CIRCLE
NEWSLETTER
DECEMBER 13 2023
Centre of Indigenous and Community-Led Engagement
We acknowledge and respect the lək̓ʷəŋən peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and W̱SÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.
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EVENTS CALENDER
On Campus and in the Community
Meet the incredible HSD postdoctoral Fellows!
The University of Victoria is hosting a welcome and showcase event of Postdoctoral fellows who are working across the Faculty of Human and Social development. One of these incredible people is Dr. Morgan Mowatt, who’s a Post-Doc fellow at CIRCLE!
GS 505: Research and Evaluation in Children, Youth and Family Services Policies - Elective Winter 2024
Solving FCB - Student Recruitment
Solving the Sustainability Challenges at the Food-Climate-Biodiversity Nexus or Solving-FCB, is an international 6-year partnership between researchers and local communities across the globe with the goal of supporting sustainable solutions towards food security, conservation and climate change adaptation within the complex social and ecological contexts of today’s societies.
They are currently recruiting Indigenous students who would be interested in taking on any number of the elements of this project for their PhD, Master’s, or Honours work (they have projects which could be done at different scales of depth).
Call for Papers: Owning History - Indigenous Histories and Records Access!
Call for Papers for the Owning History: Indigenous Histories and Records Access conference which will be held in Winnipeg on April 26, 2024!
This call is open to academic and professional researchers who navigate access to historical records to engage with Indigenous histories. Topics can include, but are not restricted to:
Job & Award
Opportunities
Basics For Health Job Posting: Qualitative Researcher / Research Manager / Project Coordinator
Basics for Health is seeking to hire a researcher / research coordinator for a qualitative study with the College of Family Physicians of Canada (Janus grant). The project (manuscript for submission for publication) must be completed by June 2024. The title is Addressing poverty, power and privilege in Primary care (PPP study); it is Phase 2 of a two-part study in which the Basics for Health group are seeking more depth on themes that emerged in Phase 1 focus groups (that explored the process of addressing poverty in primary care settings). Dr. Vanessa is the Principal Investigator (PI) for Phase 1 & 2 and will be working with this new hire on data analysis and write-up. A draft of findings from Phase 1 is complete. Ethics approval has been obtained for Phase 2 and recruitment has begun with 2 confirmed interviews so far. They are aiming to interview 9 participants for the study representing 3 groups (primary care providers, allied health providers, patient advocates / peers).
Applications for FNIGC Student Bursary are now Open!
The First Nations Information Governance Centre (FNIGC) Student Bursary is now taking applications!
Established in 2011, the FNIGC Student Bursary formerly known as the National Student Bursary, is awarded each year to exceptional First Nations students enrolled in college or university studying in fields related to the advancement of First Nations data sovereignty.
BC NEIHR: Call for applications for Indigenous Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding
Information about each grant and all of the application materials can be found on our website under Funding: Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding. For any questions, please reach out to the Network Coordinator at bcneihr@uvic.ca.
Deadline: February 1, 2024.
Declaration Act Engagement Fund (DAEF)
Apply Now. The Declaration Act Engagement Fund (DAEF) provides multi-year (4 year) non-repayable funding contributions to First Nations to support their capacity to engage with the Province of B.C. on the implementation of the Declaration Act Action Plan and alignment of Provincial laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples both of which must be done in consultation and co-operation with Indigenous Peoples in B.C. To reduce barriers for First Nations to fully participate in implementing the UN Declaration, the Province has dedicated $200M in funding to establish the DAEF. The Province of B.C. has partnered with the New Relationship Trust (the “NRT”) to administer the Fund. The total funding cap over 4 years per Nation is $1,040,000. One application per Nation. The DAEF will accept new applications during New Relationship Trust’s annual funding cycle between May and December each year. Applicants will only have to apply once to the program.
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