Shannon McDonald, University of British Columbia

Research

Community Engagement Emergency Medical Care First Nations First Responders Remote Indigenous Communities

Latest funding

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
A scoping review to identify the impact of different legal approaches on opioid-related harms and mortality
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$59,982

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

A scoping review to identify the impact of different legal approaches on opioid-related harms and mortality

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Buxton, Jane; Henry, Bonnie J

Keywords: Legal Approaches; Opioid Crisis

$59,982

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 Engagement Dear Professor McDonald, 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 engagement 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 "Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for emergency care services in rural and remote Indigenous communities in British Columbia." (2019), 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]