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Kelly Skinner

ResearcherSchool of Public Health SciencesUniversity of Waterloo

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Kelly Skinner

Researcher

School of Public Health Sciences

University of Waterloo

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (8 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Northwest Territories traditional knowledge Climate Change Impacts Food Security food sovereignty government policy indigenous knowledge cultural resilience

Latest papers

Lessons from an evaluation of an urban Indigenous food sharing initiative in Southwestern Ontario: "I feel like I'm nourishing my spirit".
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.
International journal of hygiene and environmental health · 2026
'Keep learning, keep trying': exploring food and cultural experiences and supports of Inuvialuit youth in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.
Global public health · 2025 · senior author

All 49 publications

Latest funding

Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches
CIHR · 2026 · Nominated PI
$100,000
Sharing and Synthesizing Inuvialuit Climate, Food and Health Knowledge
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$124,971
Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,986,516

All 27 grants and awards

49 publications.

Lessons from an evaluation of an urban Indigenous food sharing initiative in Southwestern Ontario: "I feel like I'm nourishing my spirit".

Peach L, Patterson K, Skene D, Perchak S, Skinner K, Neufeld H

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01044-2 PMID: 40389800

Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.

Packull-McCormick S, Ratelle M, Drysdale M, Borghese MM, Bouchard M, Stark KD, Gamberg M, Swanson H, Skinner K, Laird BD

International journal of hygiene and environmental health2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2025.114703 PMID: 41183436

'Keep learning, keep trying': exploring food and cultural experiences and supports of Inuvialuit youth in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Ramirez Prieto M, Ostertag S, Noksana K, Arey S, Wolki D, Memogana S, Wolki C, Yurris A, Skinner K

Global public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2025.2516704 PMID: 40531079

Nutrition biomarker assessment and exploration of the role of country foods to improve food security in the Sahtú Region, Canada.

Ratelle M, Phillipps B, Skinner K, Lamers Y, Melo L, Laird B, Andrew L, Yakeleya J, Bougie A, Jensen K, Simmons D

International journal of circumpolar health2025

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2438434 PMID: 39702984

Examining the Longitudinal Impact of Participation in School-Based Physical Education Lessons on Physical Activity Levels Among a Large Sample of Adolescents in Ontario, Canada.

Buchan MC, Richmond SA, Skinner K, Leatherdale ST

Journal of physical activity & health2025

DOI: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0785 PMID: 40675562

Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future.

Andersen-Ranberg E, Nymo IH, Jokelainen P, Emelyanova A, Jore S, Laird B, Davidson RK, Ostertag S, Bouchard E, Fagerholm F, Skinner K, Acquarone M, Tryland M, Dietz R, Abass K, Rautio A, Hammer S, Evengård B, Thierfelder T, Stimmelmayr R, Jenkins E, Sonne C

The Science of the total environment2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176869 PMID: 39423885

Awareness and perceptions of contaminants in the Dehcho and sahtú regions of the Northwest Territories.

Skinner K, Ratelle M, Brandow D, Furgal C, Boyd A, Laird B

International journal of circumpolar health2024First author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2387381 PMID: 39097940

Updated review on contaminant communication experiences in the circumpolar Arctic.

Krümmel EM, Boyd AD, Brandow D, Brubaker M, Furgal CM, Gerlach R, Laird BD, Lemire M, Loseto LL, Mulvad G, O'Hara SP, Olafsdottir K, Provencher JF, Ratelle M, Rautio A, Skinner K, Weihe P, Wennberg M

International journal of circumpolar health2024

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2371623 PMID: 38985974

The impacts of the Nutrition North Canada program on the accessibility and affordability of perishable, nutritious foods among eligible communities: a scoping review.

Pagaduan JE, Lazarescu C, Vallieres E, Skinner K, Zuckermann AME, Idzerda L

International journal of circumpolar health2024

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2313255 PMID: 38346231

Scale up of the learning circles: a participatory action approach to support local food systems in four diverse First Nations school communities within Canada.

Domingo A, Yessis J, Zupko B, McEachern LW, Valaitis R, Skinner K, Hanning RM

BMC public health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-024-19391-z PMID: 39148046

Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches

Nominated PICIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Kenny, Tiff-Annie M; PICEK, Jennifer; Robitaille, Andréanne; Wesche, Sonia

Keywords: Culturally Relevant And Responsive Initiatives; Diabetes; Indigenous Healing Practices; Inuit Nunaat; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Knowledge Mobilization; Pilot Initiatives; Prevention And Management; Resources And Supports; Technology

$100,000

Sharing and Synthesizing Inuvialuit Climate, Food and Health Knowledge

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

Principal investigators: Wesche, Sonia; Wolki, Celina; Kenny, Tiff-Annie M; Ostertag, Sonja K; Skinner, Kelly

Keywords: Arctic; Climate Change; Food-Related Health Concerns; Inuit Food Security; Mixed Food Systems; Policy Relevance

$124,971

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Spring, Andrew J.

Keywords: Food systems; Northwest Territories; Climate Change; agriculture; Wildfire' Resilience; sustainable farmer-led research; traditional food

$1,986,516

Co-creating knowledge mobilization and examining its uptake and impacts: A community-academic partnered project on knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Morton Ninomiya, Melody E.

