<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find below the details of a student award in language and health offered by the Institute for Health and Social Policy at McGill. Note that in order to be eligible, the principal applicant must be a full-time student registered with a Quebec University for the 2016-2017 academic year. Student are required to attend meetings in Montreal once per term, and a travel stipend will be offered to candidates who must travel to attend meetings.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please share widely with your colleagues and especially potentially-interested students, and do not hesitate to contact me with any questions. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">With all best wishes,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yael</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">*************************************************************************************************************************************************</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Language and Health: Facilitating Access to Health Care for Linguistic Minorities<br class=""></b><br class="">In collaboration with the McGill Training and Retention of Health Professionals Project (TRHP) the Institute for Health and Social Policy (IHSP) is recruiting up to 5 graduate students for the Language and Health student program for the 2016-2017 academic year. The research component of the TRHP brings together a network of researchers investigating health care access for linguistic minorities (HCALM- Network). This research is part of a growing movement worldwide to understand patient- practitioner communication and its impact on health care delivery.<br class=""><br class="">The Language and Health student program provides a unique opportunity to bring together the expertise of the HCALM-Network community on access to health care and the IHSP’s focus on policy with the goal of supporting young researchers who hope to make a difference in their communities. The purpose of this partnership is:<br class=""><br class="">1. To encourage new and innovative research on facilitating access to health care for English-speaking minorities in Quebec by providing support to students not currently affiliated with the TRHP through mentorship, training and funding.<br class=""><br class="">2. To equip students interested in access to health care for linguistic minorities with skills and tools to connect with other researchers and the broader community through training on health systems and policy making/knowledge translation.<br class=""><br class="">We are launching a call for proposals for innovative research projects whose focus is to investigate the relationship between language and access to health or social services. Recipients will meet to discuss their research and strategies for translating research to policy. The total amount for this funding envelope is $20,000, to be equally divided among up to 5 awardees. Students who receive this funding will be required to write an 8-10 page report for the IHSP outlining key findings and plans for sharing their research with relevant stakeholders.<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class="">Research themes include but are not limited to the following:<br class=""></b><br class="">· Economics of language in healthcare<br class=""><br class="">· Cultural and linguistic competency<br class=""><br class="">· Health or social inequalities<br class=""><br class="">· Health geography and spatial statistics<br class=""><br class="">· Retention of health professionals in remote or rural communities<br class=""><br class="">· Second-language instruction for healthcare/social service professionals<br class=""><br class=""><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class=""><b class="">Proposals must:<br class=""></b><br class="">· focus on access to health care for English-speaking minorities in Quebec<br class=""><br class="">· include a detailed plan of action and expected deliverables<br class=""><br class="">· demonstrate a clear methodological approach<br class=""><br class="">· touch on impact (how will findings make a difference on the ground)<br class=""><br class="">· be innovative<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Students can propose a study on any of the aforementioned research themes including comparative studies. In addition, proposals for studies aiming to measure the cost of language barriers in Quebec's health and social services system are encouraged.<br class=""><br class="">Research proposals are due no later than March 31, 2016. The IHSP will communicate its decision of selected proposals no later than April 30. An agreement will be sent to selected candidates and will define roles and responsibilities, payment schedule and reporting template.<br class=""><br class="">Please do not hesitate to contact the IHSP Student Affairs Administrator for any additional information that you might need (<a href="mailto:studentaffairs.ihsp@mcgill.ca" class="">studentaffairs.ihsp@mcgill.ca</a>).<br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Full submission guidelines available here: <a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/studentprograms/language-and-health-care/application-details" class="">https://www.mcgill.ca/ihsp/studentprograms/language-and-health-care/application-details</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">*************************************************************************************************************************************************</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="">
--------------------------------<br class=""><br class="">Dr. Yael Peled<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br class=""><br class="">Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Language and Health<br class="">The Health Care Access for Linguistic Minorities (<a href="https://www.mcgill.ca/hssaccess/trhpp/research" class="">HCALM</a>) Network<br class=""><br class="">Institute for Health and Social Policy<br class="">McGill University<br class="">Charles Meredith House <br class="">1130 Pine Avenue West<br class="">Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3<br class="">Tel.: 514-398-1236 <br class=""><br class="">Faculty of Law<br class="">McGill University<br class="">Chancellor Day Hall<br class="">3644 Peel Street<br class="">Montreal, Quebec <br class="">Canada H3A 1W9<br class="">Tel.: 514-398-6666 <br class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><br class="">Website:<a href="http://www.peledy.com" class=""> www.peledy.com</a>
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