Dawn Smith, University of Victoria

Research

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Indigenous education curriculum development Indigenous governance and worldviews nature and relationality renewable energy climate change Indigenous self-determination Indigenous community development

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Archipelagos of Indigenous-led Resurgence for Planetary Health-Proof-of-concept: Actualizing Indigenous determinants of planetary health by supporting the reciprocal relationships among Indigenous Peoples, their places, Nation, and cultural contexts, and networking and amplifying localized efforts through visiting, sharing, and trans-national Indigenous diplomacy
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$2,295,000

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Archipelagos of Indigenous-led Resurgence for Planetary Health-Proof-of-concept: Actualizing Indigenous determinants of planetary health by supporting the reciprocal relationships among Indigenous Peoples, their places, Nation, and cultural contexts, and networking and amplifying localized efforts through visiting, sharing, and trans-national Indigenous diplomacy

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Aikau, Hokulani K; Castleden, Heather E; Naputi, Tiara R; Newman, Carey; Quesnelle, Melissa N; te Heuheu, Lisa

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Health Research; Decolonizing And Indigenizing Planetary Health; Indigenous And Critical Methodologies; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Leadership In Planetary Health; Indigenous Resurgence; Indigenous Sovereignty And Relationality In Decision-Making; Interconnectivity Of Health Lands And Healthy Peoples; Social-Ecological Health And Wellbeing; Transdisciplinary Research

$2,295,000

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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