James McDonald, University of Toronto

Research

Health Equity Healthcare Access Healthcare Use International Students Mental Health Migrant Health Mixed Methods

Latest funding

Evidence for Healthy Policies on International Students in Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$715,274

Evidence for Healthy Policies on International Students in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Guttmann, Astrid; Banerjee, Ananya T; McDonald, James T; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; Urquia, Marcelo L

Keywords: Health Equity; Healthcare Access; Healthcare Use; International Students; Mental Health; Migrant Health; Mixed Methods

$715,274

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: Health Equity Dear Professor McDonald, 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 health equity 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 "Evidence for Healthy Policies on International Students in Canada" (2026), 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]