Valerie Duncan, Université de Montréal

Research

Childhood Trauma Culturally-Appropriate Intervention Early Targeted Interventions Indigenous Youth Marginalised Youth Mental Health Equality Substance Use Prevention Trauma-Informed Practice

Latest funding

Early Targeted Interventions for Vulnerable and Marginalized Youth: Planning the Future Directions of Implementing Personality-targeted Interventions for Building Resilience against Substance Use and Mental Health Problems
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$10,000

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Early Targeted Interventions for Vulnerable and Marginalized Youth: Planning the Future Directions of Implementing Personality-targeted Interventions for Building Resilience against Substance Use and Mental Health Problems

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Edalati Esmaeilzadeh, Hanie; Duncan, Valerie

Keywords: Childhood Trauma; Culturally-Appropriate Intervention; Early Targeted Interventions; Indigenous Youth; Marginalised Youth; Mental Health Equality; Substance Use Prevention; Trauma-Informed Practice; Youth; Youth Protection Services

$10,000

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: Childhood Trauma Dear Professor Duncan, 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 childhood trauma 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 "Early Targeted Interventions for Vulnerable and Marginalized Youth: Planning the Future Directions of Implementing Personality-targeted Interventions for Building Resilience against Substance Use and Mental Health Problems" (2019), 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]