2024-2025 CP and KT Projects

2025 CP and KT Projects

Dr. Hual Li, RN, PhD

Dr. Hua Li, RN, PhD, Associate Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan, and her team received a $10,000 SK-NEIHR Community Partnership Award. They will use a community-based participatory and action-oriented approach to produce a mental health and wellness strategy that addresses high rates of mental health challenges and youth addiction in remote, rural, and northern First Nations communities in Saskatchewan.

Dr. Michelle Steward, PhD, and Team

For their project working with Gladue reports throughout Saskatchewan, Dr. Michelle Stewart, PhD, and her team have received SK-NEIHR Knowledge Translation support funds of $10,000.00. Dr. Stewart, Academic Director of the Integrated Justice Program, associate professor in Gender, Religion, and Critical Studies at the University of Regina, and a SK-NEIHR collaborator, along with her team, will continue to work on translating social determinants of health into Gladue reports for Indigenous people in Saskatchewan. The reports are free, and they highlight an individual’s background, health conditions, and their effects for the Court to consider before sentencing. Funding allows the legal community and community members to come together for continued support. The funding will also allow them to develop a Saskatchewan network of certified Gladue writers.

Dr. Lindsey Boechler, PhD, and Team

SK-NEIHR Knowledge Translation Support funds of $10,000.00 have been awarded to Dr. Lindsey Boechler, PhD, Research Manager at the Centre for Health Research, Innovation, and Scholarship (CHRIS), and her team. Dr. Boechler and her team look to provide training on mental health and well-being tools to Indigenous youth from rural, remote, and northern high schools in Saskatchewan by hosting the Provincial 2025 Youth Wellness Summit. They will share pilot project findings, offering culturally resonant workshops and health supports, such as involving virtual reality (VR) wellness tools, land-based teachings, and capacity-building for youth.

Dr. Heather Foulds and Team

The SK-NEIHR is proud to provide SK-NIEHR Knowledge Translation Support funding of $10,000.00 to support Dr. Heather Foulds and her team as they develop a culturally appropriate, theatre-based knowledge translation method for sharing study findings. Dr. Heather Foulds is an associate professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan, the Heart & Stroke/Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Early Career Indigenous Women’s Heart and Brain Health Chair, and a Principal Investigator of the SK-NEIHR. Dr. Foulds and her team will explore the importance of identity, community, and culture for the health and wellbeing of Métis People. A Saskatchewan based researcher, Dr. Foulds work will bring together Métis researchers, community members, playwrights, actors, and accomplices to share research findings in a culturally appropriate, community-driven way.

Dr. Leah Ferguson, PhD, Dr. Teena Starlight, and Team

Dr. Leah Ferguson, PhD, and her team have been given SK-NEIHR Knowledge Translation Support funds of $10,000.00 to support work with local leaders and Elders to train other leaders to maintain Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP) at Cumberland House Cree Nation, Saskatchewan. Dr. Leah Ferguson, PhD, is an associate professor in the College of Kinesiology at the University of Saskatchewan, and a principal investigator for the SK-NEIHR. She is joined in this work by Dr. Teena Starlight, PhD, National Director, Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program (IYMP). Together they will work with local leaders and Elders to train leaders to maintain IYMP at Cumberland House Cree Nation while expanding the IYMP program to Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation.

Ms. Eileene Zaba, RPN, Dr. Lindsey Boechler, PhD, and Team

SK-NEIHR Knowledge Translation Support funding of $10,000.00 has also been provided to compile a comprehensive, culturally informed crisis response plan (Resilient Indigenous Communities:  A Strategic Crisis Response Plan). This will help to guide community leaders in Saskatchewan as they respond to crisis in their communities. These support funds have been provided to Ms. Eileen Zaba, RPN, Dip. Psych Nursing, BSPN, MN, and Dr. Lindsey Boechler, PhD, faculty and Research Manager, respectively, for the Leslie and Irene Dubé School of Nursing at Saskatchewan Polytechnic and their team. The request for this work has come from several remote Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan.