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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

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 8 research grants (5 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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Research

Northwest Territories Climate Change Impacts Food Security Inuvialuit Settlement Region Knowledge Mobilization Prevention And Management Capacity Building Agriculture

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
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
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$24,812
Harnessing collective intelligence in digital government transformation: Enabling sustained inclusion and participation of underserved communities
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$29,443

All 19 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

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

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

Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Sustainable Agriculture Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Asah, Stanley T.

Keywords: psychology of persuasion; program evaluation; retention (disadoption); behavior change; social network analysis; diffusion and disadoption network; adoption strategies; mixed methods; knowledge transfer; technology transfer

$1,986,516

Collaborative processes and the impact of Universal Design for Learning on postsecondary student and instructor wellbeing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly

Keywords: Universal Design for Learning; postsecondary education; collaborative processes; students; instructors; organizational capacity; Community of Practice; Institutional Ethnography; health promoting universities; wellbeing

$36,809

Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: food regions; sustainability; resilience; climate change; participatory research; Indigenous knowledge; traditional knowledge; knowledge co-creation; monitoring; regional capitals; knowledge mobilization

$398,500

Assessing the Effects of Implementing AgeTech to Support Dementia Care in a Rural Setting in Northern British Columbia

SupervisorCIHR2022Summer Program in Aging

Principal investigators: Sousa, Sarah

Keywords: Aging Technology; Dementia; Implementation Science; Program Evaluation; Rural Aging

$651

Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

$275,000

Collaborative processes and the impact of Universal Design for Learning on postsecondary student and instructor wellbeing

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Skinner, Kelly

$38,135

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: Northwest Territories Dear Professor Skinner, 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]. I read your paper "Lessons from an evaluation of an urban Indigenous food sharing initiative in Southwestern Ontario: "I feel like I'm nourishing my spirit"." (2026), and it 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 "Strengthening Diabetes Prevention and Management in Inuit Nunaat through Indigenous Healing Practices and Culturally Responsive Approaches" (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]

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Kelly Skinner

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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

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

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

Accelerating Widespread Adoption and Retention of Climate-Smart Agricultural Practices in Canada: A Multidisciplinary Mixed Methods Approach

Collaborative processes and the impact of Universal Design for Learning on postsecondary student and instructor wellbeing

Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation

Assessing the Effects of Implementing AgeTech to Support Dementia Care in a Rural Setting in Northern British Columbia

Food Learning and Growing (FLAGship) Partnership: Seeding Sustainability Transformation

Collaborative processes and the impact of Universal Design for Learning on postsecondary student and instructor wellbeing

Frequent collaborators

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Warren Dodd

Sonja Ostertag

Shannon Majowicz

Mylène Ratelle

Andrew Papadopoulos

Hannah Neufeld

Chelsea Pelletier

William Heibein

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Jasmin Bhawra

Sonia Wesche

Andrew Spring

Mélanie Lemire

Christopher Furgal

Matthew Little

Yvonne Lamers

Chelsea Pelletier

Carole Johannesson

Heather Keller

Matthew Little

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.