Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Photo: Ryan Taplin/Metro)

Congratulations to Dr. Ingrid Waldron (Nursing) who was recently given a Team Development Award from NSHRF’s REDI Program in the amount of $10,000 to conduct research examining the epidemiological and health-related effects of toxic industries proximate to Mi’kmaq and Indigenious Black communities in Nova Scotia. Co-Investigators include Dr. Swarna Weerasinge (Community Health and Epidemiology), Dr. Heather Castleden (Resource and Environmental Studies), Dr Daniel Rainham (Science), Dr. Mikiko Terashima (Science), Dr. Elizabeth McGibbon (St. Francis Xavier) and Dr. Afua Cooper (Sociology and Social Anthropology).