Liquaa Wazni, University of Victoria

Research

Cultural Safety And Humility Indigenous Health Nursing Indigenous Nursing Education Indigenous Research Methodologies

Latest papers

Towards distinctions-based Indigenous health workforce reform in Canada: A comparative policy analysis.
Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2026

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Shared Pathways to a Healthier Tomorrow: Strengthening Public Health Systems with Indigenous Knowledges
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$556,912
From Knowledge to Healing: Pathways to Sustaining First Nations Health Knowledge Systems
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$1,461,150
Indigenous Knowledge in Nursing: Co-Creating Indigenous Health Nursing Wise Practices
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Towards distinctions-based Indigenous health workforce reform in Canada: A comparative policy analysis.

Bourque Bearskin ML, Wazni L, Hunter-Porter St'uxwtsews NR, Kelly L, Chakanyuka C, Padley M, Martell N, Sampalli T, Tomblin Murphy G, Mojbafan A

Health policy (Amsterdam, Netherlands)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2026.105741 PMID: 42715857

Shared Pathways to a Healthier Tomorrow: Strengthening Public Health Systems with Indigenous Knowledges

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: STEPS - Strengthening Public Health Systems in British Columbia

Principal investigators: Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Fry, Hilary; Seward, Bonnie M

Keywords: Indigenous Health Knowledge Systems

$556,912

From Knowledge to Healing: Pathways to Sustaining First Nations Health Knowledge Systems

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Edge, Lois E; Ermine, William J; Gallagher, Joe; Mishak, Brenda; Proulx, Jeffrey; Smylie, Janet K

Keywords: Indigenous Health Research

$1,461,150

Indigenous Knowledge in Nursing: Co-Creating Indigenous Health Nursing Wise Practices

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Wazni, Liquaa

Keywords: Cultural Safety And Humility; Indigenous Health Nursing; Indigenous Nursing Education; Indigenous Research Methodologies

$25,000

Equitable Maternal-Newborn Care (Mom2New Co-Care) for New Migrant Women from the Middle East in Canada: A Co-produced Research Partnership with Social, Legal, and Wellbeing Services

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Modanloo, Shokoufeh

Keywords: community development; cross-sectoral partnership; knowledge coproduction; migrant women; equitable social services; maternal-newborn care

$73,060

Equitable Maternal-Newborn Care (Mom2New Co-Care) for New Migrant Women from the Middle East in Canada: A Co-produced Research Partnership with Social, Legal, and Wellbeing Services

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Modanloo, Shokoufeh

Keywords: community development; cross-sectoral partnership; knowledge coproduction; migrant women; equitable social services; maternal-newborn care

$107,285

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

Health Sciences
School of Nursing
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Tara Sampalli

School of Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2026

Gail Tomblin Murphy

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Cultural Safety And Humility Dear Professor Wazni, 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 "Towards distinctions-based Indigenous health workforce reform in Canada: A comparative policy analysis." (2026), 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 "Indigenous Knowledge in Nursing: Co-Creating Indigenous Health Nursing Wise Practices" (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]