Alberta
Centre for Active Living
3rd Floor, Percy Page Centre
11759 Groat Road
Edmonton AB T5M 3K6
Tel: (780) 427-6949/Toll-free in AB only: 1-800-661-4551 Fax: (780)
455-2092
Web site: http://www.centre4activeliving.ca
Judith Moodie, Director
E-mail: judith.moodie@ualberta.ca
Founded in 1989, the Alberta Centre for Active Living is a provincial, non-profit organization. Formerly known as the Alberta Centre for Well-Being, the Alberta Centre for Active Living is associated with the University of Alberta's Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation. The mandate of the Centre is to support practitioners and organizations to improve the health and quality of life of Albertans through physical activity.
Our research agenda is to
We publish two quarterly publications--WellSpring and Research Update. Both are available are on our web site
(www.centre4activeliving.ca), which also contains our resource library catalogue and information about our other research and education activities.
Two current projects include Ever Active Adults and Workplace Active Living. Ever Active Adults aims to increase physical activity opportunities for older adults living in publicly funded senior citizens' lodges in Alberta. This three-year project, produced in collaboration with the Alberta Fitness Leadership Certification Association, will result in a course for lodge staff who lead physical activity programs for residents.
The Workplace Active Living project will develop a guide to the elements needed to implement or sustain a workplace physical activity program and an audit tool that employers can use to measure their company's physical activity program against a given standard. One goal of the project is that employers will develop policies that recognize the benefits of physical activity in the workplace.
The Alberta Centre for Active Living is supported by the Alberta Sport, Recreation, Parks & Wildlife Foundation and is a member of the Active
Lifestyles Portfolio.
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Atlantic Health Promotion Research Centre
Dalhousie University
6090 University Avenue
Halifax, NS
B3H 3J5
Telephone: (902) 494-2240 Fax: (902) 494-3594
Dr. Renée Lyons, Director
Website: http://www.medicine.dal.ca/ahprc/
Email: renee.lyons@dal.ca
The mission of the AHPRC is to conduct and facilitate health promotion
research that influences policy and contributes to the health and well-being of
Atlantic Canadians. Key current funders include: Dalhousie University Faculties
of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Professions; Departments of Health in Nova
Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador and New Brunswick,
Health Canada and Manulife Financial.
Research foci are: (a) furthering the impact of health
promotion research on healthy public policy, (b) school environmental health,
(c) rural health, (d) bikeways and active living, and (e) health promotion in
illness and disability and food security. Non-research activities of AHPRC
include the coordination of health promotion events, provision of a reference
library of health promotion materials, research consultation and support,
conduct of student training opportunities, and production of the Health
Promotion Atlantic Newsletter.
The Centre Has over 200 research associates and serves
academic and community-based researchers, policy makers, students, and
non-government organizations. AHPRC is the only centre of its kind in Atlantic
Canada.
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Centre for Applied Health Research
University of Waterloo
200 University Avenue West, Room 3115
Waterloo, ON
N2L 3G1
Telephone: (519) 885-1211 X6884 Fax: (519) 746-6776
Website: http://www.ahs.uwaterloo.ca/~cahr/
Dr. Paul McDonald, Director
E-mail: pwmcdona@healthy.uwaterloo.ca
The Centre for Applied Health Research (CAHR) was initiated by the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and given Senate approval from the University of Waterloo in 1984. Of the several purposes which guide CAHR activities, the primary one is to stimulate applied research in the area of disease/injury prevention and health promotion by providing a focus and resource base for collaborative, inter- and multidisciplinary work. CAHR has major partnerships with the Canadian Cancer Society, Ministry of Health, Long Term Care facilities and private donors.
Several major programs which reflect the direction of CAHR include: behavioural research on tobacco control; functional abilities of seniors within long term care facilities; quality of life research for Alzheimer patients and caregivers; ergonomic assessments and workplace evaluations...to name a few. CAHR provides research, training and educational opportunities for a range of topics. Target audiences cross the age spectrum from children to seniors and include both work and leisure environments. In all instances involving research, it is the mandate of CAHR to translate theory and research into meaningful applications.
