Strong Families, Strong Communities

Knowledge Mobilization Project

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Urban Indigenous communities

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African Nova Scotian communities

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Immigrant and Refugee communities

Project Team Members

Principal Investigator:

  • Sara Torres, School of Social Work, Laurentian University

Co-Investigator:

  • Nancy Ross, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University

Co-Investigator:

  • Barbara Hamilton-Hinch, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University

Collaborators:

  • Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University
  • Jemell Moriah, Association of Black Social Workers of Nova Scotia
  • Wenche Gausdal, Director, Refugee Settlement, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
  • Winnie Grant, Director Department of Community Services

Project coordinators:

  • Chloe Pictou – Urban Indigenous Community
  • Marsha Hudson-Ash – African Nova Scotian Community
  • Stephanie Barrón – Immigrant and Refugee Community
  • Jenica Witkowski – Practicum BSW Student Dalhousie University

Research Team Members

Principal Investigator: 

  • Sara Torres, School of Social Work, Laurentian University

Principal Investigator:

  • Ingrid Waldron, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University

Co-Investigator:

  • Nancy Ross, School of Social Work, Dalhousie University

Co-Investigator:

  • Winnie Grant, Association of Black Social Workers of Nova Scotia

Partners:

  • Jemell Moriah, Association of Black Social Workers of Nova Scotia
  • Natalie Downey, Department of Community Services
  • Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy, Schulich School of Law Faculty of Law, Dalhousie University
  • Wenche Gausdal, Director, Refugee Settlement, Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia (ISANS)
  • Leah Carrier, Research Assistant, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University

Dalhousie University
Laurentian University
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada