Breanna Lawrence, University of Manitoba

Research

Health Care Aides Personal Support Workers Qualitative Rural Workforce Planning

Latest funding

Care workers of tomorrow: Health care aide experiences and education-to-work pathways to support retention and workforce planning
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$956,251

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Care workers of tomorrow: Health care aide experiences and education-to-work pathways to support retention and workforce planning

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kelly, Christine; Herron, Rachel V; Lawrence, Breanna C

Keywords: Health Care Aides; Personal Support Workers; Qualitative; Rural; Workforce Planning

$956,251

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: Health Care Aides Dear Professor Lawrence, 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 health care aides 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 "Care workers of tomorrow: Health care aide experiences and education-to-work pathways to support retention and workforce planning" (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]