Creating a better future for communities through research

Elin Moorlag, Senior Researcher

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PhD  (c) Sociology, University of Waterloo

MA Sociology, University of Waterloo

BA Social Development Studies, Renison University College

elin@communitybasedresearch.ca

(519) 741-1318, ext. 231

Elin Moorlag joined CCBR as a graduate student research assistant in May 2005 and began a full-time position as senior researcher in September 2009.

Research and Other Interests

Elin's research interests include the sociology of community, policy analysis, Canadian multiculturalism, immigrant integration and settlement, mental health and diversity, and community-based and participatory action research. As a mixed-methods sociologist, Elin has expertise in the application of both qualitative and quantitative methods within research projects and program evaluation, and has over the past six years, taught Social Statistics, Research Methods, Introductory Sociology, and Classical Sociological Theory at the undergraduate level.

Outside of academic pursuits, Elin is a classical musician, a sewing enthusiast and is currently in the process of honing some formidable arts and crafts skills under the tutelage of her two little boys.

Current Projects

Canadian Immigration Integration Project Evaluation - 2010

EnHANCE Ontario Evaluation - 2010

Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario, Evaluation of Web Based Teaching Tool (WBTT) - 2010

St. Mary's Counselling 'High on Life' Evaluation 2009 - 2011

Taking Culture Seriously in Community Mental Health CURA 2005 - 2010

Selected Publications and Conference Presentations

Simich, Laura, Maiter, Sarah, Moorlag, Elin & Ochocka, Joanna (2009). Ethno-cultural community perspectives on mental health. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 32 (3): 208-214.

Ochocka, Joanna, Moorlag, Elin & Janzen, Rich (under review). Community Entry and Participatory Action Research: Pathways between Diversity Engagement and Community Research. Submitted to Gateways: International Journal of Community Research & Engagement, October 2009.

Moorlag, Elin & Ochocka, Joanna (2009). Evaluating innovative practice in mental health: A dialogue between cultural communities, practitioners, and the mental health system. Paper presented at a Roundtable Session at the annual meetings of the Canadian Sociological Association, Ottawa, Ontario, May 2009.

Moorlag, Elin (2009). Taking culture seriously in community mental health: A participatory approach to engaging ethno-cultural communities. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Canadian Sociological Association, Ottawa, Ontario, May 2009.

Moorlag, Elin & Song, Helen (2008). Navigating the taboo: Perspectives on mental health from Chinese communities in Canada. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Canadian Asian Studies Association, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Nov 2008.