Creating a better future for communities through research

Project theme areas

Project team meeting: Joanna Ochocka, Rob Case and Jason Newberry

Family Support & Early Childhood Development

Comprehensive community initiatives, policy and program design, outreach and inclusion, childhood development, early learning and child care, child welfare

Cultural Diversity

Settlement, immigrant employment, community integration, youth, refugee claimants, mental health, immigrant parenting, Aboriginal issues, race relations 

Mental Health and Addictions

Workshop in the CCBR community room

Consumer participation and empowerment, recovery, policy change, self-help and mutual support, employment, cultural diversity, substance use, harm reduction

Disabilities

Community inclusion and integration, employment

Community Safety and Violence
Prevention

Crime prevention, poverty, neighbourhood
development, anti-violence initiatives, hate crimes

Aging

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Social isolation, abuse, community supports, aging in place

Women's Issues

Violence prevention, organizational development and change, feminist approaches to theory and practice

Health Promotion

Program design and planning, assessing family and community health, researching health promotion innovations

Organizational Capacity Building

Kristen Roderick and Nadia Hausfather at work

Strategic planning, sustainability, development of outcome objectives and tracking systems

Youth

Youth at risk, immigrant youth, volunteerism

Housing and Homelessness

Street outreach, transitional housing, supported and supportive housing, alternative co-op housing, emergency shelters, sustainable community living 

International Development

Participatory evaluation, results based management, funding applications, international networking