Engagements

Photos from our planning workshop for a community engaged project advancing inclusive, community level zoonotic disease surveillance among nomadic pastoralists in West Africa. Together, we explored trust, reporting barriers, and participatory pathways for stronger collaboration with local public health authorities.

Photos from our stakeholder workshop in Ghana’s Upper West Region, where we shared study findings on how the LEAP social protection programme, alongside safe water access, can strengthen women’s agency and reduce vulnerability. One key result highlighted was that LEAP recipients experienced a 6.21 point reduction in water insecurity, pointing to the value of integrating social protection with WASH investments and services.

This project brought together parents, early childhood educators, service providers, and researchers from across Kingston and London, Ontario to share their experiences regarding the challenges they faced in accessing childcare services. During the one-day workshop, participants shared their experiences and suggested ways that children and parents could take advantage of existing facilities and services within the Kingston and London areas, and Canada at large. Some policy and research related recommendations, on how to address some of the challenges faced, were also made for further consideration.

Location

Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington

This project developed and sustained community partnerships in Stann Creek District, Belize, to co design a community research program centered on locally defined priorities. Working with the Dangriga Town Council, Stann Creek Palliative Care, and a community advisory committee of leaders, patients, providers, and family caregivers, the project advanced a community palliative care study through participatory data collection, regular reporting to a town task force, local student research assistant hiring, and community and national knowledge sharing. Building on these relationships, the project also convened Type 2 diabetes engagement workshops with a local clinic and Nurse Practitioner Cheryl Stephen to capture community perspectives and shape future research directions.

This full day dissemination workshop shared findings from research on the roles and lived experiences of community adolescent treatment supporters (CATS) in Kumasi, Ghana. The event brought together more than 20 cross sector stakeholders from clinical care, public health, epidemiology, government, and academia to discuss common themes across clinic settings, identify priority areas emerging from the evidence, and build collaborative pathways for strengthened HIV and AIDS programming and future research.

This project brought together a multi-disciplinary team of researchers, dieticians, health professionals, educators, diabetes organizations, and policy makers to facilitate partnerships and identify common interests for funding opportunities. The project co-developed research priorities and co-created intervention to creating supportive environments for diabetes management in Ghana.