Shayna Skakoon-Sparling, University of Northern British Columbia

Research

2s/Gbtq African, Caribbean, And Black People Capacity-Bridging Community-Based Research Hiv Sexual And Reproductive Health Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections Two-Spirit People

Latest funding

Addressing HIV and STBBI among Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Men in Canada Through Community-Led Research and Capacity-Building: Centring the Needs of Indigenous People, Black People, and People Living with HIV
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000

All 1 grants and awards

Addressing HIV and STBBI among Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Men in Canada Through Community-Led Research and Capacity-Building: Centring the Needs of Indigenous People, Black People, and People Living with HIV

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Gay, bisexual men and other MSM

Principal investigators: Community-Based Research Centre, .; Burke, Orville; Durrant, Garfield S; Kwag, Michael; Dame, Jessy M; Klassen, Benjamin J; Lachowsky, Nathan J; McCready, Lance T; Sinno, Jad; Skakoon-Sparling, Shayna P

Keywords: 2s/Gbtq; African, Caribbean, And Black People; Capacity-Bridging; Community-Based Research; Hiv; Sexual And Reproductive Health; Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections; Two-Spirit People

$1,000,000

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: 2s/Gbtq Dear Professor Skakoon-Sparling, 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 2s/gbtq 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 "Addressing HIV and STBBI among Two-Spirit, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Men in Canada Through Community-Led Research and Capacity-Building: Centring the Needs of Indigenous People, Black People, and People Living with HIV" (2025), 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]