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Christopher Fletcher

ResearcherFamily Medicine and Emergency MedicineUniversité Laval

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Christopher Fletcher

Researcher

Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Health Sciences

Université Laval

Quebec City, Quebec, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 4 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Anti-Indigenous Racism Cultural Safety Discrimination Health Sciences Education Healthcare Professionals Indigenous Health Medical Education Participatory Research

Latest papers

Supporting the development of Inuit children in urban environments: What are the needs of Inuit families living in southern Québec?
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025 · senior author
'How can you trust a government when they haven't been trustworthy?': Quebec urban Indigenous informational practices in the context of a pandemic.
Global health promotion · 2025
Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination and factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among indigenous peoples in Quebec, Canada: Insights from a facebook posts and comments analysis.
Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2024 · senior author

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$72,502
Co-construire un outil de gestion de la désinformation et la mésinformation en santé culturellement adapté aux Inuit vivant en milieu urbain
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$57,376
Addressing stigmatization of Indigenous patients: Co-developing structural and educational strategies through a nuanced understanding of cultural risk in the Quebec healthcare system
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$420,750

All 11 grants and awards

22 publications.

Supporting the development of Inuit children in urban environments: What are the needs of Inuit families living in southern Québec?

Ouellet L, Grandisson M, Fletcher C

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01041-5 PMID: 40490611

'How can you trust a government when they haven't been trustworthy?': Quebec urban Indigenous informational practices in the context of a pandemic.

Vivion M, Reid V, Benoit A, Coutant A, Dubé E, Fletcher C, Tourigny A

Global health promotion2025

DOI: 10.1177/17579759251386791 PMID: 41305916

Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination and factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among indigenous peoples in Quebec, Canada: Insights from a facebook posts and comments analysis.

Labbé F, Lapointe M, Dubé E, Fletcher C

Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2024.2397868 PMID: 39279294

Using latent class analysis to operationalize a wholistic assessment of Inuit health and well-being.

Bertheussen M, Riva M, Jock BWI, Fletcher C, Ayotte P, Muckle G, Poliakova N, Bélanger R

International journal of circumpolar health2024

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2024.2322186 PMID: 38465869

"The needle is already ready to go": communities' and health care professionals' perceptions of routine vaccination in Nunavik, Canada.

Dubé E, Renaud MP, Lyonnais MC, Pelletier C, Fletcher C

International journal of circumpolar health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2023.2295042 PMID: 38105644

The Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Nunavik Health Survey: design, methods, and lessons learned.

Ayotte P, Gagnon S, Riva M, Muckle G, Hamel D, Bélanger RE, Fletcher C, Furgal C, Dawson A, Galarneau C, Lemire M, Gauthier MJ, Labranche E, Grey L, Rochette M, Bouchard F

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00846-6 PMID: 38231467

Profiles of childhood adversities in Inuit from Nunavik: description and associations with indicators of socioeconomic characteristics, support, and community involvement.

Lafrenaye-Dugas AJ, Bélanger RE, Poliakova N, Riva M, Fletcher C, Godbout N, Fraser S, Courtemanche Y, Moisan C, Muckle G

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00750-z PMID: 37079263

Sociocultural determinants of alcohol and cannabis use and misuse among Nunavimmiut.

Courtemanche Y, Poliakova N, Riva M, Fletcher C, Desrochers-Couture M, Moisan C, Pépin C, Fraser S, Muckle G, Bélanger RE

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00733-6 PMID: 36689126

Epistemic inclusion in the Qanuilirpitaa? Nunavik Inuit health survey: developing an Inuit model and determinants of health and well-being.

Fletcher C, Riva M, Lyonnais MC, Baron A, Saunders I, Lynch M, Baron M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00719-4 PMID: 36547790

The psychosocial dimension of housing in Nunavik: does social support vary with household crowding?

