Laura Cranmer, Vancouver Island University

Research

Colonial History Cultural Wellness Health Education Health Equity Health Services And Policy Indigenous Health Indigenous Language Revitalization Intergenerational Knowledge

Latest funding

Healing Histories, Transforming Futures: Intergenerational Learning and Truth-Telling for Survivors and Indigenous Youth Health Pathways
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$1,468,800
Rewriting the Colonial Script: Truth-Telling, Language Reawakening and Reconciliation through Applied Theatre
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$446,108
Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital: Reawakening Hul'q'umin'um', Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and Kwak'wala languages through applied theatre
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$74,634

All 3 grants and awards

Healing Histories, Transforming Futures: Intergenerational Learning and Truth-Telling for Survivors and Indigenous Youth Health Pathways

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Cranmer, Laura A; Brebber, Belvie; Wager, Amanda C

Keywords: Colonial History; Cultural Wellness; Health Education; Health Equity; Health Services And Policy; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Language Revitalization; Intergenerational Knowledge; Theatre Education; Youth Pathways

$1,468,800

Rewriting the Colonial Script: Truth-Telling, Language Reawakening and Reconciliation through Applied Theatre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wager, Amanda C.

$446,108

Scenes from the Nanaimo Indian Hospital: Reawakening Hul'q'umin'um', Nuu-Chah-Nulth, and Kwak'wala languages through applied theatre

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wager, Amanda

Keywords: language revitalization; applied theatre; Indigenous languages; urban centres; culturally responsive education; arts-based research; Indigenous language experts; community-engaged research; reconciliation; literacies

$74,634

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: Colonial History Dear Professor Cranmer, 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 colonial history 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 "Healing Histories, Transforming Futures: Intergenerational Learning and Truth-Telling for Survivors and Indigenous Youth Health Pathways" (2026), 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]