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Centre for Health Promotion
University of Toronto
100 College Street, Ste. 207
Toronto, ON
M5G 1L5
Telephone: (416) 978-1809 Fax: (416) 971-1365
Website: http://www.utoronto.ca/chp/
Dr. Suzanne Jackson, Director
Email: suzanne.jackson@utoronto.ca
The mission of the Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto is to conduct research and educational activities as well as to provide service in the field of health promotion, defined as "the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health". Since its inception in 1990, the Centre has built up a network of over 20 private and public sector affiliates or partners who participate in working groups of the Centre and contribute resources to various projects within the Centre. There are five internal units -- the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU), the Quality of Life Research Unit (QOL), the Health Communication Unit (THCU), the Evaluation and Monitoring Unit (EMU) and the International Projects Unit. The Centre is an international collaborating centre in health promotion of the World Health Organization.
The key health promotion research areas of the Centre include tobacco, quality of life, health promotion indicators and evaluation, best practices in health promotion, and health communications. In addition to research, the Centre holds an annual Health Promotion Summer School; offers workshops, training and consultation in health promotion planning, evaluation and communications; hosts workshops, day-long symposia, and conferences; and hosts international visitors. The Centre draws together many disciplines from across the University of Toronto and works closely with health promotion professionals/practitioners in public and private settings to meet their research and education needs.
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Centre for Health Promotion Studies
University of Alberta
5-10 University Extension Centre
8303 – 112 Street
Edmonton, AB T6G 2T4
Telephone: (780) 492-9412 Fax: (780) 492-9579
Website: http://www.chps.ualberta.ca
Dr. Kim Raine, Director and Associate Professor
Email: kim.raine@ualberta.ca
The
aim of the Centre for Health Promotion Studies is to foster interdisciplinary
teaching and research and to build community and academic partnerships for
health promotion. The Centre was established at the University of Alberta in
1996 by the Health Sciences Council. The Centre offers three graduate programs designed to encourage research and to prepare leaders for
organizations that plan and deliver population health promotion programs: Master of Science (thesis), Master of Science
(course-based), and a Postgraduate Diploma. As of December 2001, 43 individuals have
graduated from these unique, interdisciplinary programs. Centre faculty, recruited for their expertise in
varied health-related disciplines, hold joint-appointments in the Faculties of
Agricultural, Food, and Nutritional Science; Medicine and Dentistry; Nursing;
and Physical Education and Recreation. The Centre fosters interdisciplinary,
collaborative health promotion research inside and outside the U of A to help
meet the health needs of Albertans and Canadians. Research activity advances
knowledge about the social, psychological, economic, and cultural determinants
of health status, health behaviour, and health services use. Community and
academic partnerships are integral to the work of the Centre and creative
strategies, including a Web site (www.chps.ualberta.ca),
newsletter, monograph series, discussion paper, and Research Days, are used to
strengthen communication with broad audiences
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Community Health Promotion Coalition
University of Victoria
P.O. Box 3060, Stn CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 3R4
Telephone: (250) 472-4102 Fax: (250) 472-4836
Dr. Marcia Hills, Director
Website: http://web.uvic.ca/~chpc
E-Mail: mhills@uvic.ca or chpc@uvic.ca
The Community Health Promotion Coalition (CHPC) cultivates and enhances community-oriented collaborative research, development, and practice in all areas of health promotion. We work in partnership with the community to help study and find solutions to community-identified problems that affect health, including economic, social, ecological, psychological and biological factors. We operate as a partnership with the University of Victoria,
community groups, government policy-makers, and other academic researchers. Since our inception in 1990, we have received funding from the NHRDP, SSHRC, BC Ministry of Health, Women's Health Bureau, BCHRF, and Health Canada.
