Leslie Walwyn, Queen's University

Research

Comprehensive School Health Policy Capacity Building Global Health Research Partnership Health Equity Health Surveillance Knowledge Exchange Planning

Latest funding

Planning elementary school-based, child health surveillance and equitable comprehensive school health promotion in Antigua and Barbuda
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Shared Learnings from Comprehensive School Health - An Antiguan-Canadian Exchange
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000
It takes an island: local and sustainable child health and well-being promotion in Antigua and Barbuda.
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 4 grants and awards

Planning elementary school-based, child health surveillance and equitable comprehensive school health promotion in Antigua and Barbuda

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lévesque, Lucie; Walwyn, Leslie

Keywords: Capacity Building; Comprehensive School Health; Global Health Research Partnership; Health Equity; Health Surveillance; Knowledge Exchange; Planning; Policy; Public Health; School-Aged Children

$20,000

Shared Learnings from Comprehensive School Health - An Antiguan-Canadian Exchange

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Storey, Kate E; Lévesque, Lucie

Keywords: Capacity Building; Child And Youth Health; Global Health; Health Promotion; Knowledge Translation; Nutrition; Physical Activity; School Health

$20,000

It takes an island: local and sustainable child health and well-being promotion in Antigua and Barbuda.

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant - PA: Population and Public Health - Global Health Policy

Principal investigators: Lévesque, Lucie; Storey, Kate E; Walwyn, Leslie

Keywords: Antigua; Caribbean; Comprehensive School Health; Nutrition; Participatory; Physical Activity; Policy; Research Capacity; Surveillance; Youth

$100,000

Exploring physical activity opportunities for adolescents in secondary schools in Antigua

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lévesque, Lucie

Keywords: Caribbean; Chronic Disease; Global Health; Participatory Research; Physical Activity; Research Capacity; School Environment; Youth

$19,999

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: Comprehensive School Health Dear Professor Walwyn, 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 comprehensive school health 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 "Planning elementary school-based, child health surveillance and equitable comprehensive school health promotion in Antigua and Barbuda" (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]