In Detail

Details of my program of research are described by addressing three overarching contextual spaces:

1. Engaged Research – leaning in with diverse groups
2. Decolonizing Health Services and Action Policy Research
3. Tobacco Use, Management and Control Research

Engaged Research

Dr. Schultz’s program of research embraces participatory research approaches to engage diverse community members (dependent upon research focus), decision-makers, health professionals, and interdisciplinary academic researchers throughout all phases of research processes. In studies involving Indigenous people’s health, Elders and Knowledge Keepers have central roles within grant development through to knowledge translation. Engagement with these various groups of people brings novel ways of seeing the research topic, questions to be asked, and interpretation of study outcomes. Over the last several decades my program of research demonstrates a variety of areas explored. Below, I highlight five current research areas.

Understanding diversity among current and aspiring Canadian medical students   

Medical school admission offices strategize to enhance social accountability by attracting and admitting diverse students in their programs. The end game being, that greater diversity among the medical workforce brings more capacity to meet the needs of diverse groups of people in Canada and improve access to healthcare. Our study involved an online survey of aspiring and current medical students at three Canadian schools of medicine, to explore diversity along with three forms of individual capital as predictors of decisions with and experiences of applying to medical school. The team involves aspiring and current medical students, medical school admission leads, and EDI specialists. Analysis of an online survey is underway and we anticipate producing three manuscripts, along with two videos where team members speak about the research and admission process.

Elevating the Uses of Storytelling Methods Within Indigenous Health Research: A Critical, Participatory Scoping Review

In the current era of reconciliation in Canada, health research that prioritizes Indigenous values, epistemology, and histories has become imperative and health researchers are increasingly exploring decolonizing research agendas. Within Indigenous health research, storytelling has emerged as an approach that acknowledges Indigenous oral traditions, creates spaces to share holistic knowledge about health and illness experiences, and invites community involvement. As a research method, storytelling privileges the voices of those often marginalized and silenced within society; thus, it can be a powerful decolonizing approach. Given the historical legacy and ongoing realities of health research being a colonial tool that delegitimizes and silences Indigenous peoples and their knowledge, a critical examination of how storytelling is being integrated into Indigenous health research studies is essential, which underlies our decision to conduct a critical and participatory scoping review of literature reporting storytelling as a method in Indigenous health research. Our research team of 18 people was co-led by Dr. Kendra Rieger (she/her) and Sarah Gazan (she/her) and included Elders, Indigenous patients, healthcare professionals, and healthcare administrators, along with Indigenous and non-Indigenous researchers. Two articles have been published, and two more manuscripts are under development, along with a brief video documenting our research and collective approach to building relations among our team.

Publications

Rieger, KL., Horton, M., Copenace, S., …Schultz, A. S. (2023). Elevating the Uses of Storytelling Methods Within Indigenous Health Research: A Critical, Participatory Scoping Review. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22, 16094069231174764.

Rieger, KL, Gazan, S, Bennett, M…Schultz, ASH. (2020). Elevating the uses of storytelling approaches within Indigenous health research: a critical and participatory scoping review protocol involving Indigenous people and settlers. Systematic Reviews, 9:257 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-020-01503-6

Gender diversity and health

Two graduate students, whose research focuses on gender-diverse people and health, are embracing participatory research approaches.    

1) Morgan Stirling (they/them) Ph.D. (c) in the Department of Community Health Sciences dissertation research aims to advance how gender is understood and measured within cancer health care services administrative data. Their participatory research approach involves working with a group of gender-diverse community members who have been involved with cancer care services in Canada. Their research is being funded by a CIHR project grant (2023-2025). This work has already produced a peer-reviewed publication: Stirling, M. Hunter, M., Ludwig, C., Ristock, J., Harrison, L., Ross-White, A., Nickel, N., Schultz, A., Banerji, V., and Alyson Mahar on behalf of the MEGAN-CAN team. Scoping review protocol: mapping gender and sexual minority representation in cancer research. CMAJ Open accepted May 2023

2) Jess Crawford (they/them), BSN RN and master of nursing student is conducting a qualitative study exploring undergraduate nursing student and faculty perspectives on gender-inclusive and affirming curricular practices within undergraduate nursing in Canada. The research is supported by a College of Nursing graduate student grant, and Jess is the recipient of the CIHR Graduate Scholarship, and numerous other awards including a Tylenol® Fund to Advance Diversity in Nursing and Health Equity Research Scholarship through the Canadian Nursing Foundation. Here are two peer-reviewed publications: Crawford, J., Schultz, A. S. H., Linton, J., Kramer, M., & Ristock, J. (2023). Gender-affirming care in undergraduate nursing education: A scoping review protocol. BMJ Open, 13(3). https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/3/e070576 

Crawford, J., Schultz, A., & Chernomas, W. M. (2023). Interpersonal transphobia within nursing: A critical concept exploration. Advances in Nursing Science. Advanced online publication. https://links-lww-com.uml.idm.oclc.org/ANS/A79

Advancing the scholarship of approaches to patient-engaged research

Over the last four years, I advised and collaborated with Dr. Anna Chudyk (she/her), during which time she was a Postdoctoral Fellow funded through the CIHR Patient Oriented Research Award – Transition to Leadership Stream. A key study during these years was a funded study that involved three key projects. The first was an online survey to investigate the enactment of patient engagement among Canadian studies funded through CIHR SPOR initiatives. The second study was co-developed with a patient partner and involved qualitative interviews with patient partners involved in CIHR SPOR funded projects to hear about their perspectives and experiences with their roles. The final project was to host a national workshop with 15 patient partners and 15 academic researchers involved in CIHR SPOR funded studies, which included four workshop sessions held over 5 weeks. In the workshop sessions, we explored our collective understanding of current and preferred future states of patient-engaged research in Canada. There are several published articles along with one more under peer review. Moreover, Dr. Chudyk has launched a podcast series (AS PER USUAL) that involves a number of Canadian patient-engaged experts. As of summer, 2023, Dr. Chudyk moved into an Assistant Professor (contingent) position within the Max Rady College of Medicine, which is supported by a CIHR Patient Oriented Research Award – Transition to Leadership Stream Phase 2.

Publications 

Chudyk, A.M., Schultz, A, McCleary, N, Stoddard, R, Duhamel, T. (2023), Patient Partners’ Motivations and Meanings for Research Engagement: A Qualitative Study. The Annals of Family Medicine, 21 (Supp 1) 3972; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.21.s1.3972 

Chudyk, A.M., Stoddard, R., McCleary, N. et al. Activities and impacts of patient engagement in CIHR SPOR funded research: a cross-sectional survey of academic researcher and patient partner experiences. Res Involv Engagem 8, 44 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-00376-4 

Chudyk AM, Horrill T, Waldman C, et al (2022) Scoping review of models and frameworks of patient engagement in health services research. BMJ Open 2022;12:e063507.  https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-063507

Decolonizing Health Services and Action Policy Research Areas

Type Two Diabetes and Indigenous People

I wonder why the importance of Indigenous peoples’ relationships to all living matter, especially to the land, is not seen as one of the realities that needs to be included and seen as valid as the biomedical narratives concerning diabetes. These relationships are still seen as insignificant to the larger concern of the skyrocketing numbers. The imposition of assimilation to be the same as the dominant settler has resulted in a new ‘colonial wound’ that continues to fester by chronic, abject poverty, racism, unresolved historical trauma; a wound left to continue to trouble Indigenous peoples minds and hearts from generation to generation. The time has come where Indigenous peoples must regain control of their health, spiritual knowledge and emotional wellness to eradicate not only type 2 diabetes but all colonial diseases.

Dr. Sinclaire, Nēhiyawēwin Health Researcher

Background and Importance: Biomedical evidence of type two diabetes (TTD) among Indigenous people reveals an alarmingly high incidence, an identified epidemic and health priority, which is explained by individuals’ bodies and behaviours. How one understands a health priority shapes the research conducted to generate evidence used to inform strategies aimed at diminishing disparities. The dominance of biomedical discourses in publicly funded healthcare and health research contexts silences Indigenous discourses such as our opening statement. When left unchallenged, this relational dynamic between the two discourses supports a collective blindness of how historical contexts and colonization shape health and healthcare.

Bridge funding supported building relationships among community organizations, supported Elder Carl Stone and Dr. Natasha Ali to host Ambe wii bimaadizidaa weekly diabetes support gatherings, co-hosted a community event with National Indigenous Diabetes Association to support four Knowledge Keepers sharing their stories of diabetes, and a published discussion article: Sinclaire, M, Lavallee, B, Cyr, M, Schultz ASH. (2023). Indigenous People and Type Two Diabetes: A discussion of colonial wounds and epistemic racism. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2023.01.008 

Cancer Incidence, Diagnosis and Outcomes among Manitoba Status First Nations Peoples

Centuries of colonization have profoundly influenced Indigenous Peoples’ health and wellbeing, which is evident in reported health inequities and disparities. In Canada, cancer diagnosis among First Nation People is dramatically rising and is now a leading cause of death. While cancer trends among First Nations People suggest growing disparities, there is also a significant evidence gap. Research evidence shortfalls include monitoring trends and our understanding of how to improve outcomes. The limited Canadian research evidence suggests that First Nations People are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced cancers than non-First Nations People, experience higher cancer mortality and poorer survival; and published evidence suggests similar disparities worldwide. Notably, this evidence is known solely from a biomedical perspective: virtually no evidence has embraced multiple ways of knowing. To address evidence gaps, we propose a secondary analysis of health services data. Study aims are twofold: to generate evidence regarding cancer among First Nations People, and to interpret findings by respecting both Indigenous and biomedical ways of knowing. The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy data repository will be used to compare demographic, residency, socio-economic status, co-morbidity and cancer stage at diagnosis differences among Status First Nations People living in Manitoba and between all other Manitobans; additionally, differences in mortality, survival and cancer treatments will be examined. An interdisciplinary team of Indigenous People and allies brings multiple perspectives to the research and interpretation of findings. Cancer has been a relative unknown among First Nations People and receives limited research attention; this study will begin to advance our understanding of cancer and First Nations People living in Manitoba.

Study Publications

Horrill, T, Dahl, L, Sanderson, E, Munro, G, Garson, C, Fransoo, R, Thompson, G, Cook, C, Linton, J, Schultz, ASH. (2019). Cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis and outcomes among Manitoba First Nations people living on and off-reserve: a retrospective population-based analysis. CMAJ Open; vol. 7 no. 4 E754-E760; accessible at: Horrill et al 2019 CMAJOpen

Horrill, T, Dahl, L, Sanderson, E, Munro, G, Garson, C, Fransoo, R, Thompson, G, Cook, C, Taylor, C, Linton, J, Schultz, ASH. (2019). Comparing cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis and outcomes of First Nations and all other Manitobans: a retrospective analysis. BMC Cancer; 19:1055; accessible at: Horril et al 2019 BMC Cancer

mite achimowin – Heart Talk study

In Canada, First Nations people’s heart health is commonly known through the euro-western medical worldview, and often our understanding of deep historical and current socio-economic issues, along with traditional knowledge is silenced. Historically, the Indian Act and other oppressive acts of colonialism have submerged First Nations approaches. Opportunities to examine both First Nations People’s health and euro-western approaches will cultivate culturally-rooted ways to guide the health of First Nations People. Two years of funding was received for this community-based study that used the tradition of storytelling with digital technology and oral history to create four digital stories of heart and cardiovascular health care situated in Manitoba First Nation women’s perspectives. We created a safe space to discuss factors that negatively impact First Nations People’s heart health such as transitions from traditional to westernized lifestyles and diets; poverty; poor access to quality foods; the legacy of residential schools; racism; access to medical care; culturally unsafe health care; and economic and geographic marginalization. The study, governed by a two-eyed seeing approach, aimed to locate First Nations women’s concepts, language, and experiences of mite (heart health), and initiate dialogues with euro-western medicine communities to extend our collective understanding of heart health among FN. The four digital stories concerning mite address how to maintain a healthy heart and what it means to care and heal the heart, which supports shifting our collective understanding and way of knowing heart health among First Nations Women.

The National Collaborating Centre for Aboriginal Health has created a webpage that housing the four digital stories, which can be accessed here:  mite achimowin digital stories

Additional Study Research Products

Voices from the Field podcast (2017). Interview with Rick Harper concerning mite achimowin study.

