{"id":361,"date":"2024-08-28T19:47:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T23:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=361"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:07:54","slug":"video-3-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/chapter\/video-3-2\/","title":{"raw":"3.6: Barriers in Research","rendered":"3.6: Barriers in Research"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\"><strong>Video 3.2:<\/strong> The Racism in Canadian Dietetics Research Team, representing members from Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario, discusses the institutional, structural, and cultural barriers to securing funding and executing critical anti-Black racism research within academic frameworks.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/-aKYIjkAesQ\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #CE1126 !important;padding: 15px 20px;margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/back-matter\/glossary\/\">Intersectionality, Positionality, Privilege, Systemic Racism, Institutional Gatekeeping<\/a><\/div>\r\n<h2>Navigating Strategies: Locating Anti-Racism &amp; Black Health Funding<\/h2>\r\nWhen executing health equity or food systems research, a central hurdle is navigating where specialized financial resources exist. Scholars must move past standard generic databases to seek specialized, multi-sector funding channels. Below is a curated list of active institutional opportunities available for anti-racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and Black health initiatives in Canada:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>The Tri-Agency Grants (CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC):<\/strong> Canada's primary federal research councils operate under an active <em>EDI Action Plan<\/em>.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The <strong>Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)<\/strong> explicitly allocates funding mechanisms toward addressing the social and structural determinants of Black health outcomes.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The <strong>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)<\/strong> provides <em>Insight Grants<\/em> and <em>Insight Development Grants<\/em> that heavily weigh EDI implementation in both research design and core team compositions.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF):<\/strong> This federal fund explicitly backs high-risk, high-reward, interdisciplinary international research. NFRF evaluates proposals using transparent, mandatory EDI assessment criteria to bypass traditional, exclusionary reputational networks.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC):<\/strong> PHAC administers targeted national grants, such as the landmark <em>Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians (MHBC) Fund<\/em>, designed specifically for interdisciplinary health equity initiatives.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>Institutional and Internal Initiatives:<\/strong> Major research universities provide dedicated foundational tracks, such as the University of Toronto\u2019s <em>Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers<\/em> (developed alongside the Black Research Network), which specifically funds initiatives addressing health disparities and structural racism.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--objectives\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #FCD116 !important;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0\"><header class=\"textbox__header\" style=\"background-color: #fffdf0 !important;border-bottom: 1px solid #FCD116\">\r\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\">Educator\u2019s Tool: Applied Grant Writing &amp; Partnership Practice<\/h3>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\" style=\"padding: 20px\">\r\n\r\nWorking closely with a classmate or professional colleague, conduct an environmental scan of your local province or region. Identify <strong>at least two<\/strong> regional foundations, healthcare networks, or non-profit trust funds that offer community-based research grants for health equity, and append them to this structural framework.\r\n\r\nThis chapter offers a direct opportunity to help students build tactile, professional competencies in grant design, methodology alignment, and community accountability. Consider utilizing the following scaffolded assignment blueprint:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Environmental Scan &amp; Literature Review:<\/strong> Direct students to review contemporary dietetics literature to map clear gaps regarding Black community health outcomes, food security metrics, or systemic agricultural barriers.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Community-Led Identification:<\/strong> Have students locate a real-world, Black-led community organization, agricultural collective, or health advocacy group that would act as the principal beneficiary of this research.<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>The Mock Proposal:<\/strong> Using the structural frameworks provided below, students will write a formal practice grant application. The proposal must show a decolonized, reciprocal methodology where the community organization co-leads the research questions and holds absolute agency over the data and funding benefits.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<h3>Essential \"How-To\" Grant Writing Manuals<\/h3>\r\nIncorporate these primary structural guidelines directly into your classroom syllabus to assist students in drafting competitive proposals:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.alberta.ca\/dataset\/83bc6043-7973-4d89-83c7-490b7dde4776\/resource\/13e61382-6299-4678-a974-f1662da03ea0\/download\/2010-writing-grant-proposal-information-bulletin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Government of Alberta: Writing a Grant Proposal Information Bulletin PDF (opens in a new tab)\">Government of Alberta: Writing a Grant Proposal Information Bulletin (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.utoronto.ca\/apply-funding\/write-funding-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"University of Toronto Research Framework: Writing a Funding Application Guide (opens in a new tab)\">University of Toronto Research Framework: Writing a Funding Application Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\"><strong>Stop and Reflect<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"63\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<p class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\"><strong>Video 3.2:<\/strong> The Racism in Canadian Dietetics Research Team, representing members from Manitoba, Nova Scotia and Ontario, discusses the institutional, structural, and cultural barriers to securing funding and executing critical anti-Black racism research within academic frameworks.