CCBR partnered with Wading through the Weeds: A Pregnancy, Breastfeeding/Chest-feeding and Parenting with Cannabis Study to support the co-design of a 1-day research forum for public health and allied health care providers as well as pregnant and breast/chest feeding individuals who consume cannabis.

The Pedagogies of Community Engagement partnership gathered community-engaged (CE) facilitators and academic researchers facilitating participatory action research, popular education, and/or community arts and cultural production in communities across Canada to explore approaches to community-based facilitation. This 3 year partnership grant worked towards developing a network of community-based facilitators across Canada.

CCBR partnered with the McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging (McMaster University), Thrive Group Centre of Excellence in Healthcare Innovation, and older adult partners on several initiatives to support academic-organizational partnership development in the health and aging sector.

CCBR collaborated with the Knowledge Development and Exchange Hub (KDE Hub) to support the Youth Substance Use Prevention Program (YSUPP) by contributing its expertise in community-based research, capacity-building, and the development of training tools.

CCBR worked closely with the CHAMPP4KIDS Study team on phase 1 of a Public Health Agency of Canada funded study aimed to create and implement relevant and accessible evidence-based parenting resources for diverse groups of caregivers. CCBR provided consultation throughout and designedand facilitating a co-design event with community members to meet project goals. 

CCBR collaborated with United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT) to explore and understand the experiences of African refugee asylum seekers in Peel, York and Toronto, to identify promising practices as well as existing gaps within support systems, and to inform efforts for meaningful improvement.

CCBR, in partnership with the Muslim Advisory Council of Canada (MACC), led a 2.5-year project examining the barriers Muslim women in Halton face when seeking support for gender-based violence. The project identified community, systemic, and service-related barriers; documented promising culturally informed practices; developed recommendations for policy and practice; and shared findings through survivor narratives, reports, an infographic, a webinar, and a community summit. 

CCBR collaborated with the Hamilton Immigration Partnership Council (HIPC) to develop the 2025-2028 Community Plan. Through four phases—community planning, plan development, evaluation framework creation, and community plan lunch and pledge event —the project aimed to make Hamilton a welcoming community where newcomers have a positive settlement experience and feel a sense of belonging.

CCBR partnered with REACH Nexus on the project, Positive Actions: Breaking HIV Stigma to provide coaching, capacity-building, and consultation on e-learning module and workshop curriculum development. The national project aimed to develop, test, and scale HIV stigma reduction interventions regionally. CCBR developed an evaluation framework and supported in the evaluation of the Positive Action projects.

The Supporting Peer Work project is a community-guided research project that explores the employment experiences of peer workers in “low barrier” social service agencies in Toronto throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to support agencies to break down structural barriers to equitable employment and learn from the transformative practices of workers with lived expertise.