Link to the podcast is: mite achimowin_heart talk podcast

Schultz, A.S.H., & Forbes, L. (2017). Reflections on mite achimowin: First Nations women’s expressions of health – an indigenized digital storytelling research study. Webinar at PEKE at Nanaadawewigmig, Winnipeg, MB: mite achimowin_heart talk webinar

Diffey, L, Fontaine, LS, Schultz, ASH (2019). Understanding First Nations Women’s Heart Health, National Collaborating Centre for Indigenous Health; Prince George, BC. August 2019 (accessible here: Diffey et al 2019)

Fontaine, L.S., Woods, S., Forbes, L., & Schultz, A.S.H.(2019) Listening to First Nations Women’ Expressions of Heart Health: mite achimowin Digital Storytelling Study. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, (accessible here: Fontaine et al 2019)

Diversifying our Ways of Understanding Heart Health among First Nations People in Manitoba: A Mixed Methods Study Governed by a “Two-Eyed Seeing” Approach

In Canada, heart health trends suggest a difference in health between First Nations People and other Canadians. The number of First Nations People with heart disease is higher, the age at which heart diseases are diagnosed is younger, and their post-heart attack health is worse. While high rates of cardiovascular risk factors play a role, the difference is treatment trends also play a factor. Yet the evidence available influences our understanding of health differences and guides how to address it. Since health topics are commonly known through a western scientific and/or biomedical worldview, the evidence tends to focus on physical symptoms, health interventions, and individual blaming for lifestyle choices. The dominance of a biomedical perspective is often privileged at the expense of silencing and delegitimizing alternative ways of knowing; such as Indigenous knowledge and evidence of historical and colonizing factors influencing health. Sustaining this privilege of western science and biomedicine is unlikely to diminish health burdens and arguably will serve to increase inequities. The purpose of this four-year sequential mixed methods study, governed by Two-Eyed Seeing and Decolonizing methodologies, is to generate evidence that diversifies how we understand Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) burden and inequities among Manitoban First Nation People.

Research Products – Brief Reports, Articles, Documentary Brief Reports 

Study development was supported through a CIHR Planning Grant; a brief report from planning grant meetings is accessible here: Planning Meeting Report (PDF)

Final Debwewin study newsletter is accessible here: Debwewin newsletter final 2020 (PDF)

Articles 

Schultz, A, Nguyen, T., Sinclaire, M., Fransoo, R., McGibbon, E. (2021). Historical and Continued Colonial Impacts on Heart Health of Indigenous Peoples in Canada: What’s reconciliation got to do with it? Canadian Journal Cardiology Open, Volume 3, Issue 12, S149 – S164. 

Schultz, A.S.H., Dahl, L., McGibbon, E., Brownlie, R.J., Cook, C., Elbarouni, B., Katz, A., Nguyen, T., Sawatzky, J., Sinclaire, M., Prior, H, Throndson, K., Fransoo, R. (2020). Differences in coronary artery disease complexity and associations with mortality and hospital admissions among First Nations and non–First Nations patients undergoing angiography: a comparative retrospective matched cohort study, CMAJ Open, 8(4): E685–E694. 

Dahl, L., Schultz, A.S.H., McGibbon, E., Brownlie, R.J., Cook, C., Elbarouni, B., Katz, A., Nguyen, T., Sawatzky, J., Sinclaire, M., Throndson, K., Prior, H., Fransoo, R. (2019). Cardiovascular medication use and long-term outcomes between First Nations and non-First Nations patients following angiography: a retrospective cohort study. Journal of the American Heart Association Aug 20;8(16):e012040. (accessible here: Dahl et al 2019)

Schultz, A.S.H., Dahl, L., McGibbon, E., Brownlie, R.J., Cook, C., Elbarouni, B., Katz, A., Nguyen, T., Sawatzky, J., Sinclaire, M., Throndson, K., Fransoo, R. (2018). Health outcome and follow-up care differences between First Nation’s and non-First Nation’s coronary angiogram patients: A retrospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 34, 1333-1340. (accessible here: Schultz et al 2018 CJC)

Schultz, A.S.H., Dahl, L., McGibbon, E., Brownlie, R.J., Cook, C., Elbarouni, B., Katz, A., Nguyen, T., Sawatzky, J., Sinclaire, M., Throndson, K., & Fransoo, R. (2018). Index coronary angiogram utilization in Manitoba, Canada: A population-level descriptive analysis of First Nations and non-Frist Nations recipients BMJ Open, Mar 25, 8(3), e020856. (accessible here: Schultz et al 2018 BMC Open)

Documentary

A 35-minute video documentary was produced: Over a one-year period, four feasts were held with Five First Nations Wisdom Keepers to share the Stories about Pac-Ow-Tay (Cree: beating hearts). The recorded dialogue was then used to create a documentary film where a co-created narrative concerning the heart and heart health rooted in Indigenous world views and experiences share their stories. Stories include: teaching about the heart and traditional Indigenous practices; three generations wove traditional practices with the biomedical treatment of heart disease with their family; along with other historical and current-day experiences within North American society that shape their beating hearts. Accessible here: https://youtu.be/FpYWppuKp90

 

 

Tobacco Use, Management and Control

Exploring Smoke-Free Hospital Grounds Policies

Smoke-free hospital grounds policies are a reality in Canada. While the policy commonly is articulated to be a protection and denormalizing strategy, cessation support is an anticipated outcome. Cessation support for patients and staff tend to be mentioned in policy documents; however, evidence from three studies suggests cessation support has not always been realized. The integration of stronger restriction and protection policies on acute care units requires increased efforts to address abstinence and treat nicotine withdrawal, an alternative option to solely focusing on cessation outcomes. Dr. Schultz has lead three studies involving six Canadian hospitals across 3 provinces.

The two “ETS” (Exploring Tobacco Use Management in Smoke-Free Grounds Hospitals) ethnographic studies aimed to explore the experiences of tobacco use management on adult in-patient wards post-implementation of a smoke-free hospital grounds policies. Adult in-patient wards included are cardiac, respiratory, surgery, rehabilitation, orthopedics, trauma, transplantation, and psychiatry. Perspectives of patients, healthcare providers, support staff, as well as policy-makers were gathered during the two studies. Research team members come from the University of Manitoba, the University of Alberta, University of Saskatoon, Alberta Health Services, and the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority. The projects reveal evidence of a variety of entrenched beliefs about tobacco use in acute care settings in general, along with comparable evidence within psychiatric contexts. New insights regarding tobacco use, adult acute health care services, health providers’ attitudes and beliefs, along with perspectives from patients who are smokers and non-smokers were realized from these studies. See links below for reports from these studies and my list of publications for related articles.

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The ETS Project Brief Report: Exploring the shifting culture surrounding tobacco use
The ETS Project: Enforcement and Compliance Report
The ETS Project Brief Report: Exploring Smoke-Free Grounds Policies within Adult Psychiatric Hospital Units

The U-MAT (Utilizing best practices to Manage Acute care patients Tobacco Dependency) was a demonstration project focused on the implementation of an evidence-based practice protocol and tools designed to support healthcare staff in treating nicotine withdrawal symptoms with patients admitted to an acute care ward. A longitudinal case study approach investigated the uptake of a multi-component evidence-based nicotine withdrawal treatment intervention on an acute care 25-bed unit specializing in vascular, urology and plastic adult surgeries; study period May 2013 to May 2014. Data collection included patient and staff experiences, and chart audits; findings from each data source suggest improvements over the year. Additional result details and manuscripts are forthcoming in early 2105.

