As I do every weekend I read both the Toronto Star and Globe and Mail newspapers. An interesting article appeared in the Sunday Star in the ideas section- The bestsellers for real! The article detailed a new, more reliable way of tracking the bestselling books in the country. One book stood out for me that […]
The Struggle To Eat Well: The Report Of The Concurrent Disorder Nutrition Project
Principal Organization: Toronto Western Hopsital Partner Organization: St. Stephen’s Community House Principal Investigator: Berit Dellerud Researchers interviewed 29 people living with concurrent mental health and substance use issues to identify what obstacles they faced in accessing food. Over one-third of respondents were homeless or staying with family. Common barriers to access included lack of income, […]
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Queer Youth Speak
Principal Organization: Shout Clinic Partner Organization: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Principal Investigator: Christine O’Rourke Interviews were conducted with over 40 youth in the LGBTTTIQ (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Transsexual Two-spirit Intersex and Queer) community who were either homeless or street involved. Participants also identified as dealing with mental health or substance use […]
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Toronto Crack Users Perspectives: Inside, Outside, Upside Down
Principal Organization: The South Riverdale Community Health Centre Principal Investigator: Raffi Balian This study was Toronto’s first ever project focused entirely on crack use. Researchers conducted 17 focus groups and handed out surveys to 108 users to learn why they used crack and how they felt about treatment services. Users most often turned to crack […]
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Building School Inclusiveness
Principal Organization: University of Toronto, Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies Partner Organization: University of Toronto, Centre for Urban Health Initiatives Principal Investigator: David Rayside Researchers held focus groups with Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth aged 16 – 25 years over a 4 month period to learn about the issues facing LGBT youth in […]
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Building Capacity For CBR With Racialized Groups: Towards A Richer Understanding Of Health Disparities
Principal Organization: Access Alliance Multicultural Community Health Centre Partner Organizations: Toronto Public Health and Black Creek Community Health Centre Principal Investigator: Helene Gregoire Researchers identified the fact that while there are many studies on the impact of socioeconomic factors on racialized minority groups in Canada, there is little community based research in this area. The […]
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Positive Spaces, Healthy Places
Principal Organizations: McMaster University, Department of Family Medicine and Fife House Partner Organizations: York University, Ontario AIDS Network, Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy, Bruce House, AIDS Thunder Bay and AIDS Niagara Principal Investigators: Ruthann Tucker and Dale Guenter, PhD Housing has been identified as one of the most important needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS. The […]
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Count Us In! Inclusion And Homeless Women In Downtown East Toronto
Principal Organization: Ontario Women’s Health Network (OWHN) Partner Organizations: Toronto Christian Resource Centre and Ontario Prevention Clearinghouse Principal Investigator: Tekla Hendrickson The purpose of this project, called Count Us In!, was to investigate how health and social services in Toronto, and in the province of Ontario, can be made more inclusive, and in turn, promote […]
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Making What Matters Happen: Organizational Needs Assessment Of Toronto’s Urban Health Nonprofit Community
The experience of Toronto’s nonprofit community over the past decade has been articulated in countless reports. They document that changing political and economic forces have led to not only the downloading of responsibilities,but also increased demands for programs and services provided by nonprofit organizations. This changing terrain has placed local nonprofits in a precarious position, […]
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The Impact Of Homophobic Public Discourse On Children And Youth Living In LGBT-Led Families: A Study Of The Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Principal Organizations: Toronto District School Board and Family Service Association Principal Investigator: Rachel Epstein The Canadian Government’s bill to change the legal definition of marriage to include same-sex couples has sparked massive public debate and an enormous homophobic backlash against same-sex families. This project coordinated a community-based research project to assess: a) the exposure of […]
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