Laurie Meijer Drees

Research

Indigenous Knowledge Cross-Cultural Learning And Sharing Cultural Perceptions Of Health Gender And Identity Gender, Land And Wellness Gender, Language And Wellness Indigenous Identities Intergenerational Sharing Of Indigenous Knowledge

Latest funding

Listening to the words of the S-ul'hween (respected Elders): Our story, our identity, our well-being.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$196,500
Engendering a Healthy Indigenous Identity: Focusing on Who We Are, Not What We Are
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$464,154
Land, Language, Life: Engendering an Indigenous Identity and Wellness
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$70,000

All 4 grants and awards

Listening to the words of the S-ul'hween (respected Elders): Our story, our identity, our well-being.

Nominated PICIHR2025Operating Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness - Knowledge Sharing

Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie

Keywords: Cross-Cultural Learning And Sharing; Cultural Perceptions Of Health; Gender And Identity; Gender, Land And Wellness; Gender, Language And Wellness; Indigenous Identities; Indigenous Knowledge; Intergenerational Sharing Of Indigenous Knowledge

$196,500

Engendering a Healthy Indigenous Identity: Focusing on Who We Are, Not What We Are

Nominated PICIHR2021Team Grant: Indigenous Gender and Wellness Team Grant

Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie; James, Florence; Norris, Joe; Speck, Fred

Keywords: Action-Oriented Community Based Research; Culture And Health; Indigenous Gender And Wellness; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous-Led Research; Land, Body And Spirit Connections; Youth Mental Health

$464,154

Land, Language, Life: Engendering an Indigenous Identity and Wellness

Nominated PICIHR2019Indigenous Gender and Wellness Development Grants

Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie

Keywords: Connecting Land, Language And Identity; Exploring Xwulmuxw (Coast Salish) Notions Of Gender; Indigenous Wellness

$70,000

A digital indigenous knowledge resource: collaboratively creating protocols for Central Vancouver Island

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Aboriginal Research

Principal investigators: Meijer Drees, Laurie

Keywords: oral history; First Nations cultural protocols; indigenous knowledge; community-based research; archiving oral teachings

$12,500

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: Indigenous Knowledge Dear Professor Meijer Drees, 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 indigenous knowledge 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 "Listening to the words of the S-ul'hween (respected Elders): Our story, our identity, our well-being." (2025), 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]