Knowledge Exchange Grants Program

The IPHCPR Network’s Knowledge Exchange Grants Program opportunity is intended to spark early-stage community driven research that facilitates Indigenous primary health care (PHC) system innovation and transformation within Alberta. It is designed to support research and knowledge sharing activities within Indigenous-led PHC and policy.

The Knowledge Exchange Grants Program’s funds are offered as time limited (up to 18 months) awards for aligned research-related activities.

GRANT CATEGORIES

  • Up to $2,500

    • Organization of events with stakeholders to share and disseminate knowledge.

  • Up to $5,000

    • Initial planning of research idea/ project among potential team members including researchers, knowledge-users and/or partners to assess the viability of the research project and partnership.

  • Up to $15,000

    • Execution of early -stage community driven Indigenous PHC focused research.

Application Requirements

To apply for the IPHCPR Network’s Knowledge Exchange Grants Program, applicants will need to provide the following information using the application form:

  • Applicant Details: Name(s) of the primary applicant(s) and affiliated organization.

  • Project Information: Grant category, project title, and total funds requested.

  • Project Description: A summary (2-page max.) outlining the proposed research or knowledge-sharing initiative.

  • Alignment with Program Goals: Short responses (250 words each max.) on how the project promotes equity, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, and primary health care transformation for Indigenous peoples.

  • Feasibility: Timeline of objectives, anticipated outcomes, and a detailed budget.

  • Team Capacity: A summary of team experience and potential support needs from the IPHCPR Network.

  • Applicants should also include a completed budget and may upload up to three additional supporting documents

application process

  • Review the Knowledge Exchange Grants Program’s Call Description to ensure you meet the eligibility criteria.

  • Complete an application using the form available here. Submit in either word or pdf format.

  • Email your application to iphcpr@ucalgary.ca, subject line: IPHCPR Knowledge Exchange Grants Program Application/ [specify grant category]

submission deadline

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

2020-2021 Awardees

 
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Danika Goveas

Danika is a non-Indigenous graduate student and second-generation settler. She completed her undergraduate degree in Health Sciences at the University of Ottawa, where she had the opportunity to work as a research assistant and collaborate on several projects focused on Indigenous health, infectious disease, and food security.

Currently, Danika is an MSc Candidate in Epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. In collaboration with Indigenous communities, her current research aims to explore how Indigenous ways of knowing can be integrated into primary health care policy development in Alberta to inform strategies that promote healing and health equity.

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Lene Jorgensen

Lene Jorgensen is the Executive Director for the Diabetes, Obesity and Nutrition Strategic Clinical Network at Alberta Health Services. Lene is an Athletic Therapist and Kinesiologist by background and has worked extensively in the areas of chronic disease prevention & management and system & service planning. Over the past 6 years, Lene has worked on numerous Indigenous health projects and initiatives, such as zone specific Indigenous health action plans, an organizational approach to Indigenous health planning, and the Alberta Health Services Indigenous Health Strategy.

Of specific note, in 2018 and 2019 Lene worked directly with the Blood Tribe Department of Health to co-design the Bringing the Spirits Home Addiction Framework. This framework is a community-wide, comprehensive, full continuum of care addiction framework specific for the Blood Tribe community and the Blackfoot culture. This collaboration and co-design has resulted in increase in the Government of Alberta’s funding to the community, specifically to the locally operated safe withdrawal management site. This framework has also just received the gold award for innovation from the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

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Kate Dunn

Kate Dunn is an Anishinaabe woman who works in a collaborative role increasing access to Hepatitis C treatment and cure for Indigenous communities in Alberta. Bringing a background in nursing, and a master’s in public health she is pursuing a doctorate in social sciences at Royal Roads University focusing on Indigenous Health. Kate’s Wisdom Seeking research project spends time with Indigenous Knowledge Holders listening to memories, stories, and perspectives on traditional health and liver wellness. These conversations will guide co-creation of a respectful and culturally relevant awareness approach or DocuStory (short documentary movie) sharing perspectives on wellness shaping positive awareness of Hepatitis C. Moving forward to the goal of altering the approach to this disease from one of cultural barriers, fear, and stigma; to a wholistic story of wellness and healing framed in a way that Indigenous Peoples understand, directed by the voices and experiences of Knowledge Holders. This work has potential to influence creation of culturally relevant resources impacting primary health care and provincial policy while incorporating wholistic and traditional wellness approaches to Hepatitis C and liver health.