Christina West, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Latest funding

Critical Explorations at the Nexus of Art and Spirituality: Sites for Equity and Reconciliation
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$48,686
Arts-based Spiritual Care to Advance Equity in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary, Cooperative Investigation
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Advancing Equity-oriented Arts-based Spiritual Care in Healthcare Services through an Interdisciplinary Investigation
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 5 grants and awards

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Critical Explorations at the Nexus of Art and Spirituality: Sites for Equity and Reconciliation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra

Keywords: Art and Spirituality; Arts-based Knowledge Mobilization; Arts-based Research; Critical Disability Studies; Equity; Ethnography; Indigenous Research; Reconciliation; Substance Use; Spiritual Support; Spiritually and Religion; Unhoused; Qualitative Methods

$48,686

Arts-based Spiritual Care to Advance Equity in Healthcare: An Interdisciplinary, Cooperative Investigation

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant - PA: Research in First Nations, Inuit and/or Métis Health

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra L; Tuppurainen, Anne

Keywords: Arts; Arts-Based Knowledge Translation; Arts-Based Research Methods; Case Study; Cooperative Inquiry; Health Equity; Healthcare Services; Spiritual Care; Spiritual Care Practitioner; Traditional Healer

$100,000

Advancing Equity-oriented Arts-based Spiritual Care in Healthcare Services through an Interdisciplinary Investigation

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Rieger, Kendra L; Tuppurainen, Anne

Keywords: Arts; Arts-Based Knowledge Translation; Case Study Research; Health Equity; Healthcare Services; Participatory Action Research; Realist Evaluation; Spiritual Care; Spiritual Care Practitioner; Traditional Healer

$100,000

Partnering to shape empathy-based intercultural communication in undergraduate nursing: An intersectional constructivist grounded theory study

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: ARMAH, NAOMI

Keywords: Constructivist Grounded Theory; Culturally Competent Care; Empathy; Family Caregivers; Intercultural Communication; Intersectional Theory; Nurse Educators; Nursing; Patients; Undergraduate Students

$105,000

The Development and Evaluation of An Evidence-informed, Competency-based, Accredited Compassion Training Program for Healthcare Providers Caring for Older Adults-The EnACT Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sinclair, Shane A; Hack, Thomas F; Roze des Ordons, Amanda L

Keywords: Advancing Illness; Compassion; Education; Health Services; Older Adults; Palliative Approach; Patient-Centred; Patient-Oriented Research; Quality Care; Training

$745,875

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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