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Elaine Wiersma

ResearcherLakehead University

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Elaine Wiersma

Researcher

Health Sciences

Lakehead University

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2023.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (3 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Case Study Dementia Implementation Science Mechanisms Of Engagement Nature Outdoors Participatory Research Program Evaluation

Latest papers

'I feel more part of the world': Participatory action research to develop post-diagnostic dementia support.
Dementia (London, England) · 2023
Making space at the table: Engaging participation of people with dementia in community development.
International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2023
Editorial.
Dementia (London, England) · 2020 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Dementia in the Outdoors: Exploring the Mechanisms of Engagement
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$739,800
Transformative Agricultural Futures for Climate Innovation: An Integrated Assessment of Net-Zero Agri-Food Landscapes
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$170,000
Transparency and shared responsibility for sustainable post-pandemic recovery and evidence-informed decision-making during future global emergencies
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 18 grants and awards

Dementia in the Outdoors: Exploring the Mechanisms of Engagement

Nominated PICIHR2023Op Gr.: Eval. of Dementia Programs, Services, & Care Models - Stream 1 - General

Principal investigators: Wiersma, Elaine C; Heibein, William A

Keywords: Case Study; Dementia; Implementation Science; Mechanisms Of Engagement; Nature; Outdoors; Participatory Research; Program Evaluation

$739,800

Transformative Agricultural Futures for Climate Innovation: An Integrated Assessment of Net-Zero Agri-Food Landscapes

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Jagoda, Kalinga I.

Keywords: transformative agriculture; sustainable agriculture; green house gas reduction; food production systems; agri-food landscapes; net zero emissions

$170,000

Transparency and shared responsibility for sustainable post-pandemic recovery and evidence-informed decision-making during future global emergencies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Rinner, Claus

Keywords: biopolitics; social determinants of health; civil liberties; evidence-informed decision-making; health care systems and policies; critical discourse analysis; governance and institutions; science and technology studies; data analysis and visualization; One Health

$250,000

Centring the Lived Experience of Dementia within Policy, Practice & Community Development

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Open Research Area

Principal investigators: Phinney, Alison

Keywords: dementia; community; environment; social networks; transnationality

$171,594

Flipping Stigma in Dementia: Adapting a Toolkit for Primary Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Phinney, Alison; Mann, Jim; Moody, Elaine M

Keywords: Dementia; Participatory Action Research; Patient Oriented Research; Primary Care; Stigma

$10,000

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on chronic disease management (CDM) and quality of life (QOL) among Indigenous and Black communities in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: Koné Péfoyo, Anna J; Joseph, Serena M; Ray, Lana

Keywords: Anti-Oppressive And Intersectional Approaches; Black Communities; Care Management; Chronic Conditions; Covid-19 Policy Response; Health Services; Indigenous Communities; Marginalized Populations; Multimorbidity

$293,378

Supporting Aging in Place in a Rural Northern Community

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Wiersma, Elaine C.

Keywords: aging in place; aging in northern communities; aging

$25,000

Promoting Just and Inclusive End-of-life Decision-making for Long-term Care Home Residents with Dementia and their Care Partners

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sutherland, Nisha

Keywords: Access To Palliative Care; Alzheimer'S Disease; Critical Analysis; End-Of-Life Decision-Making; Family Caregivers; Long-Term Care; Paid Caregivers; People With Dementia; Social Citizenship; Social Relations

$195,075

Putting Social Citizenship into Practice: Reducing Stigma and Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Dementia

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Phinney, Alison; Mann, Jim; O'Connor, Deborah

Keywords: Dementia; Qualitative Methods; Social Citizenship; Social Inclusion; Stigma

$669,376

Knowledge Translation in Dementia Care: It Takes a Community

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Dissemination Events - PA: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Ward-Griffin, Catherine M

Keywords: Caregiving; Community Care; Dementia; Health Care; Knowledge Translation; Policy Development

$24,498

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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Elaine Wiersma

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

'I feel more part of the world': Participatory action research to develop post-diagnostic dementia support.

Making space at the table: Engaging participation of people with dementia in community development.

Editorial.

Stigma, discrimination and agency: Diagnostic disclosure as an everyday practice shaping social citizenship.

Looking Forward and Looking Back: Older Adults' Views of the Impacts of Stopping Driving.

Dementia in the Outdoors: Exploring the Mechanisms of Engagement

Transformative Agricultural Futures for Climate Innovation: An Integrated Assessment of Net-Zero Agri-Food Landscapes

Transparency and shared responsibility for sustainable post-pandemic recovery and evidence-informed decision-making during future global emergencies

Centring the Lived Experience of Dementia within Policy, Practice & Community Development

Flipping Stigma in Dementia: Adapting a Toolkit for Primary Care

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on chronic disease management (CDM) and quality of life (QOL) among Indigenous and Black communities in Ontario

Supporting Aging in Place in a Rural Northern Community

Promoting Just and Inclusive End-of-life Decision-making for Long-term Care Home Residents with Dementia and their Care Partners

Putting Social Citizenship into Practice: Reducing Stigma and Promoting Social Inclusion of People with Dementia

Knowledge Translation in Dementia Care: It Takes a Community

Frequent collaborators

Alison Phinney

Jim Mann

Deborah O'Connor

Nisha Sutherland