Key areas of research include: specialized methodology for community research; collaboration in nonprofit community agencies; women-centred health care; empowerment and self-agency; and health promotion with health professionals. Other activities include training, education, mentorship of community members and new researchers, and the establishment of a
Clearinghouse for community-based research. Research associates contribute their expertise in collaborative curriculums, collaborative action research, evaluation, heart health, psychology, sociology, anthropology, women's health, non-profit organizations, and multiculturalism to the CHPC.
The CHPC is a unique coalition of academics, community groups, and policy-makers. Through our partnerships the Coalition ensures we involve all stakeholders in creating research and education projects that are relevant to the community-at-large.
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Community Health Research Unit
Ottawa-Carleton Health Department
495 Richmond Road
Ottawa, ON
K2A 4A4
Telephone: (613) 562-5800, Ext. 8262 Fax: (613) 562-5443
Website: http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/med/epid/chru.html
Dr. Nancy Edwards, Director
Email: nedwards@zeus.med.uottawa.ca
The Community Health Research Unit (CHRU), a collaboration between the Ottawa-Carleton Health Department and the University of Ottawa, is a health system-linked research unit funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health from 1989 to the present.
The CHRU goals are to: 1) create new knowledge for effective public health practice in the areas of strengthening self care capacity and action, fostering collective capacity (communities) and building supportive environments and the interactions within these areas; 2) promote the application of research findings to public health practice settings in order to influence changes led by practitioners and policy makers; 3) foster transdisciplinary inquiry; and 4) build reciprocal network linkages between practitioners and researchers within the health promotion and public health communities locally, nationally and internationally. Project topics are defined by health models and the need to understand, measure, intervene, and/or disseminate findings in the areas of public health practice and policy.
The current research programs and areas of expertise that fall within one or more of these goals emphasize the following topic areas - falls injury prevention with the elderly, smoking cessation, HIV/AIDS prevention, community capacity for health action, and process areas - stages of change, and multiple intervention strategies.
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Gerontology Research Centre
Simon Fraser University
2800- 515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver, BC
V6B 5K3
Tel: (604)291-5062 Fax: (604)291-5066
Website: http://www.harbour.sfu.ca/gero/
Dr. Gloria M. Gutman, Director
E-mail: gutman@sfu.ca
The Simon Fraser University Gerontology Research Centre (GRC) was established to (a) conduct, foster and facilitate research on individual and population aging, (b) serve both the University and the community as a central source of information about aging and the aged, (c) provide consultation and technical assistance with respect to planning, developing and evaluating services for older persons, and (d) promote interdisciplinary and intersectoral communication and collaboration involving consumers, the public and voluntary sectors, researchers, educators and the general public.
The GRC opened in 1982, largely to serve persons providing direct service to older persons, administrators, planners, policymakers, researchers, educators and students. The research focus of the GRC is applied gerontology. Specific areas of research concentration are: Health Promotion/Population Health and Aging; Aging and the Built Environment; Changing Demography and Lifestyles; Prevention of Victimization and Exploitation of the Elderly; and Older Adult Education. The GRC offers contract research services and consulting services on a wide range of topics related to population health and aging including: design/development of housing and care facilities for the elderly, health and social services, pensions and retirement policy, mental fitness, physical fitness, and legal and ethical issues.
The associated Gerontology Program offers undergraduate and postgraduate training in gerontology (of special note is a Masters specialization in Health Promotion/Population Health and Aging), an annual non-credit course on "Research Methods for Health Care Professionals" and custom courses for foreign visitors, community groups and agencies (study tours, lectures, seminars). The GRC publishes books, reports and two newsletters, it has a specialized library and information service, organizes at least two conferences annually,
and serves as Secretariat for the International Association of Gerontology.
