operating grant: indigenous gender and wellness – knowledge sharing

the specific objective(s) of this funding opportunity are to:

• support knowledge sharing activities from ongoing or recently completed, community-engaged research projects that aim to improve the wellness of indigenous peoples in canada from a gendered perspective, including how indigenous concepts of gender affect wellness;
• promote the use of culturally relevant knowledge sharing activities and approaches and/or arts-based methods, among other possible knowledge sharing approaches, to share learnings about indigenous gender and wellness;
• encourage strengths- and distinctions-based knowledge sharing that will build lasting relationships and improve shared learning and understanding, application, and opportunity to increase wellness for indigenous individuals and communities using a gendered lens;
• bridge capacity of the next generation of indigenous health researchers and community partners in knowledge sharing focused on indigenous gender and wellness;
• support the evaluation of knowledge sharing activities and approaches, to support ongoing learning with the goal to improve the wellness of indigenous peoples in canada from a gendered perspective, including how indigenous concepts of gender affect wellness