Projects 

      CCBR typically has 15-20 ongoing projects and has completed over 500 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

      8906_Wading through the Weeds Community Forum

      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.

      8919_Community Alliance for Accessible Treatment Rainbow Resilience Evaluation

      CCBR partnered with the Community Alliance for Accessible Treatment (CAAT) to collaboratively design and conduct an evaluation of the Rainbow Resilience Program. The Rainbow Resilience Program addressed the critical health equity needs within 2SLGBTQ+ immigrant and refugee communities impacted by HIV/HCV with the intention of understanding and addressing gaps in sexual health services in Ontario.

      8941_Coaching and Consultation for Positive Actions: Breaking HIV Stigma

      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.

      8949_Let's get Sexfluent! Exploring New Models for Modernizing Youth HIV Resources in Canada

      In partnership with a youth advisory committee (YAC) and team of peer researchers, this CIHR-funded project validated the efficacy of Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research’s youth sexual health and harm reduction resource “Sexfluent”. CCBR worked alongside CANFAR and York University as a research partner on this research, and provided YAC coaching, peer researcher training, and analysis support.

      8963_SHIFT: Documenting the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Peer Researchers in Community-based HIV Research and Identifying Opportunities for Change

      In partnership with Dr Zack Marshall (and his research partners, the Pacific AIDS Network), CCBR co-designed participatory research to 1) document how the COVID-19 crisis was impacting the lives of peer researchers in HIV community based research and 2) identify how to minimize the indirect consequences of the pandemic by highlighting key recommendations for academic researchers, staff working in HIV community-based organizations, and peer researhers themselves. Data collection included a series of arts-based, popular education informed virtual focus groups with peer researchers across Canada. Project recommendations were mobilized through established communities of practice.