Health Professional Education

In 2001 nine Canadian health professional groups demonstrated a rare collaboration in the joint publication of a position statement about tobacco use and dependence, which documented the importance of preparing entry-level health professionals to address tobacco use and dependence. Since this time, the education of health professionals to address tobacco use and dependence has been endorsed globally. Research evidence suggests that patients anticipate their tobacco use will be addressed during health visits. Consistent messages from health professionals about tobacco use would increase the number of quit attempts and the likelihood that quit attempts are supported. Emerging evidence suggests enhancing entry-level education opportunities is one avenue to build capacity. Yet, in Canada, we have limited knowledge of entry-level health professional programming related to tobacco use and dependence content.

In 2013, Dr. Schultz in collaboration with The Oral and Systemic Health Working Group of the Interprofessional Education Initiative (IPE: http://umanitoba.ca/programs/interprofessional/) at the University of Manitoba began an initiative focused on an IPE experience addressing tobacco dependence and treatment. To supplement current practise guidelines and research evidence, we scanned curriculum content and development regarding tobacco dependence within the 13 IPE academic units at the University of Manitoba. We received a completed survey from 9 of the 13 academic units; a brief report will be forthcoming in early 2015.

Youth Resolve to Remain Smoke-Free

Preventing youth uptake of smoking has been and continues to be a public health priority. Dr. Schultz successfully led two secondary analyses of the 2004/05 and 2006/07 Youth Smoking Survey (YSS); a bi-annual national survey of youth in Canada. In the 2004/05 YSS, youth in grades 5-9 were surveyed, and our analysis focused on household factors associated with youth self-reported susceptibility to future smoking and current smoking behaviour. The argument being that household socialization shapes their attitudes, and hence susceptibility towards future smoking. The household factors were parental and sibling smoking status, household bans, and exposure to smoking in vehicles. A series of secondary analysis was run using the 2006/07 YSS data. First, a subset of the 2006/07 YSS (grade 5-9 participants) replicated the 2004/05 YSS study. Next, two subsets of the 2006-07 YSS (grades 5-9 & grades 10-12 participants) compared variables in the household environment across the two age groups. See my publication list for related articles.

Equity and Social Justice within Tobacco Control

Reducing tobacco use amongst socially disadvantaged individuals is a public health priority. Socially disadvantaged individuals experience health inequities that are systematically associated with unequal opportunities (e.g., by virtue of being poor or a member of a marginalized group) that are deemed avoidable and unfair experiences. Emerging evidence suggests that First Nations Peoples, individuals with low incomes and mental health conditions and those living without a home suffer a disproportionate burden of tobacco-related disease. To effectively reduce tobacco-related health inequities, the adoption of a social justice/equity ‘lens’ will be required, which would result in the consideration of social conditions that contribute to and/or reinforce tobacco use amongst vulnerable populations. Dr. Schultz co-leading a novel environmental scan study to advance the evidence of how tobacco control initiatives address tobacco use amongst vulnerable populations through strategies that address root causes versus individual behaviour change interventions. Dr. Schultz also led a study exploring tobacco dependence and cessation among people living with HIV/AIDS. The links below are for brief reports that highlight study outcomes and see my publication list for related articles.

Exploring issues of equity within Canadian tobacco control initiatives: An environmental scan
Exploring Tobacco Dependence and Cessation Among People Living with HIV/AIDS

Recent Publications

Crawford, J., Kramer, M., Ristock, J., Antonacci, R., Cervantes, A., Killam, L., Tsui, J., Schultz, ASH. (2026). “How am I supposed to guide students through this if I don’t know?”: An interpretive description of undergraduate nursing educators’ experiences with gender inclusive and affirming practices. Advancement in Nursing Education-Avancées en formation infirmière, 12(2), 5-5.

Phillips, EK, Abegglen, A, Hay, JL, Gregora, A, Smith, K, Shaski, C, Bozak, G, Gilchrist, S, Fagan, A, Ashe, MC, Schultz, ASH, Arora, RC, Duhamel, TA, O’Keefe-McCarthy, S, Chudyk, AM. (2026). Early mobility to improVE health outcomes following cardiac surgery (EVE) Clinical Trial Development: Engagement Methods Using Body Mapping and Virtual Consensus Building. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 7, 1801084.

Phillips, EK, Abegglen, A, Hay, JL, Gregora, A, Smith, K, Chudyk, AM, Shaski, C, Bozak, G, Gilchrist, S, Fagan, A, Ashe, MC, Schultz, ASH, Arora, RC, Duhamel, TA, O’Keefe-McCarthy, S. (2026). Early mobility to improVE health outcomes following cardiac surgery (EVE) Clinical Trial Development: Findings from Workshop 2-Co-created Definition and Prioritized Barriers, Facilitators and Outcome and Experience Measures. Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 7, 1801097.

Phillips, EK, Abegglen, A, Hay, JL, Gregora, A, Smith, K, Shaski, C, Bozak, G, Gilchrist, S, Fagan, A, Chudyk, AM, Ashe, MC, Schultz, ASH, O’Keefe-McCarthy, S, Arora, RC, Duhamel, TA. (2025). Understanding Healthcare Providers’ Perspectives of Early Mobility in the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit Using Interpretive Description. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 41(10), S143-S144.

Phillips, EK, Hay, JL, Monnin, C, Gregora, A, Smith, K, Shaski, C, Bozak, G, Gilchrist, S, Fagan, A, Ashe, MC, Chudyk, AM, Schultz, ASH, O’Keefe-McCarthy, S, Arora, RC, Duhamel, TA. (2025). Scoping Review of Early Mobility in the Intensive Care Unit Following Cardiac Surgery. Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine, 101603.

Stirling, M, Bourque, M, Hunter, M, Queenan, J, Ristock, J, Harrison, L, Ross-White, A, Nickel, N, Schultz, A, Banerji, V, Gagahgan, J, Mahar, A on behalf of the MEGAN-CAN team (2025). A scoping review mapping trans* and gender diverse people’s representation in cancer research. Cancer Medicine, 14(15), e70774.

