Congratulations to Dr. Cash Ahenakew and his EDST co-applicants Dr. Sharon Stein and Dr. Vanessa Andreotti for the renewal of their Research Excellence Cluster in the most recent Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters competition! Theirs was one of 38 clusters funded in the last competition and one of 15 that were renewed.
The GCRC program is designed to foster and support emerging and established networks of researchers, spanning multiple disciplines at UBC, who form and nurture interdisciplinary teams that foster partnerships and collaborations, develop new research questions, address key societal and cultural problems, and work together to solve challenges that transcend traditional boundaries.
Cluster name and type: Beyond Window-Dressing Reconciliation in Health: Settler-Clinician Responsibilities; Emerging
Cluster members: Dr. Cash Ahenakew (Lead, EDST), Dr. Sharon Stein (EDST), Dr. Vanessa Andreotti (EDST) and 13 other UBC cluster members from UBC, SFU and the University of Calgary.
Award amount: $100,000
Cluster mandate: The work of this research cluster will lead to the creation of educational resources that support settler-clinicians to confront colonialism in health care by moving beyond tokenistic and symbolic approaches to reconciliation, and toward deeper forms of accountability, in order to ultimately support the improved health and well-being of Indigenous peoples.