Samir Shaheen-Hussain, McGill University

Research

Read how they describe their research on their McGill University profile.

Medical colonialism Migrant Health Justice

Latest papers

Health insurance for all children in Quebec? Ethical reflections on the implementation of PL 83.
Paediatrics & child health · 2024
Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada
The Lancet · 2023 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Towards culturally-safe care of Indigenous children and families in Canadian pediatric hospitals through knowledge dissemination and a Community of Practice
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
A planning grant to explore partnerships and opportunities for the participation of Indigenous children and families in the Pediatric Inpatient Research Network
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 3 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Health insurance for all children in Quebec? Ethical reflections on the implementation of PL 83.

Liv A, Li P, Chung R, Shaheen-Hussain S, Razack S, Liu J, Nathalie G

Paediatrics & child health2024Open Access

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxae071 PMID: 39990039

02

Confronting medical colonialism and obstetric violence in Canada

Samir Shaheen-Hussain, Alisa Lombard, Suzy Basile

The Lancet202313 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01007-3 PMID: 37244682

Towards culturally-safe care of Indigenous children and families in Canadian pediatric hospitals through knowledge dissemination and a Community of Practice

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Shawanda, Amy; Li, Patricia T; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Culturally-Safe Health Care; Hospital Care; Indigenous; Pediatric

$25,000

Race, Ethnicity, Indigenous identity and Language preference for Pediatric research in the hospital setting (REIaL-P)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Gr- PA: Res. in human dev., child and/or youth health in Indigenous pops

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Ali, Samina; Banerjee, Ananya T; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Constantin, Evelyn; Cooke, Suzette R; Drouin, Olivier; Foulds, Jessica L; Freire, Gabrielle; Giroux, Ryan; Kam, April; Maratta, Christina I; Orr-Gaucher, Nathalie; Principi, Tania; Suleman, Shazeen; Ukah, Ugochinyere Viv; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Adverse And Safety Events; Co-Design; Health Equity; Hospital Care; Indigenous Identity; Language Preference; Pediatrics; Race And Ethnicity; Shared Decision Making

$100,000

A planning grant to explore partnerships and opportunities for the participation of Indigenous children and families in the Pediatric Inpatient Research Network

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Li, Patricia T; Berry, Margaret A; Dumont-Maurice, Raven; Pennell, Courtney; Wahi, Gita

Keywords: Indigenous; Network; Partnership; Pediatrics

$25,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Pediatrics
Department of Global and Public Health
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
Département de philosophie
École d’études autochtones

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Patricia Li

Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Nathalie Orr-Gaucher

Department of Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Joanne Liu

Department of Global and Public Health

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Ryoa Chung

Département de philosophie

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Suzy Basile

École d’études autochtones

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Medical colonialism Dear Professor Shaheen-Hussain, 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 "Health insurance for all children in Quebec? Ethical reflections on the implementation of PL 83." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]