Jeffrey Masuda, University of Victoria

Research

Anti-Colonial Public Health Colonial Dispossession Downtown Eastside Environmental Respossession Indigenous Resurgence Nation-Specific Cultural Connection Severe Housing Exploitation Storied Methodologies

Latest papers

Confronting epistemic blinders in impact assessment and environmental health risk assessment processes.
Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2025
COP26: what is the message for public health?
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2022 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Care-full housing: Impacts of care on renters' experience of crises in housing co-operatives
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$26,787
Holding space for Indigenous re-narration of urban wellness, self-determination, and community flourishing in colonial Vancouver's Downtown Eastside's Single Room Occupancy Hotels
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$1,595,025
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 6 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Confronting epistemic blinders in impact assessment and environmental health risk assessment processes.

Lewis D, Castleden H, Masuda J, Richmond C, Jolly D

Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis2025

DOI: 10.1111/risa.70073 PMID: 40677137

02

COP26: what is the message for public health?

Masuda J, McLaren L, Poland B

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2022First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00608-w PMID: 35102529

Care-full housing: Impacts of care on renters' experience of crises in housing co-operatives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Thompson, Samantha

Keywords: Housing; Care theory; Housing crises; Urban geography; Renters' experiences; Qualitative research

$26,787

Holding space for Indigenous re-narration of urban wellness, self-determination, and community flourishing in colonial Vancouver's Downtown Eastside's Single Room Occupancy Hotels

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Masuda, Jeffrey R; Stephens, Rhonda

Keywords: Anti-Colonial Public Health; Colonial Dispossession; Downtown Eastside; Environmental Respossession; Indigenous Resurgence; Nation-Specific Cultural Connection; Severe Housing Exploitation; Storied Methodologies; Strength-Based Research; Tenant Organizing

$1,595,025

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

Addressing Intersecting Crises: Climate, Housing, and Compounding Health Vulnerabilities for Senior Tenants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - International

Principal investigators: Yoon, Liv

Keywords: seniors; tenants; housing; indoor; heat; air quality; renoviction; community; health; justice

$1,620,693

Supporting Vulnerable and Marginalized Older Adults to be Cared for and to Die at 'Home'

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stajduhar, Kelli I

Keywords: Dying At Home; Housing; Older Adults; Palliative And End Of Life Care; Structural Inequities; Urban

$1,131,436

A "Peer-to-Peer" Network for Digital Justice: Reimagining community-based research and tenant organizing in congregate housing settings during COVID-19

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Call

Principal investigators: Masuda, Jeffrey

Keywords: Community based participatory action research Digital justice Housing and tenant rights Policy and planning Digital methodologies

$237,970

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

School of Public Administration
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Geography
Geography, Environment and Geomatics
Community Health Sciences

Co-authors at University of Victoria, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Lindsay Mclaren

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Heather Castleden

School of Public Administration

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Chantelle Richmond

Geography

1 shared papers, latest 2025

Blake Poland

Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Diana Lewis

Geography, Environment and Geomatics

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Anti-Colonial Public Health Dear Professor Masuda, 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]. I read your paper "Confronting epistemic blinders in impact assessment and environmental health risk assessment processes." (2025), and it 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 "Holding space for Indigenous re-narration of urban wellness, self-determination, and community flourishing in colonial Vancouver's Downtown Eastside's Single Room Occupancy Hotels" (2024), 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]