Candi Edwards, York University

Research

Community Engaged Conversational Interview Hepatitis C Indigenous Health Positive Impact Qualitative Upstream Determinants Wholistic

Latest funding

Braiding Indigenous Knowledge of wellness with innovations in clinical access to enhance awareness, access and action for liver wellness and hepatitis C
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$761,174
Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000

All 2 grants and awards

Braiding Indigenous Knowledge of wellness with innovations in clinical access to enhance awareness, access and action for liver wellness and hepatitis C

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Dunn, Kate; Fontaine, Guillaume

Keywords: Community Engaged; Health In Visual Media; Hepatitis; Implementation Science; Indigenous Wellbeing; Knowledge Mobilization; Liver Health

$761,174

Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - General

Principal investigators: Dunn, Kate; Edwards, Candi L; Biondi, Mia J; Feld, Jordan J; Hillier, Sean A; Hill, Marissa; Scott, Kerry

Keywords: Community Engaged; Conversational Interview; Hepatitis C; Indigenous Health; Positive Impact; Qualitative; Upstream Determinants; Wholistic

$125,000

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: Community Engaged Dear Professor Edwards, 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 community engaged 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 "Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health." (2024), 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]