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Veronica McKinney

ResearcherIndigenous StudiesUniversity of Saskatchewan

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Veronica McKinney

Researcher

Indigenous Studies

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.
10 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Community-Based Participatory Action Indigenous Peoples Joint Replacement Surgery Osteoarthritis Physiotherapy Virtual Care Anti-Indigenous Racism Community Engaged

Latest papers

SCOPE and FRAME: Context-Specific Tools for Virtual Care Service Delivery in Rural and Remote Communities.
Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health · 2026
Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in digital health for Indigenous populations: A narrative review and conceptual framework.
Digital health · 2026
A remote first nation community-informed virtual care approach to chronic back pain management: a mixed methods study.
International journal of circumpolar health · 2025

All 11 publications

Latest funding

A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$680,851
A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000
2025 Rapid Research Response and Wildfires with Indigenous Evacuees
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,500,000

All 17 grants and awards

11 publications.

SCOPE and FRAME: Context-Specific Tools for Virtual Care Service Delivery in Rural and Remote Communities.

Deason JP, Rahman A, Smith MO, McKinney V, Adams SJ, Mendez I

Mayo Clinic proceedings. Digital health2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.mcpdig.2026.100371 PMID: 42318287

Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in digital health for Indigenous populations: A narrative review and conceptual framework.

Khan A, Bear ASN, Rackow M, Wajuntah CO, Lai K, McKinney V, Costa J, Mendez I

Digital health2026

DOI: 10.1177/20552076261481276 PMID: 42638815

A remote first nation community-informed virtual care approach to chronic back pain management: a mixed methods study.

Lovo S, Sawatsky R, Amjad K, Ahmad K, Imea B, Bowes B, McKinney V, Sewap S, Dorion R, Bath B

International journal of circumpolar health2025

DOI: 10.1080/22423982.2025.2574110 PMID: 41199482

Two-Eyed Seeing and artificial intelligence: Enhancing healthcare delivery in Indigenous communities requires an ethical and culturally relevant public health framework.

Khan A, McKinney V, Mendez I

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01037-1 PMID: 40266544

Developing an Interprofessional Pediatric Rehabilitation Model of Care in Northern Cree First Nation Communities: Protocol for a Needs Assessment and Codeveloped Intervention With a Qualitative and Participatory Action Approach.

Crockett K, Dunn H, Dostie R, Diedrich-Closson K, McIntyre L, Quigley K, Sharpe K, Mendez I, Swidrovich J, Johnson R, McKinney V, Holt T, Turner T, Bird K, Bowes B, Custer C, Linklater K, Camden C, Lovo S

JMIR research protocols2025

DOI: 10.2196/69438 PMID: 40929724

Understanding Needs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Management in a Northern Dene and Métis Community: A Community Based Needs Assessment.

Zhang T, Bath B, McKinney V, Swidrovich J, Johnson R, Foulds H, Makar N, Montgrand M, Lovo S

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2024

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2024.2412560 PMID: 39664942

"Navigating chaos": Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Crockett K, Lovo S, Irvine A, Trask C, Oosman S, McKinney V, McDonald T, Sari N, Martinez-Rueda R, Aiyer H, Carnegie B, Custer M, McIntosh S, Bath B

Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur2024

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2024.2318706 PMID: 38616950

Healthcare Access Challenges and Facilitators for Back Pain Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Saskatchewan, Canada: Cross-Sectional Results From a Provincial-Wide Telephone Survey.

Crockett K, Lovo S, Irvine A, Trask C, Oosman S, McKinney V, McDonald T, Sari N, Carnegie B, Custer M, McIntosh S, Bath B

Health services insights2023

DOI: 10.1177/11786329231193794 PMID: 37641592

Experiences of Health Care Access Challenges for Back Pain Care Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Canada: Protocol for Cross-sectional Research.

Crockett K, Lovo S, Irvine A, Trask C, Oosman S, McKinney V, McDonald T, Sari N, Carnegie B, Custer M, McIntosh S, Bath B

JMIR research protocols2022

DOI: 10.2196/42484 PMID: 36534454

Telerobotic ultrasound to provide obstetrical ultrasound services remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Adams SJ, Burbridge B, Chatterson L, McKinney V, Babyn P, Mendez I

Journal of telemedicine and telecare2022

DOI: 10.1177/1357633x20965422 PMID: 33076753

A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lovo, Stacey; Bath, Brenna L; McKinney, Veronica

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Action; Culturally Responsive Care; First Nation; Indigenous Peoples; Joint Replacement Surgery; Métis; Osteoarthritis; Physiotherapy; Virtual Care

$680,851

A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Lovo, Stacey; Bath, Brenna L; McKinney, Veronica

Keywords: Community-Based Participatory Action; Indigenous Peoples; Joint Replacement Surgery; Osteoarthritis; Physiotherapy; Rehabilitation; Virtual Care

$100,000

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

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

Kehokatowin ~ Northern Saskatchewan Métis gathering here and there to age well in place(s)

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Oosman, Sarah N; Abonyi, Sylvia; Durocher, Liz; Foulds, Heather; Roy, TJ

Keywords: Aging Well In Places (Multilocality); Breath Of Life Theory & Indigenous Ecological Framework; Cbpar; Health Promotion; Indigenous Methods; Intergenerational; Intervention Research; Lifecourse; Mixed Methods; Métis

$960,075

Integrated Care Clinical Pathway Implementation using a Patient Oriented Learning Health System Approach: A Realist Process Evaluation of the Saskatchewan Long COVID Pathway

