Heather Castleden

Research

Mentorship Environment First Nation Health Indigenous Métis Risk Career Development

Latest funding

Developing An Indigenous Value-Based Approach to Environmental Health Risk Assessment
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$1,300,500
Mno Nimkodadding Geegi (We Are All Connected): The Ontario Node of the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program
CIHR · 2017 · Principal investigator
$1,000,000
Mno Nimkodadding Geegi "We Are All Connected": The Central Region IMNP
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$20,000

Developing An Indigenous Value-Based Approach to Environmental Health Risk Assessment

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lewis, Diana M; Castleden, Heather E; Luginaah, Isaac N; Masuda, Jeffrey R; Richmond, Chantelle A

Keywords: Environment; First Nation; Health; Indigenous; Métis; Risk

$1,300,500

Mno Nimkodadding Geegi (We Are All Connected): The Ontario Node of the Indigenous Mentorship Network Program

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - Ontario

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A; Castleden, Heather E; Furgal, Christopher M; Gabel, Chelsea; Mushquash, Christopher J; Neufeld, Hannah J; Peltier, Cindy M; Smylie, Janet K; Stewart, Suzanne L; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Career Development; Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Well-Being; Interdisciplinary; Mentorship; Networking

$1,000,000

Mno Nimkodadding Geegi "We Are All Connected": The Central Region IMNP

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Training Grant: Indigenous Mentorship Network Program - LOI

Principal investigators: Richmond, Chantelle A; Anderson, Kim; Benoit, Anita C; Castleden, Heather E; Chan, Laurie H; Cote-Meek, Sheila; Delormier, Treena; Furgal, Christopher M; Mushquash, Christopher J; Neufeld, Hannah J; Riva, Mylene; Smylie, Janet K; Walker, Jennifer

Keywords: Collaborative Approaches To Health Research; Community Based Research; Health Equity; Indigenous Health Research; Indigenous Research Methodologies; Interdisciplinarity; Mentorship; Research Innovation; Skills Development

$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: Mentorship Dear Professor Castleden, 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 mentorship 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 "Developing An Indigenous Value-Based Approach to Environmental Health Risk Assessment" (2021), 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]