Lisa Tssessaze, University of Victoria

Research

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

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 · Principal investigator
$124,908

All 1 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.

Principal 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

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: Climate Change And Climate Justice Dear Professor Tssessaze, 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 climate change and climate justice 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 "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." (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]