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)