Jula Hughes, Lakehead University

Research

Indigenous women girls 2S+police violence criminal code reform mental health disability

Latest funding

Bridging Indigenous knowledge and settler ethno-religious history: an anti-colonial approach to archival research
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$69,646
Investigating the Relationship between First Language Proficiency and English Reading Comprehension among Multilingual Learners in Upper Elementary Years in BC
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$58,474
Killed for Our Own Good? Ending Police Violence Against Indigenous People in Need of Assistance
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$49,670

All 3 grants and awards

Bridging Indigenous knowledge and settler ethno-religious history: an anti-colonial approach to archival research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wiebe, Joseph R.

Keywords: Religious Studies; Mennonite Studies; Settler Colonial Studies;

$69,646

Investigating the Relationship between First Language Proficiency and English Reading Comprehension among Multilingual Learners in Upper Elementary Years in BC

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Li, Guofang

Keywords: Bilingualism; biliteracy; reading comprehension; oral language; multilingual learners; upper elementary; literacy gaps

$58,474

Killed for Our Own Good? Ending Police Violence Against Indigenous People in Need of Assistance

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Hughes, Jula

Keywords: Indigenous women; girls; 2S+; police violence; criminal code reform; mental health; disability

$49,670

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 women Dear Professor Hughes, 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 women 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 SSHRC-funded project "Killed for Our Own Good? Ending Police Violence Against Indigenous People in Need of Assistance" (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]