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PI: Mota, Natalie; Logsetty, Sarvesh
People working as public safety personnel (PSP; e.g., firefighters, paramedics, police, corrections officers) experience many traumatic events on the job. As a result, posttraumatic stress injuries (…
PI: Boyd, Jade
British Columbia (BC) continues to grapple with an overdose epidemic that has largely been framed as a men's public health crisis. Little has been said regarding how women (transgender, Two-Spirit an…
PI: Brignardello Petersen, Romina Andrea; Guyatt, Gordon H; Siemieniuk, Reed A
After the COVID-19 pandemic started, many researchers focused on assessing treatments for this disease. Global and local authorities (such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Public Health…
PI: Stinson, Jennifer N; Birnie, Kathryn A; Noel, Melanie E
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of extreme stress in youth. Without treatment, acute pain will become chronic (CP; pain lasting >3 months), a problem already affecting 1 in 5 Canadian youth. …
COVID-19 in working age Canadian adults: Long-term follow up of infections and immune responses
COVID-19 infections continue to impact our lives and economy despite vaccinations and other protective practices. Many of the infections are caused by variants to the original virus. Due to the abili…
PI: Numer, Matthew S; Holmes, Dave
Sexualized drug use (SDU) is common among gay, bi, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer (GBT2SQ) men, and our recent CIHR study found that many GBT2SQ men have experienced sexualized violence (SV) when they …
PI: Kim, Paul Y
Maintaining the balance between blood clotting and removal is important. Upon vascular damage, blood clots must be formed to stop the initial blood loss. Afterwards, these clots are removed (fibrinol…
PI: Velly, Ana Miriam; Allison, Paul J; Bhullar, Rajinder P; Chandad, Fatiha; Filiaggi, Mark J; Mathu-Muju, Kavita; Matthews, Debora C; Moreau, Alain; Papagerakis, Petros; Quiñonez, Carlos R; Sharifzadeh-Amin, Maryam; Siqueira, Walter L
Oral health is a major contributor to the overall health and well-being of Canadians. Poor nutrition can result from tooth loss and decay, and a number of oral health ailments can seriously reduce on…
PI: Etowa, Josephine B; Brown-Shreves, Danielle; Massaquoi, Notisha M; Omorodion, Francisca I
In Ontario, African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) women are overrepresented among new HIV diagnoses. This overrepresentation of ACB women is believed to be in part due to social and structural factors,…
PI: Zarychanski, Ryan; Lawler, Patrick R; Turgeon, Alexis F
Community acquired pneumonia (CAP) is an acute infection of the lungs acquired outside of a hospital setting. CAP is one of the most common causes of mortality in the world and results in critical il…
PI: Cullis, Pieter R
Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell therapy is relatively new and exciting form of cancer therapy which uses a patients own re-programmed immune cells to specifically target and destroy cancer cel…
PI: Wells, Samantha L; Linklater, Renee
Many First Nation peoples and communities are disproportionately affected by mental health and substance use challenges due to the enduring harmful effects of colonialism. The COVID-19 pandemic is ex…
PI: Samji, Hasina
Mental disorders have a peak onset in adolescence and young adulthood, with 1 in 5 Canadians under the age of 25 affected per year. Along with social and economic stressors such as discrimination and…
PI: Awadalla, Philip; Abelson, Sagi; Alvi, Riaz; Bhatti, Parveen; broet, philippe; Dummer, Trevor J; Kirsh, Victoria; Mclaughlin, John R; Shen-Tu, Grace; Sweeney, Ellen; Turner, Donna C; Urquhart, Robin L
The global burden of cancer is a major public health crisis that has been deeply exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11 202…
PI: Fan, Eddy; Tanuseputro, Peter
Invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is a common form of life support provided in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) that is increasing worldwide, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Up…
PI: Robaey, Philippe
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the switch from in-person to virtual care has resulted in an unprecedented mass adoption of home-based videoconferencing (HBVC), using personal devices (e.g., co…
PI: Wilchesky, Machelle; Couture, MĂ©lanie
Elder abuse in the nursing home setting is a cause of growing concern but little is known about how often is occurs. Studies of elder abuse detection have largely ignored nursing home seniors because…
