; Desjarlais-deKlerk, Kristen A; Lys, Candice L; Pilarinos, Andreas; Reading, Jeffrey L

Keywords: Health And Wellness; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Sovereignty; Network Development; Relationality; Youth Leadership

$98,500

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: Health And Wellness Dear Professor Desjarlais-deKlerk, 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 health and wellness 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 "Wellness, Health, and Youth: A Research Network By and For Indigenous Young People" (2022), 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]