The Centre for Community Based Research 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 gathers 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 conducted an evaluation of the Harm Reduction Community Care Project to understand how this collaborative initiative supported harm reduction workers and their communities. Through document review, surveys, focus groups, and interviews, CCBR examined the project’s impacts, strengths, and challenges. The findings helped identify ways to enhance future programming and strengthen community-based harm reduction efforts.

CCBR partnered with the Community Alliance for Accessible Treatment 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. CCBR also provided coaching on research and evaluation to strengthen CAAT’s capacity to promote the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV (PHAs) who are facing access barriers related to their precarious status in Canada.

CCBR partnered with the youth, academic partners, and community organizations on the Art of Wellness Team to co-design a 5 year CIHR-funded CBR Team grant on capacity-building and knowledge sharing on arts-based STBBI prevention and sexual health promotion programming for youth.

CCBR collaboratively designed and conducted two phases of a process and outcomes evaluation of the Substance Use Hub at the Inner City Family Health Team (ICFHT) clinic in Toronto. Through the Hub, patients have access to life-saving drugs, peer support, and a team of trained physicians, nurses, and support staff. The Hub also offers a safer supply program to prevent overdose and other harms by decreasing reliance on the unpredictable, unregulated drug market.