Arlene Meekis, Queen's University

Research

Change Management Climate Change Food Insecurity Indigenous Northern Communities Policymakers

Latest funding

Collaborating with public health change champions to share and support Indigenous-led programming and transformative action on climate-related food insecurity in Northern communities
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000

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Collaborating with public health change champions to share and support Indigenous-led programming and transformative action on climate-related food insecurity in Northern communities

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Cat. Grant: CBR in Climate Change Priority Area- Food Security in Northern Comm.

Principal investigators: Funnell, Sarah; Ayaruak-Thomson, Sara; Meekis, Arlene L

Keywords: Change Management; Climate Change; Food Insecurity; Indigenous; Northern Communities; Policymakers

$125,000

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: Change Management Dear Professor Meekis, 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 change management 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 "Collaborating with public health change champions to share and support Indigenous-led programming and transformative action on climate-related food insecurity in Northern communities" (2024), 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]