Akshaya Arya, University of Waterloo

Research

peace sustainability global health research and education climate change migration public health issue displacement

Latest funding

Developing strategies and resources to support patient and family engagement with racialized immigrant older adults
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$229,500
PEGASUS IV: Migration, Climate Change and Sustainability
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$20,000

All 2 grants and awards

Developing strategies and resources to support patient and family engagement with racialized immigrant older adults

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stolee, Paul

Keywords: Immigration; Older Adults; Patient Engagement; Shared Decision-Making

$229,500

PEGASUS IV: Migration, Climate Change and Sustainability

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Arya, Akshaya Neil

Keywords: peace; sustainability; global health; research and education; climate change; migration; public health issue; displacement; intersectionality; resilience

$20,000

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: peace Dear Professor Arya, 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 peace 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 SSHRC-funded project "PEGASUS IV: Migration, Climate Change and Sustainability" (2019), 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]