Diana Lewis, University of Victoria

Research

British Columbia Climate Displacement Climate Justice Decolonizing Public Health Early Career Researcher Mentorship And Capacity Building Evacuations Health Equity Indigenous And Critical Methodologies

Latest funding

Identifying community-led research priorities for food security, health, and justice for our Elders and future ancestors in a rapidly changing climate already affecting Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's land, waters, air, and other-than-human relations in the oil sands of Alberta: Catalyzing community and land-based questions for a future community-led operating grant.
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$124,908
Catalyzing Intersectoral Collaborations on the Intersectional Public Health Impacts of Climate Displacement: Insights from British Columbia and Beyond
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$124,821

All 2 grants and awards

Identifying community-led research priorities for food security, health, and justice for our Elders and future ancestors in a rapidly changing climate already affecting Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation's land, waters, air, and other-than-human relations in the oil sands of Alberta: Catalyzing community and land-based questions for a future community-led operating grant.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area - Climate Justice

Principal investigators: Castleden, Heather E; Tssessaze, Lisa; John, Jodi-Mae

Keywords: Climate Change And Climate Justice; Culturally Relevant Gender-Based Analysis; Early-Career Researcher Mentorship And Capacity Building; Food Security And Food Sovereignty; Indigenous And Community-Based Methodologies; Indigenous Elders' Health; Indigenous Peoples' Health; Indigenous-Led Solutions For Climate Change; Other-Than-Human Relations; Planetary Health

$124,908

Catalyzing Intersectoral Collaborations on the Intersectional Public Health Impacts of Climate Displacement: Insights from British Columbia and Beyond

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Castleden, Heather E; BATES-EAMER, NICOLE; Gislason, Maya K; Hoogeveen, Dawn; Kang, Simrat A; Lewis, Diana M; Masuda, Jeffrey R; Wiebe, Sarah M

Keywords: British Columbia; Climate Displacement; Climate Justice; Decolonizing Public Health; Early Career Researcher Mentorship And Capacity Building; Evacuations; Health Equity; Indigenous And Critical Methodologies; Indigenous Peoples; Planetary Health

$124,821

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: British Columbia Dear Professor Lewis, 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 british columbia 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 "Catalyzing Intersectoral Collaborations on the Intersectional Public Health Impacts of Climate Displacement: Insights from British Columbia and Beyond" (2023), 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]