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: THINC Implementation Science - Multimorbidity pool

Principal investigators: Groot, Gary; Comfort, Patricia; Hartness, Collin J; Carr, Tracey L; Goodridge, Donna M; Muhajarine, Nazeem; Penz, Erika D

Keywords: Clinical Pathway; Learning Health Systems; Long Covid; Patient-Oriented Research; Realist Evaluation

$1,961,649

Strong Bodies, Spirits, Minds, and Voices ~ Privileging Indigenous Knowledge to Guide Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with First Nations and Métis Communities in Saskatchewan

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Diabetes Prevention and Treatment in Indigenous Communities: R&W

Principal investigators: Oosman, Sarah N; Bally, Jill M; Froehlich Chow, Amanda L; Spurr, Shelley

Keywords: Breath Of Life Theory And Ecological Framework; Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Health Promotion; Indigenous Child And Intergenerational Health; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Resilience And Wellness; Prevention Of Pediatric Prediabetes And Type 2 Diabetes; Team Science

$1,999,176

Strong Bodies, Spirits, Minds, and Voices ~ Privileging Indigenous Knowledge to Guide Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with First Nations and Métis Communities in Saskatchewan

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Team Gr: Diabetes Prevention & Treatment in Indigenous Communities: R&W - LOI

Principal investigators: Oosman, Sarah N; Bally, Jill M; Froehlich Chow, Amanda L; Spurr, Shelley

Keywords: Breath Of Life Theory & Ecological Framework; Community-Based Participatory Action Research; Health Promotion; Indigenous Child & Intergenerational Health; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Resilience & Wellness; Prevention Of Pediatric Prediabetes & Type 2 Diabetes; Team Science

$35,000

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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Veronica McKinney

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Latest funding

SCOPE and FRAME: Context-Specific Tools for Virtual Care Service Delivery in Rural and Remote Communities.

Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in digital health for Indigenous populations: A narrative review and conceptual framework.

A remote first nation community-informed virtual care approach to chronic back pain management: a mixed methods study.

Two-Eyed Seeing and artificial intelligence: Enhancing healthcare delivery in Indigenous communities requires an ethical and culturally relevant public health framework.

Developing an Interprofessional Pediatric Rehabilitation Model of Care in Northern Cree First Nation Communities: Protocol for a Needs Assessment and Codeveloped Intervention With a Qualitative and Participatory Action Approach.

Understanding Needs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Management in a Northern Dene and Métis Community: A Community Based Needs Assessment.

"Navigating chaos": Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Healthcare Access Challenges and Facilitators for Back Pain Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Saskatchewan, Canada: Cross-Sectional Results From a Provincial-Wide Telephone Survey.

Experiences of Health Care Access Challenges for Back Pain Care Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Canada: Protocol for Cross-sectional Research.

Telerobotic ultrasound to provide obstetrical ultrasound services remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements

A First Nation and Métis Community-Directed Approach to Culturally Responsive Virtual Rehabilitation for Hip and Knee Total Joint Replacements

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

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

Kehokatowin ~ Northern Saskatchewan Métis gathering here and there to age well in place(s)

Integrated Care Clinical Pathway Implementation using a Patient Oriented Learning Health System Approach: A Realist Process Evaluation of the Saskatchewan Long COVID Pathway

Strong Bodies, Spirits, Minds, and Voices ~ Privileging Indigenous Knowledge to Guide Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with First Nations and Métis Communities in Saskatchewan

Strong Bodies, Spirits, Minds, and Voices ~ Privileging Indigenous Knowledge to Guide Pediatric Type 2 Diabetes Prevention with First Nations and Métis Communities in Saskatchewan

Frequent collaborators

Stacey Lovo

Brenna Bath

Catherine Trask

Sarah Oosman

Jaris Swidrovich

Paul Babyn

Heather Foulds

Veronica McKinney

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

SCOPE and FRAME: Context-Specific Tools for Virtual Care Service Delivery in Rural and Remote Communities.

Ethical governance of artificial intelligence in digital health for Indigenous populations: A narrative review and conceptual framework.

A remote first nation community-informed virtual care approach to chronic back pain management: a mixed methods study.

Two-Eyed Seeing and artificial intelligence: Enhancing healthcare delivery in Indigenous communities requires an ethical and culturally relevant public health framework.

Developing an Interprofessional Pediatric Rehabilitation Model of Care in Northern Cree First Nation Communities: Protocol for a Needs Assessment and Codeveloped Intervention With a Qualitative and Participatory Action Approach.

Understanding Needs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Management in a Northern Dene and M&#xe9;tis Community: A Community Based Needs Assessment.

"Navigating chaos": Urban, Rural, and Remote Patient Experiences in Accessing Healthcare with Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Perspectives of Living with Chronic Low Back Pain.

Healthcare Access Challenges and Facilitators for Back Pain Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Saskatchewan, Canada: Cross-Sectional Results From a Provincial-Wide Telephone Survey.

Experiences of Health Care Access Challenges for Back Pain Care Across the Rural-Urban Continuum in Canada: Protocol for Cross-sectional Research.

Telerobotic ultrasound to provide obstetrical ultrasound services remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Frequent collaborators

Stacey Lovo

Brenna Bath

Catherine Trask

Sarah Oosman

Jaris Swidrovich

Paul Babyn

Heather Foulds

Understanding Needs for Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain Management in a Northern Dene and Métis Community: A Community Based Needs Assessment.