The efficient uptake of oxygen by the lung is dependent on maintaining a thin but highly efficient barrier between the air spaces and the blood. This barrier is comprised of a thin layer of endotheli…
PI: Mansfield, Elizabeth A; Burkholder, Casey; Fierheller, Dianne M; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Moll, Sandra; Switzer, Sarah; Zenlea, Ian S
Arts-based, visual participatory research methods that bring together stories, images and sounds are central to many community-based health projects because they are inclusive, promote self-expressio…
PI: Smith, Liris P; Bingham, Bonnee
Yukon University and the northern Village of Old Crow, led by the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation (VGFN), is seeking a research operational grant to explore emerging issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
PI: Sanderson, Darlene; Mirza, Noeman
The Tl'etinqox and Qwelminte Secwépemc are experiencing the impacts of colonization and climate change on their land, waterways, foods, and medicines. They demonstrated their resilience to the catast…
PI: Roach, Pamela Marie; Bastien, Leonard; Barnabe, Cheryl C; Crowshoe, Lynden L; Montesanti, Stephanie R
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, rapid shifts in the delivery of primary health care (PHC) services to virtual care models occurred in Canada. Insufficient access to primary health care may unde…
PI: of Ontario, The MĂ©tis Nation; Stewart, Wendy L; Thistle, Ralph W
The COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging and stressful for communities with ongoing changes, disruptions, and isolation. This has led to high levels of mental unwellness. Rates of anxiety and depre…
PI: Morrison, Dawn R; Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Corntassel, Jeff; Wittman, Hannah
Growing evidence demonstrates that in the present health care system, traditional wellness and healing practices rooted in ancestral knowledge and land-based pedagogies are enabling factors that prom…
PI: Masching, Renee; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L
Pandemic experiences are not new to Indigenous Peoples of North America; introducing and spreading infectious disease was a strategy of colonizing nations to claim lands and resources without resista…
PI: Liberda, Eric N; John, Ada; Sarkar, Atanu; Spence, Nicholas D
Pandemic related stressors have presented an opportunity to address and mitigate the risks associated with food security and wellbeing programs in remote Indigenous communities. However, a significan…
PI: Lawford, Karen M; Blais, Ellen M; Leason, Jennifer L; Pedri, Celeste
Canada is in a maternity care crisis as a result of hospital maternity care closures, decreasing numbers of physicians delivering babies, and the centralization of maternity care services in large, u…
Qanuinngitsiarutiksait 3: Developing mechanisms to ascertain Inuit data sovereignty in Manitoba
PI: Lavoie, Josée G; Dederick, Jeneen; Clark, Wayne
Inuit have long been underrepresented/invisible in the "data world". Despite decades of data being collected, Indigenous peoples continue to experience considerable inequities. This has led Indigenou…
PI: Funnell, Sarah; Kendall, Claire; Tanuseputro, Peter; Turcotte, Luke A
Most COVID-19 deaths were among vulnerable older adults living in long-term care (LTC) homes. This has led to calls for improvements in the quality of care provided in LTC homes. While the overall nu…
PI: Fellner, Karlee; Strawberry, Theresa
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen a dramatic increase in rates of mental health issues, overdose, suicide, and violence in Indigenous communities in Canada. Existing mental health services are inadequat…
The impact of COVID-19 on vaccine uptake and immunization rates for First Nations people in Alberta
PI: Eurich, Dean; O'Brien, Celine Y; Thiara, Parminder; Sarin, Christopher
COVID-19 has negatively impacted Indigenous communities more than others. Ongoing social, racial and systemic inequities due to colonialism have compounded with government and public health measures …
PI: Black, Kerry; Swampy, Mario; Henderson, Rita I; Hubert, Casey; Parkins, Michael D; Sarin, Christopher
The proposed project tracks SARS-COV2 in wastewater in First Nations in Alberta and Northwest Territories through a community-engaged approaches. The research team has effectively deployed methods wi…
Community-partnered infectious disease modeling to inform Covid-19 policies and advocacy in Nunavik
PI: Ahmad Khan, Faiz
In mid-October 2021, Covid-19 finally arrived in epidemic form in Nunavik. At the time of writing (November 21, 2021), 817 Nunavimmiut have been diagnosed with Covid-19. The incidence in the region i…
PI: Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle, .; buchanan, maureen
