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Brenda Roche

Director, Research
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Dr. Brenda Roche is the Director of Research at Wellesley Institute. She has over 25 years of research experience in the use of qualitative methods and community-based research on health issues for urban populations, as well policy-oriented research carried out in collaboration with community partners. She has a strong interest in the use of participatory methods in research and the ethical dimensions of community-based research, and has served on numerous Research Ethics Boards and was a founding member of the International Collaboration for Participatory Health Research.

Her research has focused on issues related to homelessness and displacement, trauma and resilience, and most recently, the impact of economic and social policies on health for precarious populations. She holds a PhD in Health Policy from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK, with a concentration on Anthropology and Health.

Recently Published by Brenda

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.