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Leah Ferguson

ResearcherIndigenous StudiesUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Leah Ferguson

Researcher

Indigenous Studies

Health Sciences

University of Saskatchewan

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
2 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (4 CIHR, 3 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Anti-Indigenous Racism Community Engaged Distinctions-Based First Nations Health And Wellbeing Indigenous Health And Wellbeing Indigenous Mentorship Metis Health And Wellbeing Indigenous

Latest papers

A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity among Equity-denied Groups in Canada: An Intersectional Equity Lens.
Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2025
Development and validation of the SAFE (Socially Ascribed intersectional identities For Equity) questionnaire
Acta Psychologica · 2024
The SMART Study, a Mobile Health and Citizen Science Methodological Platform for Active Living Surveillance, Integrated Knowledge Translation, and Policy Interventions: Longitudinal Study.
JMIR public health and surveillance · 2018

All 3 publications

Latest funding

neemiwin peekishkwaywin awn Michif: Dancing and speaking in Michif
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Cultivating the Joy of Movement: Exploring the Features of a Quality Movement Experience
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$86,774
2025 Rapid Research Response and Wildfires with Indigenous Evacuees
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000

All 25 grants and awards

neemiwin peekishkwaywin awn Michif: Dancing and speaking in Michif

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Foulds, Heather; Cenerini, Chantale

Keywords: Culture; Dance; Health; Indigenous Ways Of Knowing; Intervention; Language; Métis; Traditional Knowledge; Well-Being

$100,000

Cultivating the Joy of Movement: Exploring the Features of a Quality Movement Experience

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Houser, Natalie

$86,774

2025 Rapid Research Response and Wildfires with Indigenous Evacuees

Principal investigatorCIHR2025NEIHR NCC Wildfires Emergency Response Extension

Principal investigators: Henry, Robert; Campbell, Lori; Doolittle, Edward; Hansen-Gardiner, Terri; McKinney, Veronica; Daniels-Black, Anita; Delormier, Treena; Ferguson, Leah; Foulds, Heather; Gabriel, Mikaela D; Graham, Holly A; Healey Akearok, Gwen K; Henderson, Rita I; Keepness, Shane L; LaVallie, Carrie; Lavoie, Josée G; Lovo, Stacey; Marks, Wendie N; Martin, Debbie H; Oosman, Sarah N; Opikokew Wajuntah, Cassandra J; Shorty, Norma A; Stelkia, Krista M; Swidrovich, Jaris P; Tait, Caroline L

Keywords: Indigenous; Wildfires

$1,500,000

Indigenous Futurisms in Indigenous Health and Wellbeing: The natawihowin and mamawiikikayaahk Research, Training and Mentorship Networks - SK-NEIHR

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: NEIHR - Consortium NEIHR Grant

Principal investigators: Henry, Robert; Campbell, Lori; Doolittle, Edward; Hansen-Gardiner, Terri; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L; McKinney, Veronica; Ouellette, Dianne L; Pelly, Judy; Ferguson, Leah; Foulds, Heather; Graham, Holly A; Keepness, Shane L; Lambert, Simon; LaVallie, Carrie; Lovo, Stacey; Marks, Wendie N; McGinnis, Angela; Oosman, Sarah N; Opikokew Wajuntah, Cassandra J; Swidrovich, Jaris P; Tait, Caroline L

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Community Engaged; Distinctions-Based; First Nations Health And Wellbeing; Indigenous Health And Wellbeing; Indigenous Mentorship; Metis Health And Wellbeing

$1,500,000

Self-Compassion in Sport Intervention Sensitive to Identity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Sport Participation Research Initiative

Principal investigators: Kowalski, Kent C.

Keywords: Self-compassion; sport intervention; social identities; intersectionality

$15,000

Indigenous Futurisms in Indigenous Health and Wellbeing: The natawihowin and mamawiikikayaahk Research, Training and Mentorship Networks - SK-NEIHR

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: NEIHR - Saskatchewan

Keywords: Anti-Indigenous Racism; Community Engaged; Distinctions-Based; First Nations Health And Wellbeing; Indigenous Health And Wellbeing; Indigenous Mentorship; Metis Health And Wellbeing

$4,000,000

Request for $75K Supplement to the NEIHR National Coordinating Centre

Principal investigatorCIHR2024NEIHR - NCC - Supplement

Keywords: Language Translation

$75,000

Self-Compassion in Sport Intervention Sensitive to Identity

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kowalski, Kent C.

Keywords: Self-compassion; sport intervention; social identities; intersectionality

$28,854

Reducing the impacts of emotion recognition bias on Canadians

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Livingstone, Steven R.

Keywords: emotion; algorithmic bias; emotion recognition bias; survey; emotion dataset; human ai assistance; emotional decision making; diversity; harm reduction; skin tone; speech accent

$49,217

Partnership for Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Participation, Access, and Quality Experiences in Youth Sport: Sport4All

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: equity; diversity; inclusion; sport; girls and women; identity; quality participation; partnership; community-based participatory research

$416,603

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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Leah Ferguson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A Scoping Review of Barriers and Facilitators of Physical Activity among Equity-denied Groups in Canada: An Intersectional Equity Lens.

Development and validation of the SAFE (Socially Ascribed intersectional identities For Equity) questionnaire

The SMART Study, a Mobile Health and Citizen Science Methodological Platform for Active Living Surveillance, Integrated Knowledge Translation, and Policy Interventions: Longitudinal Study.

neemiwin peekishkwaywin awn Michif: Dancing and speaking in Michif

Cultivating the Joy of Movement: Exploring the Features of a Quality Movement Experience

2025 Rapid Research Response and Wildfires with Indigenous Evacuees

Indigenous Futurisms in Indigenous Health and Wellbeing: The natawihowin and mamawiikikayaahk Research, Training and Mentorship Networks - SK-NEIHR

Self-Compassion in Sport Intervention Sensitive to Identity

Indigenous Futurisms in Indigenous Health and Wellbeing: The natawihowin and mamawiikikayaahk Research, Training and Mentorship Networks - SK-NEIHR

Request for $75K Supplement to the NEIHR National Coordinating Centre

Self-Compassion in Sport Intervention Sensitive to Identity

Reducing the impacts of emotion recognition bias on Canadians

Partnership for Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Participation, Access, and Quality Experiences in Youth Sport: Sport4All

Frequent collaborators

Guy Faulkner

Eun-Young Lee

David Yi

Nathaniel Osgood

Richard Larouche

Susan Phillips

Daniel Rainham