Aki Gimiinigonaa Mshkooziiwin (The Land Gives Us Strength): Culturally-grounded healing within the urban-Indigenous community during COVID-19 is an urban Indigenous community-led knowledge mobilizati…
PI: Fowler, Robert A; Murthy, Srinivas
Severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) is a major public health problem. Recent outbreaks of pandemic influenza viruses and coronaviruses have taught us not only that these viruses can lead to sev…
PI: Jean, François; Boudreault, Pierre-Luc; Leduc, Richard
Respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (the virus causing COVID-19) and Influenza A virus, have inarguably had an enormous impact on human health. Although vaccines have greatly limited COVID-19 and …
PI: Schnitzer, Mireille E; Talbot, Denis
Fast research designs have been proposed for estimating how well different vaccines protect against disease, severe disease, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19. In fact, ongoing study is needed…
PI: Card, Kiffer G; Benoit, Cecilia M; Chen, Frances; Nicholson, Valerie
In 1942, Canada's first Food Guide provided public health guidance for wartime food rationing. These guidelines have since evolved to be a vital source of nutritional guidance for Canadians. Decades …
PI: Quach-Thanh, Caroline; Galanis, Eleni; Strang, Robert A; Basta, Nicole; Bhatt, Maala; Buchanan, Francine; Burstein, Brett S; Carwana, Matthew; Choong, Karen; Constantin, Evelyn; Côté, Sylvana; Drouin, Olivier; Dugas, Marc-André; Fontela, Patricia S; Foo, Cheryl P; Foster, Jennifer; Freedman, Stephen B; Gagneur, Arnaud A; Gantt, Soren M; Gill, Peter J; Kakkar, Fatima; Kellner, James D; Klassen, Terry P; Lacaze-Masmonteil, Thierry; Lalgudi Ganesan, Saptharishi; Li, Patricia T; Mahant, Sanjay; Mater, Ahmed; Morris, Shaun K; Muttalib, Fiona; Papenburg, Jesse; Sadarangani, Manish; Sehgal, Anupam V; 't Jong, Geert W; Top, Karina A; Wahi, Gita; Wright, Bruce
Severe COVID-19 is rare in children but given the huge number of infected children, COVID-19 is a major cause of pediatric disease. In addition, some COVID-19-related issues are worse in children, su…
PI: Turkstra, Lyn
We now know that up to 40% of adults with COVID are still having cognitive problems months later, including "brain fog", mental fatigue, memory impairments, and difficulty with everyday tasks like fo…
PI: Wright, Gerard D
Antibiotic resistance is a process where disease-causing bacteria acquire or evolve strategies to evade the drug's killing activity. Interventions ranging from the treatment of pneumonia to cancer ch…
PI: Giosa, Justine L
The Canadian Aging Action, Research, and Education (CAARE) for Mental Health Group is a collective of experts-by-experience in the context of providing, receiving, supporting, or administering mental…
Navigating the Patchwork: A holistic approach for living well for older adults in our community
PI: Kent, Danielle
Saint John, New Brunswick, has many services available to seniors (adults ages 65 years or older). As part of a province with high proportions of seniors, it is imperative that the needs of this comm…
The Pan American region is highly diverse. The region comprises Canada, the United States (US), the Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean, and 21 other Spanish speaking countries or territories from t…
Luig (2011) notes "...that [land] pedagogical philosophy allows for experiential learning...and relational understandings. Learning in this context is articulated as a dialogue, not only between stud…
PI: Salma, Jordana M; Jones, Catherine A; Salami, Bukola O; Yamamoto, Shelby
The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the vulnerability of older adults due to health risks, increased isolation, and difficulties accessing essential services. Racialized older women from Muslim communiti…
PI: Wong, Hannah; Daly, Tamara; Ginsburg, Liane R
The COVID-19 pandemic has made clear the dire need to address underlying long-term care (LTC) workforce and workplace issues that affect resident quality of care and quality of life. These issues inc…
PI: Stinson, Jennifer N; Birnie, Kathryn A; Noel, Melanie E
Pain is one of the most common symptoms of extreme stress in youth. Without treatment, short-term pain can last for months to years (called 'chronic pain'; CP), a problem already affecting 1 in 5 Can…
PI: Boyd, Jade
British Columbia (BC) continues to grapple with an overdose epidemic that has largely been framed as a men's public health crisis. Little has been said regarding how women (transgender, Two-Spirit an…
PI: Kershaw, Paul W; Hennessy, Trish
Background: Research shows that government spending on social programs (e.g., poverty reduction, housing, childcare, etc.) has a stronger association with population health than does public investmen…