A funded 2-year Master of Science position is available in the Women+ and Children’s Health graduate program at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, under the supervision of Dr. Sarah Munro. The expected start date is September 2022. The guaranteed rate of funding is $24,000 stipend per year plus a funded research assistantship. The student will also receive support to apply for entrance scholarship and salary awards.
About the Project
The MSc student will complete their training as part of the CIHR-funded STORY Project: Improving access to family planning services for Indigenous peoples through storytelling. The project takes a community-driven, participatory approach and is co-led by Sarah Munro (University of British Columbia), Unjali Malhotra (First Nations Health Authority), Miranda Kelly, Stó:lō (Vancouver Coastal Health) and Danette Jubinville, Cree/Saulteaux (Ekw’í7tl Collective). The perspectives of Indigenous people with lived experience in accessing family planning care, Elders, and birth workers are centred as Knowledge Partners in this research. The STORY Project also has an Operations Team comprised of Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals who work in the fields of health care, research, policy, and social work who will act as champions in their respective organizations and communities to move forward recommendations stemming from the STORY Project.