Practice Affiliates + Research Affiliates

The Centre for Healthy Communities practice affiliates and research affiliates actively work or volunteer in a practice or research-based setting across many fields, bringing a diverse range of knowledge and experience to the Centre. Through collaboration with the Centre, practice affiliates and research affiliates work to help communities achieve their healthiest potential.

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Centre Practice Affiliates

Name

Interests
Stephen Allan
  • Recreation
  • Sport
  • Parks
  • Community development
  • Physical activity
Michelle Anderson-Draper
  • Educational leadership
  • Participatory evaluation
  • Knowledge mobilization
  • Healthy communities - social
Kayla Atkey
  • Program evaluation
  • Applied research
  • Collaborative approaches
  • Prevention of violence against young people
Marc Boychuk
  • Research
  • Data collection and use
  • Social disorder
  • Homelessness
  • Mental health and addiction
Krista Brower
  • Evaluation
  • Performance measurement
  • Strategic planning
Advaita Ganguly
  • Health equity and sustainability
Les Hagen
  • Healthy public policy
  • Public health advocacy
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Public engagement
Karah Harvey
  • Healthy built environment (municipal scale)
  • Water reuse
  • Public health impact from contaminated sites
  • Climate impacts on health
Teree Hokanson
  • Sustainability
  • Leadership
  • Capacity building
Tammy Horne
  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
  • Accessibility
  • Participatory
Megan Hunter
  • Psychological health and safety in workplaces
  • Workplace mental health
  • Community mental health promotion
Nandini Karunamuni
  • Mental health
Shez Kassam
  • Nutrition
  • Physical activity
  • Built environment
Birgitta Larsson
  • Environmental sustainability
  • Access to healthy communities
Robert Lipka
  • Urban design
  • Accessibility
  • Crime prevention through environmental design
  • Transportation
Rabindra Mahabeer
  • Proactive
  • Risk management
  • Health equity
  • Youth
  • New Canadians
Lara Pinchbeck
  • Accessible design
  • Design process
  • Engagement
  • Evaluation
Patricia Tallon
  • Workplace health promotion
  • Applied research
  • Evaluation
  • Community-based approaches
Jeff Tareta
  • Physical activity
  • Community wellness
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Health equity
  • Partnerships
Jacob Van Nest
  • Health equity
  • Access
  • System navigation
Jennifer Wilson
  • Community
  • Choice 
  • Opportunity
  • Movement 
  • Environment
Sharlene Wolbeck Minke
  • Evidence-informed
  • Equity
  • Community
  • Healthy environments

Centre Research Affiliates

Name

Interests
Lucas Crawford
  • Transgender health
  • Disordered eating
  • Mental health
  • Diabetes
  • Queer health
Shannon Duncan
  • Behavior change
  • Physical activity
  • Mental health
  • Choice architecture
  • Community health