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Shannon Waters
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Research
Latest papers
Nuts'a'maat shqwaluwun - Knitting ways of life with Indigenous research principles to examine preterm birth in Quw'utsun.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
Protection for us not "from us": Perspectives from Cree-Anishnaabe, Dene/Métis, and Hul'q'umi'num' physician leaders on moving beyond assumed benevolence.
Healthcare management forum · 2025 · senior author
Experiences of HIV among global Indigenous populations through the lens of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
The lancet. HIV · 2023
Latest funding
- $750,000
Decolonizing Approaches to the Governance and Leadership of Public Health Crises in the Context of Climate Change
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $223,653
'Fixing Ourselves': Evidence-informed Eradication of Indigenous-specific Racism to Advance True Reconciliation in Settler Population and Public Health Systems
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
- $1,357,876
When the Land Speaks: BC First Nations Sovereignty, Language, and Public Health Governance in Climate Emergencies
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
4 publications.
Nuts'a'maat shqwaluwun - Knitting ways of life with Indigenous research principles to examine preterm birth in Quw'utsun.
Seymour TL, Peter D, Tinoco E, Thomas M, Johnny L, Yuen B, Spry L, Mendoza F, Elliott M, Webster B, Waters S, Sawchuck D, Simpson A, Leason J, Janssen PA, Murray JB
Protection for us not "from us": Perspectives from Cree-Anishnaabe, Dene/Métis, and Hul'q'umi'num' physician leaders on moving beyond assumed benevolence.
Anderson M, Behn Smith D, Waters S
Experiences of HIV among global Indigenous populations through the lens of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
Braley E, Hendry J, Braley M, Cassidy-Matthews C, Waters S, Christian W, Spittal P, Demerais L, Pooyak S, Behn Smith D, Jongbloed K
Canada's global leadership and Indigenous people.
Stime B, Laliberte N, Mackie J, Waters S
Decolonizing Approaches to the Governance and Leadership of Public Health Crises in the Context of Climate Change
Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L; Waters, Shannon T
Keywords: Climate Change; Community-Driven Research; Decolonizing Climate Crises And Pandemic Preparedness; First Nations Sovereignty & Governance; Gender Responses To Climate Change; Indigenous Capacity Building; Indigenous Health; Strengthening Public Health Systems
'Fixing Ourselves': Evidence-informed Eradication of Indigenous-specific Racism to Advance True Reconciliation in Settler Population and Public Health Systems
Principal investigators: Jongbloed, Kate; Behn Smith, Daniele M; Erickson, Janene
Keywords: Indigenous-Specific Anti-Racism; Public Health Systems; Truth And Reconciliation; Workforce Capacity
When the Land Speaks: BC First Nations Sovereignty, Language, and Public Health Governance in Climate Emergencies
Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L; Waters, Shannon T
Keywords: Climate Change; Gender And Climate Change; Health Equity; Health System Transformation; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Self-Determination; Planetary Health; Rematriating Health Governance
Investing in Matriarchal Power, Access, Care and Traditional Wellness (IMPACT)
Principal investigators: Bingham, Brittany L
Keywords: Access To Care; Cultural Safety; Elder And Matriarch Health; Gender Equity; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Women'S Health; Menopause; Reproductive Justice
Identifying a path forward to measure racism as a determinant of health within BC population health and wellness reporting
Principal investigators: Henry, Bonnie J; Behn Smith, Daniele M; Jongbloed, Kate; Ogilvie, Gina S
Keywords: Bipoc; Equity; Indicators; Public Health; Racism
Acting on a high rate of preterm birth among Indigenous women: learning from the Cowichan Valley Region to improve health systems
Principal investigators: Murray, Jennifer B
Keywords: Community-Based Research; Determinants Of Health; Indigenous Health; Maternal Health; Perinatal Health; Preterm Birth
The Cedar Project: Providing culturally-safe, strengths-based case management for the delivery of optimal hepatitis C care and treatment among Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia
Principal investigators: Spittal, Patricia M; Yoshida, Eric M
Keywords: Barriers To Care; Hepatitis C; Indigenous People Who Use Drugs
The Cedar Project: Exploring vulnerabilities to HIV, HCV, and STIs among young Aboriginal people who use drugs in urban and rural settings
Principal investigators: Spittal, Patricia M; Christian, Wayne M; Schechter, Martin T
Keywords: Aboriginal People; Epidemiology; Hcv; Hiv/Aids; Mhealth; Multi-Disciplinary; Resiliency; Rural And Remote Health; Stis; Substance Use
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Patricia Spittal and Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews: 3 shared papers
- Patricia Spittal and Shannon Waters: 1 shared paper
- Patricia Spittal and Kate Jongbloed: 1 shared paper
- Jennifer Leason and Shannon Waters: 1 shared paper
- Marcia Anderson and Shannon Waters: 1 shared paper
- Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews and Shannon Waters: 1 shared paper
- Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews and Kate Jongbloed: 1 shared paper
- Shannon Waters and Kate Jongbloed: 1 shared paper
- Social Medicine
- Department of Emergency Medicine
- Department of Political Science
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- School of Population and Public Health
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Kate Jongbloed
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Patricia Spittal
School of Population and Public Health
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Jennifer Leason
Department of Political Science
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Marcia Anderson
Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews
Department of Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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