Nishad Khanna, University of Ottawa

Research

Big Tech Child And Youth Development Commercial Determinants Of Health Environmental Scan Health Equity Health Promotion Policy Analysis Social Media

Latest funding

There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,455,240
Integrating youth lived experience to enhance upstream prevention and health promotion
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$10,000

All 2 grants and awards

There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Halsall, Tanya G; Khanna, Nishad; Makeikin, Oleksandr

Keywords: Big Tech; Child And Youth Development; Commercial Determinants Of Health; Environmental Scan; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Policy Analysis; Social Media; Youth Engagement

$1,455,240

Integrating youth lived experience to enhance upstream prevention and health promotion

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Halsall, Tanya G

Keywords: Community-Based Health Promotion; Icelandic Prevention Model; Participatory Research; Public Health; Upstream Prevention; Youth Engagement

$10,000

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: Big Tech Dear Professor Khanna, 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 big tech 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 "There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression." (2025), 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]