Congratulations to the successful teams in the Healthy Youth Team Grants!
IHDCYH is pleased to announce the six teams funded by the Healthy Youth Team Grants (2024). As part of our Healthy Youth Initiative, the funded teams will focus on youth-engaged research within the youth-identified priority areas outlined in Canada's Youth Policy. These teams are supported in partnership with the CIHR Institutes of Gender and Health (IGH), and Population and Public Health (IPPH).
These grants support youth-led and youth-engaged research to improve youth health in Canada. They will foster interdisciplinary collaboration, build inclusive research capacity, and promote diverse perspectives, including Indigenous knowledge. They will also enhance research excellence, inform policy, and ensure meaningful, equitable impact across systems affecting youth well-being.
Congratulations to the funded teams across the following pools:
General pool
- Carolyn A Emery, University of Calgary - You-CAN (Youth Concussion Awareness Network) SHRed Concussions (Surveillance in High School and Community Sport to Reduce Concussions and their Consequences): Canadian Youth Informing Best Practice and Policy in the Prevention of Sport-related Concussions
- Tanya G Halsall, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research - There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.
- Rayzel Shulman, Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) - A Youth-Engaged Community of Practice to Improve Readiness to Transition to Adult Type 1 Diabetes Care
Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit or Métis) Youth Health
- Patricia A Johnston, University of Calgary - Keeping the Children Home: How CPS and SRHR impact the physical and mental health of Inuit youth in Nunavut
Two-Spirit (2S), Trans, Non-binary and/or other Gender Diverse Youth Health (co-funded with the CIHR Institute of Gender and Health)
- Amy Shawanda, McGill University - Empowering Voices, Shaping Futures: Co-designing and co-implementing a toolkit with Indigenous and Marginalized Youth for culturally safe engagement in research
Reducing Social Inequalities in Health among Canada's Youth (co-funded with the CIHR Institute of Population and Public Health)
- Karen Patte, Brock University (Ontario) - A partnered intersectoral approach to amplify and sustain youth voices in the co-creation of inclusive school environments that support the mental health of youth
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