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Groupe de recherche et d'intervention en promotion de la santé de l'Université de Laval
Faculté des sciences infirmières
Pavillon Paul-Comtois 4108-J
Université Laval
Québec, QC
G1K 7P4
Téléphone: (418) 656-2131, Ext. 7431 Télécopieur: (418) 656-7747
Website: http://www.ulaval.ca/fsi/gripsul.html
Dr. Michel O'Neill et Dr. Gaston Godin, Co-Directeurs
Email: michel.oneill@fsi.ulaval.ca
GRIPSUL was set up to be the informal focal point for health promotion activities at Laval University. Although it was created in 1990, it wasn’t officially recognized by the University until May 1997 as a multifaculty multidisciplinary center anchored at the Faculty of Nursing with key partners in many academic units of the University. Partners outside the university include other academics, and governmental and non governmental organisations at the local, regional, national and international levels.
Areas of focus for research are: (a) research on behaviour change in the domain of health (especially behaviours adopted in the context of health prevention and promotion and behaviours
with an ethical dimension); (b) research on socio-political environments (in particular, the healthy cities movement and methods to intervene politically in health promotion). In addition to research, GRIPSUL conducts training, evaluation and consultation serving the scientific community, students, health related professionals, governmental and non governemental organizations, and community groups.
A special feature of GRIPSUL is that it is a WHO Collaborating Center on the Development of Healthy Cities and Towns.
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Groupe de recherche interdisciplinaire en santé
Université de Montréal
CP 6128 Succursale Centre-Ville
Montréal, QC
H3C 3J7
Téléphone : (514)343-6185 Télécopieur : (514)343-2207
Website: http://www.gris.umontreal.ca/
Dr. Lucie Richard
The interdisciplinary health research group at the Université de Montréal comprises thirty researchers working in health service-related fields. The main areas of expertise developed over the last twenty years are: organization and use of health services, evaluation of interventions in the health field, primary care, international health and health promotion. Seven researchers, fifteen doctoral students and three post-doctoral trainees are concentrating on three areas of health promotion.
The first type of research focuses on basic developments in theories around both models of change in individuals and environmental factors which influence health. Recognizing the importance of immediate environments as determinants of health, other projects focus on people`s living environment, social networks, families and organizations and their influence on health. More recently, certain projects have examined the interactions between health and the wider, structural environments of communities and public policies.
The second type of research is concerned with the assessment of interventions in health promotion. Certain projects focus specifically on program evaluation while other more methodological and theoretical projects examine possible solutions to problems inherent in evaluating programmes in health promotion.
The third type of research follows the development of models and theories of intervention in health promotion. Such research integrates knowledge derived from theoretical studies and evaluation. The research generates models and principles which may allow practitioners to structure their actions more effectively in health promotion.
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Health Promotion Research Group
Department of Community Health Sciences
University of Calgary
3330 Hospital Dr. NW
Calgary, Alberta Canada
T2N 4N1
Telephone: (403) 220-8053 Fax: (403) 270-7307
Website: www.ucalgary.ca/~hprguc
Email: hprguc@ucalgary.ca
Penny Hawe, PhD, Co-chair
Phone: (403) 220-8242
Cathie Scott, PhD, Co-chair
Phone: (403) 210-3814
The Health Promotion
Research Group (HPRG) at the University of Calgary is a multidisciplinary group
of researchers linked with practitioners and health care policy and decision
makers. The mission of HPRG is to improve health and well being of communities
through multidisciplinary health promotion research carried out through
collaboration among University of Calgary and community groups.
The goals of the Group are to
Institute for Health Promotion Research
University of British Columbia
2206 East Mall, Room 324
Vancouver, BC
V6T 1Z4
Tel: (604) 822-2258 Fax: (604) 822-9210
Website: http://www.ihpr.ubc.ca
Dr. Annalee Yassi, Director
Email: annaleey@aol.com
Established in 1990, the UBC Institute of Health Promotion Research provides a focus for interdisciplinary collaboration on research, education and community partnerships in health promotion and population health. IHPR seeks to bridge the University's research and educational programs across the behavioural, biomedical, educational, environmental and social sciences and to bring them into closer working relationships with community groups and agencies. Our research examines social, behavioural and environmental determinants of health and factors that predispose, enable and reinforce individual and collective actions in relation to these determinants.
