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Hannah Bayne
MSc Epidemiology Student in the School of Public Health, University of Alberta
Project: Supporting Tomorrow’s Stewards: A Knowledge Mobilization Project for Climate-Health Literacy in Alberta Elementary Schools
Hannah Bayne (she/they) is a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholar in the MSc Epidemiology program at the University of Alberta in ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (amiskwaciwâskahikan). The daughter of an ecologist and a psychologist, Hannah has always been passionate about both climate change and mental health. Her research combines these passions with her interests in public health and music for her master’s research, which examines climate change impacts on mental health and how art can be used as a climate adaptation strategy to promote psychosocial well-being. Hannah is passionate about knowledge mobilization, especially for youth, and has worked in science and climate change communication throughout her undergraduate and graduate studies. She currently does climate-health knowledge mobilization with the Climate Change and Global Health Outreach Team, Climate Justice Edmonton, and WISEST, and she is an active volunteer with Girl Guides of Canada. Hannah is committed to equity and justice in her knowledge mobilization and academic work, and she sits on the University of Alberta’s Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Scoping Group and the School of Public Health’s Diversity and Inclusion Action Group.
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Miranda Field
PhD, CIHR-IHSPR Health System Impact Fellow, University of Regina
Project: Decolonized Theory of Place
Miranda Field is currently a Canadian Institute of Health Research Health System Impact Post-doctoral Fellow. She is currently embedded with the Saskatchewan Health Authority and University and funded by CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CHIR-IHSPR) and Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation. Her current research focuses on seeking to enhance mental health, addictions, and well-being support among Indigenous communities in Saskatchewan led by patient partners and Indigenous communities. Throughout her PhD program, her work focused on establishing The Decolonized Theory of Place; a transformative framework that reconceptualizes the role of place in mental health, centering Indigenous perspectives and decolonization. The theory expands the understanding of therapeutic landscapes by integrating Indigenous knowledge systems into research practices. It provides a critical and reflexive approach to the intersection of healing and learning, offering a holistic exploration of place in the context of Indigenous well-being.
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Jordan Chin
MPH Student, McMaster University
Project: The Art of Creation: an Arts-Based Knowledge Translation Method to Promote and Advocate for a Healthy Start to Life
Jordan Chin (she/her) is a CIHR Canadian Graduate Scholar who is currently completing her Master of Public Health at McMaster University. As an artist, educator, and scientist, Jordan is passionate about interdisciplinary discussion and using unique methods to improve the public's access to research. Jordan’s current research investigates how art-based methods can facilitate the uptake of complex scientific concepts, such as the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. In doing so, she aims to stimulate dialogue surrounding this topic and how communities can work together to ensure that everyone has a healthy start to life. Jordan has continued to share her art-based knowledge translation experience with the community by facilitating workshops with the Hamilton Public Health Healthy Families Division, McMaster University Undergraduate Midwifery Program, and local elementary schools.
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Previous Award Winners:
2023
- Jorden Hendry, PhD student, University of British Columbia - Instructions have been provided: Understanding and implementing Foundational Commitments to Indigenous Peoples in the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer
- Karen Wong, PhD student, University of British Columbia - Working Together to Bring Policy Changes on Digital Ageism and Divide: Older Adults’ Access to Technology is a Human Right
- Leah Taylor, PhD student, Western University - Everyone Can Play: A Knowledge Translation Resource to Promote Physical Activity Participation of Children with Disabilities in London, Ontario
2022
- Melissa MacKay, PhD Candidate, University of Guelph - Maintaining trust through effective crisis communication during emerging infectious disease
- Alexa Ferdinands, PhD, University of Alberta - Collaborating with youth to address weight stigma in healthcare, education, and the home
- Shannon Bird, MPH, Brock University - Art as a Tool for Promoting Public and Environmental Health: A Lesson Plan for Ecojustice Educators
2021
- Sujane Kandasamy, PhD, McMaster University - Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast: An Academic Journey toward Theory-informed, Empirically-rooted, and Co-developed Knowledge Translation Interventions for Priority Populations
- Leigh McClarty, PhD, University of Manitoba - A critical exploration into Manitoba's HIV care cascade: Novel Applications of equity focused data visualization to support knowledge translation
- Erica Phipps, PhD, Queen's University - Investing in relational knowledge practices and 'reversing the gaze' for equity-focused intersectoral action on housing and health equity: The RentSafe EquIP research in Owen Sound, Ontario
2020
- Courtney Primeau, PhD, University of Guelph - Knowledge Translation Preferences in Communicating about Antimicrobial Resistance
- Henry Lai, MSc, University of British Columbia - Co-creation of knowledge translation resources to integrate health and wellness messaging in an Indigenous community in British Columbia
- Maureen Gustafson, MPH, University of Toronto - Mayi Kuwayu: The National Study of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Wellbeing
2019
- Paige Colley, PhD, Western University - Growing Healthy Food Behaviours: Evaluating an Innovative Food Literacy Resource
- Julia Santana Parrilla, MSc, University of British Columbia - Addressing anxiety & depression during pregnancy: a plan for iKT
- Sydney Rudko, PhD, University of Alberta - Citizen scientists monitoring saprozoonotic pathogens using quantitative polymerase chain reaction in recreational water
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