Congratulations to researchers funded through the 2023 Healthy Youth Catalyst Grants competition!
The 2023 Healthy Youth Catalyst Grants funding opportunity is part of the Healthy Youth Initiative led by CIHR-IHDCYH. It aims to help identify and develop emerging research foci relevant to Canada's Youth Policy, foster networking and collaboration, and build capacity for youth engagement in health research. These teams were funded by IHDCYH in partnership with the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH), and Indigenous Services Canada – First Nations and Inuit Health Branch (ISC-FNIHB). We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Healthy Youth Catalyst Grants below. Congratulations to the funded teams!
Promoting Health Equity in Canada's Youth
- Amanda M Black, Brock University (Ontario) – Sports as a catalyst to enhance youth health equity and wellbeing: Youth tackling challenges and piloting solutions
- Barbara Haas, Sunnybrook Research Institute (Toronto, Ontario) – The impact of experiencing maternal violent injury on health outcomes in youth: an evaluation of health system impact and needs.
- Linda Liebenberg, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) – Spaces&Places for Youth Mental Health and Well-being: Exploring the relational spaces and physical places within and around communities reflecting community resilience and that relatedly bolster youth resilience promoting resources for youth mental health and well-being
- Neelam S Punjani, University of Alberta – Supporting racialized youth experiencing technology-facilitated sexual violence and its impact on mental health: Engaging youth in co-designing policy and practice recommendations
- Amanda L Sim, McMaster University – Youth experiences of hate/bias-related violence and discrimination and impacts on mental health and well-being: a youth-led participatory action research study
- Amanda Uliaszek, University of Toronto – Core Outcomes in Disability Accommodations for Students (CODAS): A Delphi Study to Develop and Mobilize Standardized Process and Outcome Indicators for Research and Practice
Indigenous Youth
- Monique Auger, University of Victoria (British Columbia) – An Indigenous youth-led approach to making meaning and mobilizing Indigenous youth health data and wellness knowledge for Raven's Children VI
- Cecilia M Benoit, University of Victoria (British Columbia) – Indigenous Youth's Experiences of Accessing Sexual Health & Reproductive Care at the Foundry Victoria, an Integrated Primary Health Care Youth Clinic
- Anthony J Hanley, University of Toronto – Wedeh Neeganing: Engaging youth in health and wellness programming and evaluation
- Patricia A Johnston, University of Calgary – Fear, Stress and Bracing for Contact: Travel to Winnipeg for Healthcare by Inuit Youth During the Perinatal Period - Bringing the Children Home
- Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn, University of Calgary – Seeking Youth and Community Wellness Through an Indigenous Trauma Informed Care and Practice Model
Environment and Climate Action
- Audrey-Ann Deneault, Université de Montréal – Partnering with Canadian Youth to Co-Design a Toolkit to Support Youth who Experience Climate-Related Distress
- Joanna L Henderson, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) – Youth Taking Action on Climate Change: Developing a Pathway to Care in Integrated Youth Services
General Pool
- Andre Cross, McMaster University – Co-development of a youth engagement in research training program
- Carla T Hilario, University of British Columbia – Identifying health research and knowledge mobilization priorities for promoting health equity in Canada's youth
- Carly A Mcmorris, University of Calgary – Partnering for Prevention: Strategies to Support Autistic Youth Following a Suicide Attempt
- Sarah E Munce, University Health Network (Toronto) – Youth and Family Specific Engagement in Research (UNITE): A Framework Development Project
- Haorui Wu, Dalhousie University (Nova Scotia) – Promoting Youth-Centric Disaster Mental Health Preparedness (DMHP) in Higher Education: A Cross-National Exploratory Study of Out-of-Province/State and International College Students (17-24 Years of Age) in Halifax, NS, Canada and Boston, MA, U.S.A.
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