Key areas of recent and ongoing research include: the study of health goals and health impact assessment; examination of health behaviours, self-care, mutual aid and coping with chronic illness (particularly in relation to cardiovascular diseases, cancer and arthritis); research on health professionals' role in health promotion; participatory research and the study of community participation in health promotion; development and dissemination of health promotion technologies; and evaluation of health promotion and population health initiatives in community, school, clinical and worksite settings (especially worksite health promotion, injury control and smoking cessation).
IHPR works with practitioners, patients or consumers, service providers, government and nongovernmental organizations, policy-makers and other researchers to conduct grant and contract-funded health promotion, disease prevention and population health research. It has conducted annual summer institutes, other forms of continuing education, and provided consultation to local, provincial, national and international organizations. Noteworthy features of IHPR include its network of over 110 faculty associates and its interdisciplinary approach to work with doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars and bringing university-based scientists together with practitioners and policymakers.
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Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
University of Saskatchewan
Health Sciences Building
107 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5
Phone: (306) 966-7932 Fax: (306) 966-7920
Website: http://www.usask.ca/healthsci/che/prhprc/
Acting Coordinator: Georgia Bell-Woodward
The Centre has been in existence since 1993 and has built a network which
includes formally affiliated researchers (over 150 faculty, graduate students or
independent consultants linked to the five universities in the region -
Saskatchewan and Manitoba) and over 150 community-based, practitioner and
policy-making organizations. In addition, many hundreds of other researchers and
practitioners have participated in Centre-sponsored research or training events
and in our communication network.
Since the end of core funding in April 1999, the Centre has
focussed within the province of Saskatchewan, on building health promotion
capacity within health districts and other organizations; and internationally,
on fostering participatory methods for teaching health workers and supporting
their empowering practice in the community. Major partners in this new phase of
the Centre's work include: Saskatchewan Health, Health Canada, Heart and Stroke
Foundation of Saskatchewan, and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
The Centre's activities integrate capacity development and
knowledge development, in the following areas: generic skills and knowledge for
health promotion practice; reflective practice; approaches to building health
promotion capacity at the individual and organizational levels; practice-based
research; needs assessment, planning and program evaluation; community
development; and transformative teaching/learning methodologies for community
health practice. In these areas, the Centre's activities include: training
(through courses, workshops, and summer schools); consultation (on issues of
practice and applied research); and networking (development and maintenance of
peer and collegial networks, both electronic and face-to-face).
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Rural Development Institute, Brandon University
270-18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba R7A 6A9
Web site: http://www.brandonu.ca/rdi/
Director: Dr. Robert Annis
Email: annis@brandonu.ca
Brandon
University, located in the centre of a rural environment, established Rural
Development Institute (RDI) in 1989 to provide a link between research and the
rural community by addressing issues of significance to rural areas and
communities. In addition to conducting research and outreach activities, RDI has
an extensive list of publications on topics and issues relevant to rural areas.
RDI's
research areas and expertise include
RDI
research projects are characterized by building cooperative and collaborative
relationships with multi-stakeholder groups. The Institute works closely with
rural communities, policy makers and practitioners and builds upon linkages with
researchers across Canada. These linkages enable the Rural Development Institute
to remain at the forefront of academic and applied research in community
economic development.
Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit
107 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5E5
Phone: (306) 966-2349 Fax: (306) 966-7920
Director: Dr. Ronald Labonte
e-mail: ronald.labonte@usask.ca
York Centre for Health Studies, York University
214 York Lane
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3
Phone: (416) 736-5941 Fax: (416) 736-5986
Website: http://www.yorku.ca/ychs
Director: Dr. Marcia Rioux