Crawford, J., Kramer, M., Ristock, J., & Schultz, A. S. (2025). “It’s Very Cisnormatively Structured”: An Interpretive Description of Undergraduate Nursing Students’ Experiences of Gender Inclusive and Affirming Practices. Nursing Inquiry, 32(2), e12701.Rieger, K., Horton, M., Cook, L., et al., Schultz, A. (2025). What we learned from the Nokomisag/Grandmothers: Adapting the 4 Rs for storytelling in Indigenous health research. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 16(2). https://10.18584/iipj.2025.16.2.18451

Phillips, E. K., Chudyk, A. M., Monnin, C., Schultz, A., Arora, R. C., Duhamel, T. A., & O’Keefe‐McCarthy, S. (2024). The Use of Arts‐Based Methods to Enhance Patient Engagement in Health Research. Health Expectations: An International Journal of Public Participation in Health Care and Health Policy, 27(6), e70127.

Phillips, E.K., Dave, M.G., O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., Ashe, M.C., Schultz, A., Arora, R.C., & Duhamel, T.A. (2024) Mobility in a Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit: A Behaviour Mapping Study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4975015.

Crawford, J., Brandt, A., Kramer, M., Ristock, J., & Schultz, A. S. H. (2024). Gender inclusive and affirming practices across undergraduate nursing curriculum: A scoping review. Nurse Education Today, 141, 106320-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106320.

Phillips-Beck, W., Bukich, B. L. J., Thiessen, K., Lavoie, J. G., Schultz, A., Sanguins, J., Beck, G., Longclaws, B., Shingoose, G., Palmer, M., Linton, J., Negash, B., & Morriseau, T. (2024). An Indigenous-informed scoping review study methodology: advancing the science of scoping reviews. Systematic Reviews, 13(1), 181–13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-024-02586-1.

Phillips, E. K., Monnin, C., Gregora, A., Smith, K., S. H. Schultz, A., O’Keefe-McCarthy, S., Arora, R. C., Duhamel, T. A., & Chudyk, A. M. (2024). A scoping review of incidence and assessment tools for post-intensive care syndrome following cardiac surgery. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 83, 103718–103718. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2024.103718.

Phillips, E. K., Dunsford, J., Van Haute, S., Throndson, K., & Schultz, A. S. H. (2024). A strengths‐based qualitative exploration of critical care nurses’ reasons for remaining in critical care. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 80(11), 4629–4638. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16092.

Chudyk, A., Stoddard, R., Duhamel, T., & Schultz, A. (2024). Future directions for patient engagement in research: a participatory workshop with Canadian patient partners and academic researchers. Health research policy and systems, 22(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-024-01106-w.

Chudyk, A. M., Stoddard, R., McCleary, N., Duhamel, T. A., Shimmin, C., Hickes, S., & Schultz, A. (2023). Exploring patient and caregiver perceptions of the meaning of the patient partner role: a qualitative study. Research Involvement and Engagement, 9(1), 106–106. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40900-023-00511-9.

Kisselgoff, M., Redhead Champagne, M., Dubois, R., Turnbull, L., LaPlante, J., Schultz, A., Bombak, A., & Riediger, N. Balancing on the redline: a qualitative study of the experiences purchasing SSB among Indigenous adults in a Canadian urban neighborhood. Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique, 115(1), 99–110. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00831-z.

 

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2023 CAUT Dedicated Service Award, presented through UMFA 

2020 ARNM Professional Nursing Award of Excellence Research

2018 Ongomiizwin – Research, Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Award for Hailey Hildebrand

2018 Top 5 posters: Chudyk AM, Waldman C, Horrill T, Demczuk L, Shimmin C, Stoddard R, Hickes S, Schultz A. (2018). Models and frameworks of patient engagement in health service research: A  scoping review protocol. Health, Leisure, and Human Performance Research Institute, Research Day May 2018 Winnipeg, MB.

2016 Distinguished Poster Award; Schultz A, Halas G, Hurl K, Rothney J, Wener P, Enns J, Holmqvist M, Katz A. A critical review of effectiveness and tobacco dependence treatment interventions: A scoping review study. CFPC Family Medicine Forum, Vancouver BC.

2013 Dr. Lester Janoff Award for Writing Excellence from the Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry; article reference: Spafford, M.M., Iley, M.D., Schultz, A.S.H., & Kennedy, R.D. (2010). Tobacco dependence education in optometry: A Canadian pilot study assessing practices and opportunities. Optometric Education, 36, 38-44

2010: University of Manitoba (UM) and University of Manitoba Faculty Association Merit Award; Research and Scholarship in the Sciences category

2010: Rh Award, for outstanding contribution to scholarship and research in the health science; UM

2003/2005 – Research Fellowship, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Health Services & Policy Research Institute ($115,000)

2003/2004 2004/2005 – Fellowship top-up award, Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research ($4,000)

2000/2001 2001/2002 2002/2003 – Nurse Research Fellowship, Heart & Stroke Foundation, Canada ($78,000)

2000/2001 – University Graduate Fellowship (declined due to Heart & Stroke Fellowship) ($16,000)

1999/2000 – Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, BC Medical Services Foundation ($17,000)

1999/2000 2000/2001 – Canadian Nurses Foundation & Canadian Health Services Joint Training Award ($10,000)

1998 – BC Medical Services Foundation Summer Research Scholarships for Graduate Students in the Health Sciences ($5,000)

1997/1998 1996/1997 – Gertrude Helen Robertson Graduate Scholarship ($2,600)

1995/1996 – Women’s Auxiliary Bursary, Greater Victoria Hospital System ($750)

Operating Grant

2025-2026: CIHR Catalyst Grant- Moving Upstream: Structural Determinants of Health: $125,000.
Title: This Is Medical Transport: the impact of medical transportation on the health and healthcare of First Nations Peoples in Manitoba.
NPA: Fowler-Woods, A
Co-PA: Lavallee, B
Co-A: Horrill, T, Lavoie, J, McDonnell, L, Meawasige, A, Perry, A, Sinclair, S, Sjoblom, J, Star, L, Van Bewer, V
Collaborators: Elder Shingoose, Schultz, A, Anderson, M, Leggett, C, Nickel, N, MacKinnon, M

2024-2026: Research Manitoba New Investigator Operating Grant: $130,000
Title: Sharing our Identities: Indigenous patient experiences with being asked and answering
Race, Ethnicity and Indigenous (REI) identity data collection questions at point of access
to healthcare in Manitoba
Principal Investigator: Fowler-Woods, A
Collaborators: Schultz, A; Leggett, C; Diffey, L; Anderson, M; Cyr, M.

