Janice Soltys, University of Manitoba

Research

Covid-19 Data Sovereignty Digital Health Health Equity Indigenous Health And Wellbeing Knowledge Transmission And Exchange Pandemic Post-Covid Condition

Latest funding

An Indigenous-led response to COVID-19 that supports communities responding to challenges such as vaccine hesitancy, unique variants and any long-term impacts of Covid into the future.
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$400,920
kitatipithitamak mithwayawin: Evaluating impacts of an existing Indigenous-led project on COVID-19, which includes past work on risk communication, present work on digital health, and a future international gathering for impacted Indigenous communities around the world.
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$200,000

All 2 grants and awards

An Indigenous-led response to COVID-19 that supports communities responding to challenges such as vaccine hesitancy, unique variants and any long-term impacts of Covid into the future.

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Op Gr: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Mclachlan, Stephane M; Soltys, Janice; Ballard, Myrle

Keywords: Covid-19; Data Sovereignty; Digital Health; Health Equity; Indigenous Health And Wellbeing; Knowledge Transmission And Exchange; Pandemic; Post-Covid Condition; Public Confidence In Science; Public Health

$400,920

kitatipithitamak mithwayawin: Evaluating impacts of an existing Indigenous-led project on COVID-19, which includes past work on risk communication, present work on digital health, and a future international gathering for impacted Indigenous communities around the world.

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Evaluation/Assessment

Principal investigators: Mclachlan, Stephane M; Soltys, Janice; Ballard, Myrle; Neckoway, Ramona

Keywords: Covid-19; Data Sovereignty; Digital Health; Health Equity; Indigenous Health And Wellbeing; International Gathering And Learning-Action Networks; Knowledge Transmission And Exchange; Pandemics; Resilience; Risk Communication

$200,000

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: Covid-19 Dear Professor Soltys, 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 covid-19 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 "An Indigenous-led response to COVID-19 that supports communities responding to challenges such as vaccine hesitancy, unique variants and any long-term impacts of Covid into the future." (2021), 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]