Keywords: knowledge mobilization; knowledge mobilization outcomes and impacts; policy; education; training; social services; justice; health; fetal alcohol; prenatal alcohol; developmental disabilities

$24,812

Multi-level collaboration to improve the security, consumption and governance of water with northern Indigenous communities of the Sahtú region, Northwest Territories, Canada.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Ratelle, Mylène; Skinner, Kelly

Keywords: Drinking Water; First Nations; Indigenous Governance; Public Health; Water; Water Quality; Water Security; Water Sovereignty; Water Stewardship

$363,376

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

Co-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

Harnessing collective intelligence in digital government transformation: Enabling sustained inclusion and participation of underserved communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Envisioning Governance Systems that Work

Principal investigators: Katapally, Tarun Reddy

Keywords: Digital government transformation; Collective intelligence; Underserved communities; Sustained inclusion; Global south; Citizen science; Inclusive governance

$29,443

Mobilizing opportunities to strengthen gestational diabetes prevention and management in the ISR, NWT using a public health approach

Nominated PICIHR2024Operating Grant: KM in Diabetes Prevention and Treatment - Territorial Regional

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly; Wolki, Celina; Kenny, Tiff-Annie M; Ostertag, Sonja K; Wesche, Sonia

Keywords: Care Pathway Mapping; Culturally Responsive; Gestational Diabetes; Health Communication; Health Services Delivery; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; Knowledge Mobilization; Northwest Territories; Prevention And Management; Training Resources

$124,609

The Dual Feminine: The Body, Metaphor, and Crisis in Early Jewish Literature

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Brownridge, Amelia A.

Keywords: Hebrew Bible; Old Testament; dead sea scrolls; intertextuality; feminist theory; crisis; conceptual metaphor theory; formation of scripture; history of interpretation; personification; comparative methodology; women; gender; early Jewish literature

$275,000

Using public policy to support public health providers and Indigenous leaders as change champions in initiating action on climate-related food insecurity and health in Canada's North

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: CPHO Report - General Pool

Principal investigators: Funnell, Sarah; Muray, Mwali

Keywords: Champions; Change Management; Climate Change; Food Insecurity; Indigenous Communities; Public Policy

$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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Kelly Skinner

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Latest funding

Lessons from an evaluation of an urban Indigenous food sharing initiative in Southwestern Ontario: "I feel like I'm nourishing my spirit".

Determinants of human hair mercury, blood mercury, blood selenium, and plasma omega-3 fatty acid levels within northern Canada.

'Keep learning, keep trying': exploring food and cultural experiences and supports of Inuvialuit youth in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region.

Nutrition biomarker assessment and exploration of the role of country foods to improve food security in the Saht&#xfa; Region, Canada.

Examining the Longitudinal Impact of Participation in School-Based Physical Education Lessons on Physical Activity Levels Among a Large Sample of Adolescents in Ontario, Canada.

Environmental stressors and zoonoses in the Arctic: Learning from the past to prepare for the future.

Awareness and perceptions of contaminants in the Dehcho and saht&#xfa; regions of the Northwest Territories.

Updated review on contaminant communication experiences in the circumpolar Arctic.

The impacts of the Nutrition North Canada program on the accessibility and affordability of perishable, nutritious foods among eligible communities: a scoping review.

Scale up of the learning circles: a participatory action approach to support local food systems in four diverse First Nations school communities within Canada.

Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches

Sharing and Synthesizing Inuvialuit Climate, Food and Health Knowledge

Fostering sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a resilient and thriving food system in the Northwest Territories through co-created action and research

Co-creating knowledge mobilization and examining its uptake and impacts: A community-academic partnered project on knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Multi-level collaboration to improve the security, consumption and governance of water with northern Indigenous communities of the Sahtú region, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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

Harnessing collective intelligence in digital government transformation: Enabling sustained inclusion and participation of underserved communities

Mobilizing opportunities to strengthen gestational diabetes prevention and management in the ISR, NWT using a public health approach

The Dual Feminine: The Body, Metaphor, and Crisis in Early Jewish Literature

Using public policy to support public health providers and Indigenous leaders as change champions in initiating action on climate-related food insecurity and health in Canada's North

Frequent collaborators

Brian Laird

Shannon Freeman

Warren Dodd

Sonja Ostertag

Shannon Majowicz

Mylène Ratelle

Kristin Burnett

Heidi Swanson

Andrew Papadopoulos

Lori Chambers

Emily Jenkins

Ashleigh Domingo

Jasmin Bhawra

Matthew Little

William Heibein

Hannah Neufeld

Andrew Spring

Ken Stark

Christopher Furgal

Ken Coates

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Sonia Wesche

Mélanie Lemire

Heather Keller

Chelsea Pelletier

Carole Johannesson

Yvonne Lamers

Debbie Martin

Rhona Hanning

Nutrition biomarker assessment and exploration of the role of country foods to improve food security in the Sahtú Region, Canada.

Awareness and perceptions of contaminants in the Dehcho and sahtú regions of the Northwest Territories.