2024-2026: CIHR Catalyst Grant SPOR Innovative Clinical Trials: $186,253
Title: Early mobility to improVE health outcomes following cardiac surgery (EVE) Clinical Trial Development
NPA: Schultz, A
Co-PAs: Fagan, A; Gilchrist, S; Smith, K; Gregora, A; Chudyk, A; Duhamel, T
Co-As: Arora, R; Ashe, M; Phillips, E; O’Keefe-Mccarthy, S

2023-2026: CIHR Project Grant: $256,274
Title: Beyond the binary: Gender diversity in cancer health services research.
NPA: Mahar AL.
Co-I: Stirling M, Azimaee M, Banerji V, Baxter N, Coburn N, Courtney K, Decker K, Hallet J, Horrill T, Hunter M, Gahagan J, Gillis J, McGrail K, Nickel N, Queenan J, Schultz A, Snelgrove-Clarke E, Taylor E. Collaborators: Ludwig C, Poitras Auger C, Freier A, Knox A, Ristock J, Turner D, Wilcox A.

2023 – 2025: College of Nursing Graduate Student Research Grant: $3000
Title: Student and faculty perspectives of gender inclusive and affirming curricula in nursing: An interpretive description study
Co-Principal Applicants: Jess Crawford, Annette Schultz
Co-Applicants: Drs. Kramer, Ristock

2022-2023: Reseau Compassion Network Exploration Grant, $7,400.
Title: Engaging patients and caregivers in identifying needs to support transitions from pediatric to adult congenital heart disease care.
Principal Applicant: Hyde, E; Co-Principal Applicants: Schultz, A., Chudyk, A.
Co-Applicants: Winther Klippenstein, A., Barker, D., Ducas, D., Bekkering, H., Frechette, C., St. Godard-Frechette, J., Buttar, K., & Buttar, R.

2022-2024: University of Manitoba; University Collaborative Research Program: $25,000.
Title: Listening to Experiences of Canadian Premedical and Medical Students with Admissions Processes: A National Cross-Sectional Survey.
Principal Applicant: Schultz A; Co-Principal Applicants: Goulet, S, Al Sayad, A.
Co-Applicants: Neville, L, Gruber J, Chudyk AM, Diffey L, Thiessen K, Umogbai G, Ejaz M, Reed M, Stovel L, Gourishankar S, Clark W, Lemay G, Simpson E.

2022 – 2023: St. Boniface Hospital Foundation: $33,857
Title: Advancing our knowledge of critical care nurse retention: A qualitative descriptive study to explore why these nurses are staying in critical care positions
Principal Applicant: Emily Hyde, RN, MN, CNS St. Boniface Hospital
Co-Applicants: Stephanie Van Haute RN, MN, Jennifer Dunsford, RN, MN, Annette Schultz, RN PhD

2019 – 2020 CIHR Indigenous People’s Health Institute: 1-year bridge funding $100,000
Title: Indigenous People and Diabetes – Indigenous Knowledge and Wellness Practices Disrupting Biomedical Colonization
Principal Applicants: Schultz, ASH and LaPlante, J
Elders Council: Wilson, M, Aissikotoyomaahkaa, T, Fenton, R, Daigneault, C
Co-Applicants: Cyr, M, Sinclaire, M, Linton, J, Diffey, L, Riediger, N

2019 – 2020: College of Nursing Graduate Student Research Grant: $3000
Title: From Head to Heart- listening to Manitoba healthcare leaders’ experiences of structural barriers with meaningful engagement of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls to action
Principal Applicant: Stephanie Van Haute (master’s student)
Co-Applicants: Elder Mary Wilson, Drs. Schultz and Martin, Ms. Cyr

2019 – 2022 Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation: $265,965
Title: PROTein to Enhance outComes of (pre)frail paTients undergoing Cardiac Surgery (the PROTECT-CS Study)
Principal Applicant: Dr. Rakesh Aurora
Co-Applicants: Drs. Duhamel, Chudyk, Schultz, Kehler, Afilalo, Van Ineveld, Tangri, Zimmerman, Zander, Codispodi, and Mr. Heibert, Ms. Sanjanwala

2019 – 2022: CIHR Indigenous People’s Health Institute: $810,901
Title: Welcoming the ‘Sacred Spirit’ (child): Connecting Indigenous and Western ‘ways of knowing’ to inform future policy partnerships to optimize maternal child health service delivery initiatives in remote Canadian regions.
Principal Applicants: Dr. Kellie Thiessen and Elder Katherine Whitecloud
Co-Applicants: Drs. Anderssen, CookGregory, Jolin-Dahel, Moffit,Nickel, Santos, Schultz, Van Wagner, Witt, Ms. Birch, Ms. Campbell,Ms. Griffin, Ms. Howorth-Brockman, Ms. Phillips-Beck, Ms. Scott, Ms. Brown, Ms. Chomat

2019 – 2020: College of Nursing Graduate Student Research Grant: $5000
Title: Impact: Improving access to oncology care among Indigenous Peoples – a cultural safety/trauma-violence informed care perspective
Principal Applicant: Tara Horrill PhD (c)
Co-Applicants: Drs. Schultz, Martin, Lavoie
2017-2019: University of Manitoba; University Indigenous Research Program: $24,375
Title: Cancer Incidence, Diagnosis and Outcomes among Manitoba Status First Nations Peoples
Principal Applicant: Dr. Annette Schultz
Co-Applicants: Dr. Genevieve Thompson, Dr. Randy Fransoo, Dr. Catherine Cook, Janice Linton, Esther Sanderson, Tara Horrill

2015-2020: CIHR SPOR; Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation: $1,000,000
Title: Manitoba Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network
Principal Applicants: Dr. Alan Katz, Marcia Thompson, Tamara Buchel, Dr. Annette Schultz
Co-Applicants: Dr. Alex Singer, Frank Krupka, Dr. Josee Lavoie
Co-Knowledge Users: Janette Edwards, Herold Driedger, Kirsten Anderson, Leanne Boyd

2015-2018: Public Health Agency of Canada: $450,000
Building and Enhancing the Tobacco Dependence and Cessation Capacity of Health Professional Interveners
Principal Applicants: Murray Gibson, Executive Director, MANTRA Inc.
Co-Applicants: Drs. Schultz, Temple, Grymonpre, and Turner

2015-2016: CIHR Aboriginal People’s Health Institute: $100,000 bridge funding
Title: Mite Achimowin First Nations Women in Winnipeg and Opaskwayak Cree Nations Expressions of Heart Health
Principal Applicant: Lorena Sekwan Fontaine (nominated); Co-Principal Applicant Dr. Annette Schultz
Co-Applicants: Roberta Stout, Wendy McNab, Dr. Mary Jane McCallum, Dr. Kathi Avery Kinew

2016-2017: SSHRC: Prairie Research Centre of the Urban Aboriginal Knowledge Network; $29,397
Title: Mite Achimowin Project
Principal Applicant: Lorena Sekwan Fontaine (nominated); Co-Principal Applicant Dr. Annette Schultz
Co-Applicants: Roberta Stout, Wendy McNab, Dr. Mary Jane McCallum, Dr. Kathi Avery Kinew

2014-2018: CIHR Aboriginal People’s Health Institue: $709,987
Title: Diversifying our Ways of Understanding Heart Health among First Nations People in Manitoba: A Mixed Methods Study Governed by a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach
PI: Dr ASH Schultz
Co-Applicants: Ms. K Throndson; Drs.; R Brownlie, C Cook, R Fransoo, F Hussain, A Katz, E McGibbon, T Nguyen, and J Sawatzky

2014-2015: CIHR Planning Grant: $25,000
Title: Strengthen organizational capacity for public health equity action: Developing a research agenda
PI: Dr. Benita Cohen
Co-is: Drs. Chircop, Collins, McGibbon, Schultz & VanderPlaat

2013-2014: CIHR Planning Grant: $25,000
Title: Diversifying our Ways of Knowing Cardiovascular Health among First Nations People in Manitoba; Cross-sectorial Collaboration for Advancing the base of Evidence
PIs: Dr. ASH Schultz (nominated); Ms. K: Throndson
Co-Investigator: Dr. M. Anderson, Dr. C. Cook, Dr. F. Hussain, Dr. E. McGibbon, and Dr. J. Sawatzky

2013-2014: Health Science Centre Foundation (Winnipeg, MB): $10,127
Title: Exploring vicarious traumatization in health professionals working with people living with HIV
PI: Dr. Elaine Mordoch
Co-applicants: Dr. A Schultz, and Ms. A Chalmers-Jutsl

2012-2013: Subvention du Consortium national de formation en santé (CNFS): $14, 955
Title: Collaboration interdisciplinaire : l’expérience d’intégration d’un nouveau rôle dans un centre de santé primaire francophone en situation minoritaire.
PI: Dr. Danielle de Moissac
Co-Applicants: Ms. L Prairie and Dr. A Schultz

2012- 2013: Pfizer Canada: $81,067
Title: Evaluating the Implementation of a Nicotine Withdrawal Management Intervention in an Acute Care Setting
PI: Dr. ASH Schultz
Co-Investigators: Mr. Thurmeier, Dr. Sawatzky, and Dr. Guzman

2011-2012: Health Canada Federal Tobacco Control Strategy: $169,013
Title: A New Focus On Tobacco Use Prevention & Cessation – Engaging the Canadian Optometry Community
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ryan Kennedy
Co-investigators: Drs. Spafford, Schultz, Fong, Hammond, Brule, Thompson

2010-2011: Health Science Centre Foundation (Winnipeg, MB): $7,068
Title: Tobacco dependence and cessation among people living with HIV/AIDS
PI: Dr. ASH Schultz
Co-Applicants: Dr. B Temple and Ms. J. Preston

2010-2011 CIHR Catalyst grant, Health Equity: $73,228
Advancing the evidence to build a research program for developing Public Health capacity to promote health equity
PI: Dr. B Cohen
Co-Applicants: Drs. Schultz, McGibbon, VanderPlaat, and Bassett

2009-2010 Canadian Tobacco Control Research Initiative (CTCRI) Idea Grant: $49,608
Exploring issues of equity within Canadian tobacco control initiatives: An environmental scan
Principal Investigators: Drs. Cohen and Schultz
Co-Investigator: Mr. Walsh

2009-2010 CTCRI Fast Track Policy Grant; $72,008
Exploring the shifting culture surrounding tobacco use on in-patient psychiatric units post-implementation of smoke-free hospital grounds policies
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Mr. Grant, Ms. Snowball, Dr. Ramsden, and Ms. Green

2008-2009 CTCRI Fast Track Policy Grant: $79,990
Patient and practitioner experiences of managing tobacco use post-implementation of a hospital smoke-free ground policy: Exploring the shifting culture of tobacco control in hospital settings.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs. Nykiforuk and Finegan, Ms. Kvern.

2007-2011 CIHR Operating Grant: $397,452
An Ethnographic Study of Adolescents’ Conceptualization of Cancer and Cancer Prevention: Framing Cancer and Cancer Prevention within the Life-Situations of Adolescents
Principal Investigator Dr. Woodgate
Co-Investigators Drs. Haalas and Schultz

2006-2007: Health Canada Contract; $9698.
Secondary analysis of the 2004 National Youth Smoking Survey
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Dr. Griffith; Ms. Dunn & Ms. Nowatzki.

2005-2007: NCIC operating grant; year 1 $212,645; year 2 $146,815
Understanding tobacco use in the context of severe and persistent mental illness
Principal Investigator: Dr. Johnson
Co-Investigators: Drs. Ratner and Bottorff
Research Associates: Drs. Procyshyn, Gibson, Osborne, Schultz; Ms Groening, Ms. Tognazzini.

Planning Grants

2019 – 2020: Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Patient and Public Engagement Award; $2000
Title: Enhancing recovery after cardiac surgery by engaging patients in research development
Principal Applicants: Dt. Todd Duhamel and Dr. Rakesh Aurora
Co-Applicants: Dr. Annette Schultz and Dr. Anna Chudyk

2018 – 2019: Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Patient and Public Engagement Award; $2000
Title: Welcoming the Sacred Spirit (Child): Connecting Indigenous and Western ‘Ways of Knowing” to Inform Policy Partnerships to Optimize Maternal Child Health Service Delivery Initiatives in Remote Canadian Regions
Principal Applicant: Dr. Kellie Thiessen
Co-Applicants: Drs. Schultz, Nickel, Jolin-Dahel, & Witt
2018 – 2019: Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Patient and Public Engagement Award; $2000
Title: Reflecting on models and frameworks for patient engagement
Principal Applicants: Dr. Annette Schultz and Anna Chudyk

2014-2015: CIHR Planning Grant: $25,000
Title: Strengthen organizational capacity for public health equity action: Developing a research agenda
Principal Applicant: Dr. Benita Cohen
Co-Applicants: Drs. Chircop, Collins, McGibbon, Schultz & VanderPlaat

