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Marina Morrow Associate Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University May 31, 2010

Marina Morrow Associate Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University May 31, 2010. CGSM Structure. The Centre operates under the direction of Marina Morrow with the assistance of Elliot Goldner (SFU) and Howard Chodos (MHCC) Research Development (led by Dr. Morrow)

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Marina Morrow Associate Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University May 31, 2010

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  1. Marina Morrow Associate Professor Faculty of Health Sciences Simon Fraser University May 31, 2010

  2. CGSM Structure The Centre operates under the direction of Marina Morrow with the assistance of Elliot Goldner (SFU) and Howard Chodos (MHCC) • Research Development (led by Dr. Morrow) • Training, Mentoring, and Capacity Building (led by Dr. Goldner) • Knowledge Exchange as it pertains to the MHCC (led by Dr. Chodos) 30 co-investigators, 11 Advisory Committee members, 10 Collaborators (“Knowledge Brokers”), 3 core staff, 2 trainees (Viviane Josewski, Jake Pyne) and one post doctoral fellow (Richard Ingram)

  3. Centre Staff Brenda Jamer, Manager Research & Administration Lupin Battersby, Manager Information & Communications Renee Cormier, Research Associate & Grants Facilitator Julia Weisser, Researcher

  4. Other CIHR Funded Centres for Research Development • CIHR Centre for intercultural research on prevention of gender violence (CIHR-CIPREV) (CIET Ottawa, Nominated PI: Neil Andersson) • Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan (McMaster, Hamilton, Nominated PI: Harriet MacMillan)

  5. Values of the Centre • Innovations in methodology • Interdisciplinary & cross sectoral • Value ‘lived experience’ and strive to create a supportive work environment

  6. Goal To create and support collaborative interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral teams of researchers and research users who are committed to eliminating gender disparities and social inequities in the area of mental health and substance use through: • The generation of new knowledge; • The implementation of knowledge exchange mechanisms designed to inform the development of appropriate programs, policies and interventions that will ultimately improve the mental health of men and women in Canada and the international community.

  7. Objectives • To support an environment for the development of collaborative partnerships among interdisciplinary and multi-sectoral teams of researchers and research users; • To further develop and integrate gender and sex based analysis tools and methods to address gender and social inequities in the field of mental health and substance use, and to explore the applicability of other methodological frameworks;

  8. Objectives continued… • To foster the development of research initiatives; • To develop, implement, and evaluate innovative mechanisms for knowledge exchange and integration; • To provide high quality training and mentorship of students and community researchers

  9. Five priority research themes: • Mental Health Reform • Recovery and Housing • Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use • Reproductive Mental Health • Criminal Justice System, Mental Health, and Substance Use

  10. Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use • Co-leaders: Lorraine Halinka Malcoe and Victoria Smye • Additional members: Jill Cory, Bonnie Duran, Marlene Moretti, Tessa Parkes, Colleen Varcoe, Viviane Josewski (Centre trainee)

  11. Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use - Goal: To foster an interdisciplinary multi-method research program conducted in partnership with researchers, communities, health agencies, knowledge brokers and stakeholders that creates new knowledge on the links between social and structural determinants of health, violence against women/woman abuse, substance use and mental health across the lifespan, and promotes the provision of integrated, gender-based policies, practices and interventions, including risk reduction and violence prevention.

  12. Violence, Mental Health, and Substance Use – Key Issues: Key issues: • Need for innovative, interdisciplinary, multi-method approaches for generating new knowledge on the intersections among social and structural inequities, violence against women/woman abuse, substance use and mental health across the lifespan. • Need for innovative intervention, policy, practice and care models that address the intersections among social and structural inequities, violence against women/woman abuse, substance use and mental health across the lifespan.

  13. Centre Activities Research Development • Small projects • Scoping/synthesis review • Research proposal development Knowledge Exchange • Publications, conferences, world cafes • Website development & E-bulletin • Policy briefs • Engagement of Advisory Committee and Knowledge Brokers

  14. Training, Mentoring & Capacity Building • Trainee-led projects • Post-doc led projects • Colloquia • Summer Institute • Practica

  15. Activities to Date: • Hiring of staff • Post-doc & trainees • Advisory Committee meetings • Grant/research development • Co-investigator workshop (January, 2010) • Workshop and official launch (June, 2010) • Trainee colloquia • Forums • Website & communications plan

  16. Contact Information Brenda Jamer, Manager of Research and Administration brenda_jamer@sfu.ca www.socialinequities.ca (available June 2010)

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