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"oembed-1\" title=\"Chapter 3 Research challenges\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-aKYIjkAesQ?feature=oembed&#38;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #CE1126 !important;padding: 15px 20px;margin-top: 20px;margin-bottom: 20px;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/back-matter\/glossary\/\">Intersectionality, Positionality, Privilege, Systemic Racism, Institutional Gatekeeping<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Navigating Strategies: Locating Anti-Racism &amp; Black Health Funding<\/h2>\n<p>When executing health equity or food systems research, a central hurdle is navigating where specialized financial resources exist. Scholars must move past standard generic databases to seek specialized, multi-sector funding channels. Below is a curated list of active institutional opportunities available for anti-racism, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), and Black health initiatives in Canada:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>The Tri-Agency Grants (CIHR, SSHRC, NSERC):<\/strong> Canada&#8217;s primary federal research councils operate under an active <em>EDI Action Plan<\/em>.\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)<\/strong> explicitly allocates funding mechanisms toward addressing the social and structural determinants of Black health outcomes.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)<\/strong> provides <em>Insight Grants<\/em> and <em>Insight Development Grants<\/em> that heavily weigh EDI implementation in both research design and core team compositions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>The New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF):<\/strong> This federal fund explicitly backs high-risk, high-reward, interdisciplinary international research. NFRF evaluates proposals using transparent, mandatory EDI assessment criteria to bypass traditional, exclusionary reputational networks.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC):<\/strong> PHAC administers targeted national grants, such as the landmark <em>Promoting Health Equity: Mental Health of Black Canadians (MHBC) Fund<\/em>, designed specifically for interdisciplinary health equity initiatives.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 12px\"><strong>Institutional and Internal Initiatives:<\/strong> Major research universities provide dedicated foundational tracks, such as the University of Toronto\u2019s <em>Connaught Major Research Challenge for Black Researchers<\/em> (developed alongside the Black Research Network), which specifically funds initiatives addressing health disparities and structural racism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--objectives\" style=\"border-left: 6px solid #FCD116 !important;border-radius: 0 4px 4px 0\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\" style=\"background-color: #fffdf0 !important;border-bottom: 1px solid #FCD116\">\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\">Educator\u2019s Tool: Applied Grant Writing &amp; Partnership Practice<\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\" style=\"padding: 20px\">\n<p>Working closely with a classmate or professional colleague, conduct an environmental scan of your local province or region. Identify <strong>at least two<\/strong> regional foundations, healthcare networks, or non-profit trust funds that offer community-based research grants for health equity, and append them to this structural framework.<\/p>\n<p>This chapter offers a direct opportunity to help students build tactile, professional competencies in grant design, methodology alignment, and community accountability. Consider utilizing the following scaffolded assignment blueprint:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Environmental Scan &amp; Literature Review:<\/strong> Direct students to review contemporary dietetics literature to map clear gaps regarding Black community health outcomes, food security metrics, or systemic agricultural barriers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>Community-Led Identification:<\/strong> Have students locate a real-world, Black-led community organization, agricultural collective, or health advocacy group that would act as the principal beneficiary of this research.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px\"><strong>The Mock Proposal:<\/strong> Using the structural frameworks provided below, students will write a formal practice grant application. The proposal must show a decolonized, reciprocal methodology where the community organization co-leads the research questions and holds absolute agency over the data and funding benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Essential &#8220;How-To&#8221; Grant Writing Manuals<\/h3>\n<p>Incorporate these primary structural guidelines directly into your classroom syllabus to assist students in drafting competitive proposals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 6px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/open.alberta.ca\/dataset\/83bc6043-7973-4d89-83c7-490b7dde4776\/resource\/13e61382-6299-4678-a974-f1662da03ea0\/download\/2010-writing-grant-proposal-information-bulletin.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Government of Alberta: Writing a Grant Proposal Information Bulletin PDF (opens in a new tab)\">Government of Alberta: Writing a Grant Proposal Information Bulletin (PDF)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/research.utoronto.ca\/apply-funding\/write-funding-application\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"University of Toronto Research Framework: Writing a Funding Application Guide (opens in a new tab)\">University of Toronto Research Framework: Writing a Funding Application Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h3 class=\"textbox__title\" style=\"color: #242424 !important\"><strong>Stop and Reflect<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div id=\"h5p-63\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-63\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"63\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"Chapter 3.5 Reflection Questions\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":503,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-361","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":349,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/503"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3624,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/revisions\/3624"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/349"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/361\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/abrdietetics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}