2013-2014: CIHR Planning Grant: $25,000
Title: Diversifying our Ways of Knowing Cardiovascular Health among First Nations People in Manitoba; Cross-sectorial Collaboration for Advancing the base of Evidence
Principal Applicants: Dr. ASH Schultz (nominated); Ms. K. Throndson
Co-Applicants: Dr. M. Anderson, Dr. C. Cook, Dr. F. Hussain, Dr. E. McGibbon, and Dr. J. Sawatzky

2010-2011: CIHR ‘Operating Grant: Programmatic Grants in Health and Health Equity’ Letter of Intent submitted: $13,535.
Strengthening Public Health Capacity for Action to Achieve Health Equity
Nominated PI: Dr. Benita Cohen
Co-Applicants: Drs. Schultz, McGibbon, VanderPlaat, and Bassett

2009-2010: CTCRI Planning Grant: $14,500
A survey of health professionals’ training in tobacco reduction counselling on the Canadian prairies
Principal Investigator: Dr Hyndman
Co-Investigators: Mr. Francispillai, Ms. Kvern, Drs. Patterson, Schultz, Taylor & Thomas, Ms. Bradley and Ms. Hoysak

2009: Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) Seed Grant (Dr. McDonald PI): $5000.
Title: Exploring the shifting culture surrounding tobacco use on in-patient psychiatric units post implementation of smoke-free
hospital grounds policies: rural and remote perspectives.
Principal Investigator: Mr. Grant, Doctoral Student Univeristy of British Columbia School of Nursing
Co-Investigators: Dr. Schultz; Ms. McCaig

2009: Canadian Action Network for the Advancement, Dissemination and Adoption of Practice-informed Tobacco Treatment
(CAN-ADAPTT) (Dr. Peter Selby, PI) Seed Grant: $5,000
Smoking Cessation Referrals and Optometrists -Assessing Practices and Opportunities in Canada
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ryan Kennedy Doctoral Student University of Waterloo
Co-Investigators: Drs Schultz and Spafford, and Mr. Iley

2009: CTCRI Planning Grant: $14,500
A survey of health professionals’ training in tobacco reduction counselling on the Canadian prairies
Principal Investigator: Dr Hyndman
Co-Investigators: Mr. Francispillai, Ms. Kvern, Drs. Patterson, Schultz, Taylor & Thomas, Ms. Bradley and Ms. Hoysak

2007-2008: ICE Seed Grant (Dr. McDonald PI): $5000.
Exploring Health care provider attitudes and behavioral changes resulting from smoke-free policies implemented in mental
health/psychiatric settings.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Mr. Grant, Ms. Maloff, Ms. Snowball, Ms. McGee, Dr. Casebeer & Ms. Green

2006-2008: CTCRI: $14,876.
Health Practitioners’ Role in Tobacco Reduction: Theoretical Development of a Multi-level Behavioral Model.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Invesitgaotrs: Drs. Brewster, Tremblay, Compton, Hyndman & Degner.

2006-2007: ICE Seed Grant (Dr. McDonald, PI): $5000.
Canadian Health Professionals and Tobacco control: Enhancing their Role
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Invesitgaotrs: Drs. Brewster, Tremblay, Compton, Yang, Hyndman; Mr. Victor, Mr Sui, Ms. Green

Training Grants

2017-2022; CIHR Indigenous Mentoring Network Program; $999,796
The Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange (PIKE-Net)
Principal Applicant: Josee Lavoie
Co-Principal Applicants: Yvonne Boyer, Jamie Cidro, Wayne Clark, Aimee Craft, Michelle Driedger, Barry Lavelee
Co-Applicants: Doris Young, Marcia Decouteau Anderson, Kathi Avery Kinew, Myrle Ballard, James Blanchard, Sharon Bruce, Sheila Carter, Linda Diffey, Rachel Dutton, Lorena Fontaine, Keith Fowke, Andrew Hatala, Derek Kornelsen, Linda Lacombe, Mary Jane McCallum, Jon McGovock, Javier Mignone, Natalie Riediger, Julianne Sanguins, Robert Schroth, Annette Schultz, Leona Star, Shayne Taback.

2009-2015: CIHR Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research; $1,950,000
Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention: A Pan-Canadian Program
Principal Applicant: Dr. Roy Cameron
Co-Principal Applicants: Drs. Ferrence; Gotay; Raine, Plotnikoff, & Riley
Co-Applicants: Geoff Fong, Paul McDonald, Larry Frank, Paul Veugelers, Steve Brown, Sharon Campbell, Richard Cook,
John McLaughlin, Cameron Wild, Joanna Cohen, Steve Manske, Scott Leatherdale, Mary Thompson, Candace Nykiforuk,
Anindya Sen, Jennifer O’Loughlin, Donna Murnaghan, Anne Lavack, William Morrison, David Hammond, Annette Schultz,
Bernard Le Foll, Joan Brewster, Anita Kothari, Warren Foster, Catherine Sabiston, Pamela Ratner, Ann Royer,
Derek van der Kooy, Guy Faulkner, Allan Best, Chris Richardson, Gwenneth Chapman, Sara Kirk, Kitty Corbett, Miriam Rosin,
Joan Wharf Higgins, Jill Grant, Rachel Tyndale, Cameron Norman, Michael Brauer, Benedikt Fischer, Chris Blanchard,
Catherine Schryer, Murray Haight, Daniel Robinson, Renee Lyons, Tanya Berry, Susan Bondy, Alison Holloway, Jane Law,
Joan Bottorff, Prabhat Jha, Tracie Barnett, Ronald Buliung, Arto Ohinmaa, Robert Sparks, Timothy Dewhirst

Workshop Grants

2007-2008: Alberta Cancer Board Workshop Grant; $50,000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

2007: Health Canada Workshop Travel Grant; $35,000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

2007: CTCRI Workshop Grant; $15,000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

2007: ICE (Dr. Paul McDonald PI) Workshop Grant; $5,000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

2007: Alberta Drug and Alcohol Comission Workshop Grant; $10,000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

2007: CIHR funded Strategic Training Program in Tobacco Research (Student bursaries): $7000.
Canadian Health Professionals, Health Organizations and Tobacco Control
Principal Investigator: Dr. Schultz
Co-Investigators: Drs Brewster, Compton, Hyndman, Tremblay, & Ms Fisher, Ms Quinlan.

Fellowship Grant

2009: Government of Canada International Scholarship Program: Graduate Students’ Exchange Program;
funded by Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada and administered by the Canadian Bureau for International
Education: $9,880.00.
Supervisors: Drs. Schultz and Scanlan
Doctoral student from Havana Cuba: Aliel Garcia (4 month fellowship in Canada 01-04/ 2009)
Topic Area: Tobacco Control; Adolescent Health; Health Promotion; Health Professionals