Norma Kassi, Yukon University

Research

Capacity Building Community-Driven Research Ethical Space Health System Transformation Knowledge Translation And Mobilization Patient Oriented Research Integrated Youth Services Northern Indigenous Well-Being

Latest papers

Elder Voices: Wisdom about Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems from the Holders of Knowledge.
Current developments in nutrition · 2021

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Living Dashäw/Our Ancestors' Wisdom: A Home for Yukon First Nations' Health Research
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$2,400,000
From Partnership to Impact: Strengthening Person-Centred and Partner-Oriented Health Research for System Change in the Yukon
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$2,681,566
Integrated Youth Services in the Yukon: Exploring the What, How, and Where to Build Pathways for Youth Wellness
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$779,556

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Elder Voices: Wisdom about Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems from the Holders of Knowledge.

Flanagan H, Frizzell LB, Kassi N, Nuvayestewa L, Warne BS, Kurzer MS

Current developments in nutrition2021

DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa146 PMID: 34222763

Living Dashäw/Our Ancestors' Wisdom: A Home for Yukon First Nations' Health Research

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Operating Grant:Yukon Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research Centre

Principal investigators: Shorty, Norma A; Alatini, Mathieya; Alexander, Alisa J; Charlie, Lianne M; Gonet, Jared; Kassi, Norma

Keywords: Community Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Methodologies

$2,400,000

From Partnership to Impact: Strengthening Person-Centred and Partner-Oriented Health Research for System Change in the Yukon

Principal investigatorCIHR2025SPOR SUPPORT Unit Extension

Principal investigators: Leach, Michelle; Kassi, Norma; Shorty, Norma A

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community-Driven Research; Ethical Space; Health System Transformation; Knowledge Translation And Mobilization; Patient Oriented Research

$2,681,566

Integrated Youth Services in the Yukon: Exploring the What, How, and Where to Build Pathways for Youth Wellness

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: IYS-Net Phase 2 - Territorial Stream Grants - Yukon

Principal investigators: Leach, Michelle; Grandy, Cameron A; Barbic, Skye P; Dimitropoulos, Gina; Henderson, Jo; Iyer, Srividya N; Kassi, Norma; Mushquash, Christopher J

Keywords: Integrated Youth Services; Northern Indigenous Well-Being; Patient Oriented Approach; Youth Mental Health And Substance Use

$779,556

Living Dashäw/Our Ancestors' Wisdom: A Home for Yukon First Nations' Health Research

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Fairman, Kimberly D; Johnson, Mary Jane; Alatini, Mathieya; Gonet, Jared; Joe-Strack, Jocelyn A; Kassi, Norma; Shorty, Norma A

Keywords: Community-Led Research; Indigenous Health Research; Yukon First Nations

$75,000

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: Capacity Building Dear Professor Kassi, 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]. I read your paper "Elder Voices: Wisdom about Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems from the Holders of Knowledge." (2021), and it 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 "Living Dashäw/Our Ancestors' Wisdom: A Home for Yukon First Nations' Health Research" (2026), 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]