Dr. Brenda Roche is the Director of Research at Wellesley Institute. She has more than 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, 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, U.K., with a concentration on Anthropology and Health.
Recently Published by Brenda
- Engagement, Governance, Access and Protection (EGAP) Implementation Guide
- City of Toronto Black Community Data Governance Framework
- City of Toronto Black Data Governance: Literature review
- El impacto de la pandemia del COVID-19 en la salud de la población latinoamericana de habla hispana en Toronto: Un análisis de desigualdades
- Understanding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Toronto’s Spanish-speaking Latin American population