Projects 

    CCBR typically has 15-20 ongoing projects and has completed over 450 projects since 1982. Each project is guided by our commitment to impacting social change in practical and powerful ways. We conduct research with people not on people, cultivating respect with communities at every step of the process.

    Projects can be searched for using words from the project title or using the service area, theme, or date range for the project. You can also type 'Service Area' or 'Theme' into the search bar to get a list of options in each of these fields.

    Projects

    This project examined the changing reality of the rental housing market for people with low incomes in downtown Kitchener. The project was funded by Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre.

    CCBR analyzed and reported on Community Action Program for Children (CAPC) intake data for 39 CAPC projects across Ontario. This work was funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

    CCBR and CUSO conducted a national study of volunteer behaviours and preferences of returned overseas volunteers. CCBR’s role involved advising on research design and research tools, conducting qualitative interviews, administering and analyzing a bilingual survey, and contributing to report writing and dissemination of findings. The study was funded by Imagine Canada.

    CCBR conducted this one-year action research project in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University. The purpose of this project was to use Waterloo Region as a case study to explore factors that maximize positive outcomes (both social and academic) for immigrant youth in high school. The study was funded by SSHRC.

    In collaboration with a national task force, CCBR conducted a research project to identify models and options for an enhanced research and knowledge mobilization capacity of disability community organizations. The project was funded by Canadian Association for Community Living.

    The purpose of this five-year project was to use a participatory approach to explore how best to provide community-based mental health services and supports that would be effective for people from culturally diverse backgrounds. The project was funded by SSHRC and Ontario Trillium Foundation. To read more, go to the CURA website here.

    CCBR supported a provincial research study about understanding the lived reality of disengagement from school. This study was funded by the Hospital for Sick Children.

    CCBR gathered and analyzed data on the types of immigrant skills available in Hamilton, the need for these skills in the economy, the extent to which immigrant skills are currently being utilized, and what is needed to facilitate immigrant employment in the Hamilton community. This study was funded by the Hamilton Training and Advisory Board.

    This project's purpose was to conduct a research study to plan and explore an appropriate and effective health response to children and youth who were recently assaulted. The project was funded by Scarborough Regional Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Care Centre.

    This research study analyzed the current funding environment of immigrant employment services and provided a framework of the necessary elements of programming and associated supports required to effectively integrate immigrants with a diversity of needs into the labour market. This study was funded by Policy Roundtable Mobilizing Professions and Trades (Council of Agencies Serving South Asians).

    The first phase of this project involved the design and distribution of a survey on faith formation covering spirituality, formal religion, and faith development programs.

    CCBR performed data entry and analysis of a national research project on service integration. This project was funded by Social Development Partnerships Program, HRDC via Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs.