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.

The Centre for Community-Based Research 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 including but not limited to: organizational database development, an internal tool to assess research requests, and a full-day event to support the training of researchers and trainees in building more meaningful and sustainable research partnerships with organizations in the health and aging sector.

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.

This needs assessment in partnership with the Huntington Society of Canada investigated the unmet needs in Huntington disease (HD) related health care services across Canada, to better understand the needs of minority and hard-to-reach populations and inform next steps in the development of multidisciplinary Centres for HD CARE (Clinical and Research Excellence).

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.

The Centre for Community Based Research collaborated with the 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 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 conducted a literature review for PLEA Community Services Society of BC (PLEA) focused on best practices and existing research related to family caregiving for vulnerable adults, as well as the delivery of outreach and community-based support services by front-line staff.

Woolwich Community Health Centre (WCHC) contracted CCBR to collaboratively design and conduct an evaluation of their immunization program with Low German Mennonites in rural Woolwich and Wellesley Townships. The purpose of this summative evaluation was to assess the barriers and facilitators to vaccination uptake among immunized program participants and provide recommendations for future immunization programs and outreach.

CCBR, in partnership with 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 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.