Sophie Roher, University of Toronto

Latest funding

How can greater community leadership and control re-shape design and delivery of northern food security policy?
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$711,451
Northwest Territories Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NT NEIHR)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Supporting Indigenous-led change to health service delivery and community-based programming in northern Canada through community-driven health research
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$345,000

All 4 grants and awards

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How can greater community leadership and control re-shape design and delivery of northern food security policy?

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Galloway, Tracey L

Keywords: Community; Food Security; Government; Health; Indigenous; Inuit; Northern; Policy; Well-Being

$711,451

Northwest Territories Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NT NEIHR)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: NEIHR - The Yukon or the Northwest Territories

Principal investigators: Fairman, Kimberly D; Zoe, John B; Lys, Candice L; Nashalik, Rassi; Paulette, Francois

Keywords: Community Based Research Method; Health Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Methodology

$4,000,000

Supporting Indigenous-led change to health service delivery and community-based programming in northern Canada through community-driven health research

Nominated PICIHR2024POR Awards - Transition to Leadership Stream - Phase 2

Principal investigators: Roher, Sophie I

Keywords: Capacity Building; Cultural Safety; Equity; Indigenous Conceptions Of Health And Wellness; Inuit Epistemologies; Northern And Indigenous Health; Patient-Oriented Research; Qualitative Research; Quality Of Care; Two-Eyed Seeing

$345,000

Violence and Education in Favelas in Rio: The Effect of Crime Exposure on Student Performance in High-Stakes Tests

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Grigoryeva, Idaliya

Keywords: crime exposure; educational outcomes; student test performance; high-stakes tests; violence exposure; urban crime; university entrance exams; human capital accumulation; Rio Favelas; slum dwellers; slum development

$42,402

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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