Community-based research grant recipients
Meet our grant recipients, whose community-based research projects are forging partnerships with Indigenous, equity-deserving and marginalized groups to drive meaningful change.
2025 Grant recipients
Myriam Beauchamp
Barriers to equitable healthcare access for autistic children and their families: Learning from the lived experiences of minoritized-language communities in Nunavut.
Community partner: Pierre Essoh | Nunavimmi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society
Konrad Czechowski
Laying the Groundwork: Advancing Community-Based Research at MAX Ottawa
Community partner: Adam Awad | MAX Ottawa Community Health
Peggy Kleinplatz
A phenomenological, photovoice exploration of the role of community workers with lived experience in the homelessness field
Community partner: Kim Van Herk | Ottawa Inner City Health
Saouré Kouamé
Aging Well in the City: Community-Based Participatory Research on the Implementation of Municipal Strategies for Older Adults
Community partner: Lisa Lafontaine and Bonnie Schroedder | City of Ottawa, Council on Aging of Ottawa
Manoj Lalu
LabPartners: Bridging the gap between preclinical researchers and patient partners
Community partner: Louise Binder | Cancer Community Partnership
Sophie Lebel
Putting Words to Pain: Better Understanding and Addressing the Psychological Issues Related to Breast Cancer Among Black Canadian Women
Community partner: Anifa Luyinga Kalay | Congolese Women Network
Sandra Lehalle
Integration Through Education and Education Through Integration: Research and Training in Inclusive Pedagogy in Francophone Correctional Environments
Community partner: Sara Howdle | Walls to Bridges
Lerona Dana Lewis
Black community organizing to support Parents/Guardians with Black Anglophone school-aged youth who experience incarceration in Montreal
Community partner: Gloria Ann Cozier | The Lasalle Multicultural Resource Centre
Brenda Macdougall
tahp achimowina/true stories: Visual Storytelling and Writing about the Lodge Family at Gabriel’s Crossing
Community partner: Tenille Campbell | Sweet Moon Photography
Mwali Muray
Co-creating Space for a Good Tasting Community
Community partner: Berlin Reed | DESTA Black Youth Network
Émilie Pigeon-Gagné
Status of Mental Health Rights in Outaouais: Where Are We Ten Years Later?
Community partner: Amelie-Anne Mailhot | Droits-Accès de l’Outaouais
John Sylvestre
A Study of the Early Implementation of a Shelter Diversion for Youth Program in Ottawa
Community partner: Mike Wade | Youth Services Bureau
Nancy Young
Adapting the Aaniish Naa Gegii for a Whole Child Approach in Yukon Schools
Community partner: Erin Pauls | Champagne, Aishihik First Nations
2024 Grant recipients
Marie-Hélène Chomienne
Difficult Pregnancies and Post-partum Depression in Black Female Francophone Immigrants in Ontario: From Beliefs to Knowledge
Community partner: Congolese Women Network
Christina Clark-Kazak
The right to housing for refugee claimants in Canada
Community partner: Matthew House Ottawa
Nelson Duenas
Community-Based Participatory Research in International Development: Empowering Marginalized Communities Through Localization and Enhanced Accountability
Community partner: Justapaz-Mennonite Center for Justice, Peace, and Nonviolent Action, Colombia
Melissa A. Fernandez
Co-creating Solutions: Affordable Healthy Eating for People Living with Cognitive Disabilities
Community partner: Open Collaboration for Cognitive Accessibility
Sarina Isenberg
Engagement in co-design for mutual learning and development of a community-based participatory research study among marginalized caregivers for people experiencing homelessness
Community partner: Sandy Hill Community Health Centre
Claire E. Kendall
Long-term care for people who are homeless or vulnerably housed in Ottawa: An Ottawa Inner City Health-University of Ottawa initiative
Community partner: Ottawa Inner City Health
Manoj Lalu
Strategic Engagement of Patients in Sepsis Preclinical Studies (SEPSIS): Addressing Important Patient Questions in Laboratory Research
Community partner: Canadian Sepsis Foundation
Jerry Maniate
Strengthening Community Engagement in Co-operative Education for Students from Marginalized Communities
Community partner: Gloucester High School
Karine Vanthuyne
Wìdòkodàdodà (Building Together)
Community partner: Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council
Irene Vitoroulis
Building the foundations for a community-based participatory approach to strengths and needs assessment for youth
Community partner: Christie Lake Kids
Jess Whitley
Engaging in community-based research to deepen our understanding of school attendance among immigrant and refugee children, youth and families
Community partner: Ottawa Community Immigration Services Organization (OCISO)