Current Projects
SIRG believes in the benefits of collaborative work with community members and the use of research in understanding community needs and developing, evaluating and enhancing social service programming. The following are current research projects done in collaboration with community organizations:
| 2013 | Child Witness Centre | Child Advocacy Centre Needs Assessment & Feasability St | |
| 2012-2014 |
Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, UW Athletics, WLU Athletics, Waterloo Region Police Services, Kitchener Rangers |
Evaluation of the Succeed Clean Project: an Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drug Prevention Project | |
| 2012-2014 | Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region | Preventing & Responding to Gender-Based Violence on Campus | |
| 2012-2015 |
Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region in collaboration with Halton Women's Place and Family Transition |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant (peer reviewed) Research and knowledge mobilization to enhance post-shelter community reintegration and support for survivors of domestic violence in the Central West Region of Ontario |
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| 2012 - 2014 |
Family Transition Place (Orangeville) |
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| 2012 |
Wilmot Family Resource Centre |
Survivor Engagement Project | |
| 2012 |
Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre |
Mental Health Navigator Project Evaluation |
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| 2012 |
Santé en Français, St. John's Newfoundland |
Program Evaluation |
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| 2012 |
Catholic Family Services, Peel Region |
Evaluation of Francophone VAW Project |
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2011-2012 |
Grand River Community Health Centre (Brantford, Ontario) |
Organizational development and needs assessment |
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| 2011-2012 | Women Forum Central West Region of Ontario |
Symposium for the Violence Against Women Forum Central West Region of Ontario |
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| 2011-2012 | Women's Crisis Services of Waterloo Region (Kitchener, Ontario) |
Outcome evaluation relative to interventions with child witnesses of domestic violence
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| 2012 |
Catholic Family Services (Peel Region) |
Evaluation of Fracophone Violence Against Women project |
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| 2011-2012 |
Ministry of Community and Social Services |
Research on harm reduction and women's shelters |
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Ongoing |
Trillium Foundation |
Research in partnership with the Healing of the Seven Generations |
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| 2009-2014 |
SSHRC | Perceptions of discrimination in health services for immigrants and refugees living in second and third tier cities in Ontario
PI - Victoria Esses, University of Western Ontario |