Simard CO, Riva M, Dufresne P, Perreault K, Muckle G, Poliakova N, Desrochers-Couture M, Fletcher C, Moisan C, Fraser S, Bélanger R, Courtemanche Y, Bignami S

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-022-00716-7 PMID: 36534308

Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robertson, Kirsty

Keywords: museums; sustainability; conservation; heritage; waste; pollution; environment; contemporary art; decolonization; accessibility

$72,502

Co-construire un outil de gestion de la désinformation et la mésinformation en santé culturellement adapté aux Inuit vivant en milieu urbain

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Vivion, Maryline

Keywords: Désinformation; Mésinformation; Co-construction; Recherche Participative; Inuit vivant en milieu urbain

$57,376

Addressing stigmatization of Indigenous patients: Co-developing structural and educational strategies through a nuanced understanding of cultural risk in the Quebec healthcare system

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Marie-Claude; Blanchet Garneau, Amélie; Fletcher, Christopher

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Cultural Safety; Discrimination; Health Sciences Education; Healthcare Professionals; Indigenous Health; Medical Education; Participatory Research; Stigmatization; Training

$420,750

Pratiques informationnelles des personnes aînées au Québec en contexte de pandémie

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Vivion, Maryline

Keywords: Habitus informationnel; Infodémie; COVID-19; Technologies de l'information et de la communication; Recherche qualitative; Ainés

$45,038

How Indigenous communities in Quebec responded to COVID-19: A synthesis of community-level asset mobilization during the first wave of the pandemic

Nominated PICIHR2020Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Christopher; Gros-Louis, Nancy; Dubé, Eve; Tremblay, Marie-Claude

Keywords: Community Mobilization; Covid-19; First Nations; Inuit; Quebec

$99,184

Transformer les modèles actuels pour favoriser la sécurisation culturelle des soins offerts aux patients autochtones: Co-développement d'un nouveau modèle d'intervenant avec trois communautés atikamekw

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Project Grant

Principal investigators: Tremblay, Marie-Claude

Keywords: Accès Aux Soins; Culture; Organisation Des Soins; Premières Nations; Professionnels De Santé; Qualité Des Soins; Recherche Interventionnelle; Recherche Participative; Santé Autochtone; Sécurisation Culturelle

$317,476

Qanuikkat Siqinirmiut? A community-based study of southern Quebec Inuit health and wellbeing

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Christopher; Pisuktie, Tina; Riva, Mylene

Keywords: 2-Eyed Seeing And Inuit Epistemology; Action Research; Capacity Building; Community Health And Wellbeing; Cultural Models; Inequalities; Urban Inuit

$1,143,675

The Health of Montreal Inuit: A Participatory Mixed-Methods Population Health Survey and Action Agenda

Nominated PICIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Fletcher, Christopher; Massé, Richard; Riva, Mylene

Keywords: Health Disparity; Health Geography; Inuit Of Montreal; Marginalized Population; North-South Interactions; Urban Population Health

$100,000

Knowledge network on mining encounters and indigenous sustainable livelihoods: cross-perspectives from the circumpolar North and Melanesia/Australia (MinErAL)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: mines; sustainable livelihood; indigenous populations; circumpolar North; Melanesia; Australia; environmental impact assessment; extraction; exploration

$2,500,000

Out of place in Nunalijjuaq effecting social change with Montreal Inuit through participatory action research PAR

Co-investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Watson, Mark K.

Keywords: Inuit studies; participatory action research; urban Indigenous research; Aboriginal policy; social history

$192,323

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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Christopher Fletcher

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Latest funding

Supporting the development of Inuit children in urban environments: What are the needs of Inuit families living in southern Québec?

'How can you trust a government when they haven't been trustworthy?': Quebec urban Indigenous informational practices in the context of a pandemic.

Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination and factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among indigenous peoples in Quebec, Canada: Insights from a facebook posts and comments analysis.

Using latent class analysis to operationalize a wholistic assessment of Inuit health and well-being.

"The needle is already ready to go": communities' and health care professionals' perceptions of routine vaccination in Nunavik, Canada.

The Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Nunavik Health Survey: design, methods, and lessons learned.

Profiles of childhood adversities in Inuit from Nunavik: description and associations with indicators of socioeconomic characteristics, support, and community involvement.

Sociocultural determinants of alcohol and cannabis use and misuse among Nunavimmiut.

Epistemic inclusion in the Qanuilirpitaa? Nunavik Inuit health survey: developing an Inuit model and determinants of health and well-being.

The psychosocial dimension of housing in Nunavik: does social support vary with household crowding?

Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis

Co-construire un outil de gestion de la désinformation et la mésinformation en santé culturellement adapté aux Inuit vivant en milieu urbain

Addressing stigmatization of Indigenous patients: Co-developing structural and educational strategies through a nuanced understanding of cultural risk in the Quebec healthcare system

Pratiques informationnelles des personnes aînées au Québec en contexte de pandémie

How Indigenous communities in Quebec responded to COVID-19: A synthesis of community-level asset mobilization during the first wave of the pandemic

Transformer les modèles actuels pour favoriser la sécurisation culturelle des soins offerts aux patients autochtones: Co-développement d'un nouveau modèle d'intervenant avec trois communautés atikamekw

Qanuikkat Siqinirmiut? A community-based study of southern Quebec Inuit health and wellbeing

The Health of Montreal Inuit: A Participatory Mixed-Methods Population Health Survey and Action Agenda

Knowledge network on mining encounters and indigenous sustainable livelihoods: cross-perspectives from the circumpolar North and Melanesia/Australia (MinErAL)

Out of place in Nunalijjuaq effecting social change with Montreal Inuit through participatory action research PAR

Frequent collaborators

Gina Muckle

Mylene Riva

Sarah Fraser

Sarah Fraser

Isabelle Gaboury

Christopher Furgal

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Maryline Vivion

Vincent Paquin

Lucie Nadeau

Louise Potvin

Lucie Nadeau

Natacha Godbout

Eduardo Chachamovich

Christopher Fletcher

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Supporting the development of Inuit children in urban environments: What are the needs of Inuit families living in southern Qu&#xe9;bec?

'How can you trust a government when they haven't been trustworthy?': Quebec urban Indigenous informational practices in the context of a pandemic.

Perceptions of COVID-19 vaccination and factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine acceptance among indigenous peoples in Quebec, Canada: Insights from a facebook posts and comments analysis.

Using latent class analysis to operationalize a wholistic assessment of Inuit health and well-being.

"The needle is already ready to go": communities' and health care professionals' perceptions of routine vaccination in Nunavik, Canada.

The Qanuilirpitaa? 2017 Nunavik Health Survey: design, methods, and lessons learned.

Profiles of childhood adversities in Inuit from Nunavik: description and associations with indicators of socioeconomic characteristics, support, and community involvement.

Sociocultural determinants of alcohol and cannabis use and misuse among Nunavimmiut.

Epistemic inclusion in the Qanuilirpitaa? Nunavik Inuit health survey: developing an Inuit model and determinants of health and well-being.

The psychosocial dimension of housing in Nunavik: does social support vary with household crowding?

Sustainable Museum: Cultural Institutions and Environmental Crisis

Co-construire un outil de gestion de la désinformation et la mésinformation en santé culturellement adapté aux Inuit vivant en milieu urbain

Addressing stigmatization of Indigenous patients: Co-developing structural and educational strategies through a nuanced understanding of cultural risk in the Quebec healthcare system

Pratiques informationnelles des personnes aînées au Québec en contexte de pandémie

How Indigenous communities in Quebec responded to COVID-19: A synthesis of community-level asset mobilization during the first wave of the pandemic

Transformer les modèles actuels pour favoriser la sécurisation culturelle des soins offerts aux patients autochtones: Co-développement d'un nouveau modèle d'intervenant avec trois communautés atikamekw

Qanuikkat Siqinirmiut? A community-based study of southern Quebec Inuit health and wellbeing

The Health of Montreal Inuit: A Participatory Mixed-Methods Population Health Survey and Action Agenda

Knowledge network on mining encounters and indigenous sustainable livelihoods: cross-perspectives from the circumpolar North and Melanesia/Australia (MinErAL)

Out of place in Nunalijjuaq effecting social change with Montreal Inuit through participatory action research PAR

Frequent collaborators

Gina Muckle

Mylene Riva

Sarah Fraser

Sarah Fraser

Isabelle Gaboury

Christopher Furgal

Tiff-Annie Kenny

Maryline Vivion

Vincent Paquin

Lucie Nadeau

Louise Potvin

Lucie Nadeau

Natacha Godbout

Eduardo Chachamovich

Supporting the development of Inuit children in urban environments: What are the needs of Inuit families living in southern Québec?