Benjamin Brisbois

Research

Ecuador Extractive Industry Foreign Policy Global Health Health Impact Assessment Knowledge Synthesis Mining Participatory Research

Latest funding

Canadian mining, health and foreign policy: A Canada-Ecuador collaborative study of health equity impacts and narratives
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$124,244
The ECHO Network (Environment, Community, Health Observatory): Strengthening intersectoral capacity to understand and respond to health impacts of resource development
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$1,993,983
The ECHO Network (Environment, Community, Health Observatory): Strengthening intersectoral capacity to understand and respond to Health Impacts of Resource Development
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$49,826

All 3 grants and awards

Canadian mining, health and foreign policy: A Canada-Ecuador collaborative study of health equity impacts and narratives

Nominated PICIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - General

Principal investigators: Brisbois, Benjamin W; Herrera, Angela V

Keywords: Ecuador; Extractive Industry; Foreign Policy; Global Health; Health Impact Assessment; Knowledge Synthesis; Mining; Participatory Research

$124,244

The ECHO Network (Environment, Community, Health Observatory): Strengthening intersectoral capacity to understand and respond to health impacts of resource development

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prev. Research - Resource dev

Principal investigators: Parkes, Margot W; Allison, Sandra; Gislason, Maya K; Hallstrom, Lars K; Harder, Henry G; Stephen, Craig; Surette, Céline; Takaro, Timothy K

Keywords: Community; Cumulative; Environment; Health Impacts; Intersectoral Capacity; Network; Observatory; Resource Development

$1,993,983

The ECHO Network (Environment, Community, Health Observatory): Strengthening intersectoral capacity to understand and respond to Health Impacts of Resource Development

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Team Grant: Environments and Health: Intersectoral Prevention Research - LOI

Principal investigators: Parkes, Margot W; Allison, Sandra; Hallstrom, Lars K; Harder, Henry G; Stephen, Craig; Surette, Céline; Takaro, Timothy K

Keywords: Community; Cumulative; Environment; Health Impacts; Intersectoral Capacity; Network; Observatory; Resource Development

$49,826

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: Ecuador Dear Professor Brisbois, 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 ecuador 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 "Canadian mining, health and foreign policy: A Canada-Ecuador collaborative study of health equity impacts and narratives" (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]