2024 Convening & Collaborating award recipients
The Convening & Collaborating (C2) Program is designed to build capacity for the development and use of research evidence in practice, policy and further research by promoting knowledge exchange between health researchers and research users.
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Fraser Health Authority
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Establishing a Patient-Centred Collaborative Research Model to Inform Research Priority Setting within Fraser Health’s Mental Health and Substance Use Services Program
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University of Victoria
Partner(s) 
BC Nurses' Union 
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Planning for Implementing a 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse Role in the BC Health System: Promoting Equity in Our Communities
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University of Northern British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Pacific Public Health Foundation 
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Co-creating a research roadmap for an innovative virtual health delivery model to recruit and retain health workforce in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.
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University of British Columbia
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Seizing the Window of Opportunity: Co-creating an Enhanced Prenatal Care Program to Build Resilience among Socially Vulnerable Populations
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University of Victoria
Partner(s) 
Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation (LJHMF) 
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Collaborative Planning of an Evaluation Framework for Peer Involvement in Cannabis Substitution within a Managed Alcohol Program
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University of Victoria
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Evaluating Wolves’ Den: A traumatic brain injury-focussed peer support and education group
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University of British Columbia
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Convening and Collaborating to Assess Mental Health Needs in the Filipino Community
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University of Victoria
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STBBI Priorities for Small Urban, Rural and Remote BC Communities: Research and Evaluation Summit
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Royal Roads University
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Pregnancy Loss Rates in British Columbia, Canada: Pathways to Improved Care for Patients and Families Impacted by Pregnancy Loss
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University of Victoria
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Population aging: Co-development of a research agenda on supports to stay at home from the perspective of older adults and caregivers with lived experiences in rural and remote communities
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University of the Fraser Valley
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Engaging Civil Society Organizations Working with Immigrant Populations to Develop a Two-way Approach in Health Communication Strategies during Public Health Emergencies in British Columbia
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Interior Health Authority
Partner(s) 
Health Quality BC (HQBC) 
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Co-developing system integrations and a research agenda for adverse drug event reporting and digital health at Interior Health
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Interior Health Authority
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Engaging rural community members in building a rural clinical trials program
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University of British Columbia
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Healthy Aging Among Trans People Using Hormone Therapy: Setting the Research Agenda
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University of Victoria
Partner(s) 
BC Nurses' Union 
Host institution
University of British Columbia
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Promoting sleep health for families in British Columbia foster and kinship care
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University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Health Aging 
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Engaging ethnocultural communities in health-promoting programs: the role of trust
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University of British Columbia
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Identifying research priorities relating to stimulant use in the context of the unregulated drug poisoning emergency in British Columbia
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University of Victoria
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Mindfulness as Medicine: Co-Developing a Program of Research to Improve Physician Wellbeing Through a Meditation Community of Practice
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University of British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
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Hungry Stories: Nourishing food insecurity research that connects dietitians, artists, public health practitioners and communities to co-develop research towards food insecurity solutions
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University of British Columbia
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Early Intervention for Eating Disorders in British Columbia: Co-Development of a Research Strategy
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Royal Roads University
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Prioritizing Steps to address oncofertility and supportive care needs with young adults identifying as men in BC
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Simon Fraser University
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Examining unregulated drug use among construction workers in the South Asian diaspora
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University of Victoria
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Building Relationships and a Reciprocal Research Agenda for the Unlearning & Undoing White Supremacy and Indigenous Specific Racism Lab for Population and Public Health in BC
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University of British Columbia
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Setting Direction for Advancing Digital Health Literacy Training Support to Optimize Older Adults’ Technology Use in Chronic Cardiovascular Disease Self-Care
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Simon Fraser University
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Community-Crafted Priorities for Wildlife Health and Food Sovereignty in Akisq'nuk First Nation
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University of Victoria
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Generating New Ways to Address Real-World Problems in Seniors Health and Healthcare in British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
BC Nurses' Union 
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Building a practice-based research learning community in British Columbia to strengthen learning health systems and health human resources
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Simon Fraser University
Partner(s) 
Pacific Public Health Foundation 
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Identifying research priorities to support the evaluation of “upstream” health promotion initiatives in British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
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Working Together: Co-development of a person-centred approach to medical-dental integration in a Community Health Center serving structurally vulnerable women and children
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University of British Columbia
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Empowering Integrated Care for Healthy Aging: Co-developing a Collaborative Plan with South Asian and Chinese Communities for Inclusion and Equity
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University of British Columbia
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Co-creating a Community of Practice around Substance Use and Employment to Address the Social Determinants of Drug Toxicity and Overdose in British Columbia
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University of Victoria
Partner(s) 
BC Nurses' Union 
Project title
Co-Creating Collaborative Pathways: Advancing Indigenous Clinical Nurse Specialist Roles
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Provincial Health Services Authority
Host institution
University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation and Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Health Aging 
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Help BC Hear Better: Identifying gaps in knowledge and setting our research agenda
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Simon Fraser University
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Creating a research agenda to improve treatment for patients with epilepsy in BC
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University of British Columbia
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Indigenous, community and research partnership to collaboratively explore environmental justice, unconventional gas development (UGD), wildfires, and health in Northeast British Columbia
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University of British Columbia
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Making moves towards active living after hip and knee replacement surgery: A consensus meeting of healthcare providers, fitness leaders and people with lived experience
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University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Pacific Public Health Foundation 
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Co-developing research priorities to address digital determinants of health among historically marginalized populations disproportionately affected by sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections
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University of British Columbia
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Estimating the economic impacts of extreme weather events on healthcare systems: A qualitative inquiry to inform the development of an evaluation framework.
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University of British Columbia
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A path to success: Convening service providers and patients to understand diabetes prevention care referral pathways and co-develop a research agenda for the interior of BC
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University of British Columbia
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Co-developing a needs-derived research strategy toward forming a Digital Health Research Centre at BC Children’s and Women’s Hospitals
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University of Victoria
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Healthy youth then, healthy adults now? Strategic planning for the midlife follow-up of the Victoria Healthy Youth Survey
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Simon Fraser University
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University of British Columbia
Project title
Reproductive Aging and Recurrent Pregnancy Loss: Establishing A Research Advisory Board
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Provincial Health Services Authority
Partner(s) 
BC Nurses' Union 
Project title
Chronic Pain and Women’s Health: Developing and Scaling Out Sex and Gender Informed Resources to Nursing Students and Educators in BC
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University of Victoria
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Incorporating Social-Emotional Learning into Youth Suicide Prevention Efforts in Schools: The development of a comprehensive toolkit for Island Health’s School Health Promotion Specialists
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University of Victoria
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Developing a scale-up and evaluation plan for the Healthy Hips and Knees exercise program across B.C.
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University of British Columbia
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Modernizing brain injury services in British Columbia: Developing research priorities for children, youth, and young adults
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University of the Fraser Valley
Partner(s) 
Alzheimer Society of B.C. 
Project title
Building Age and Dementia Curriculum to Address Ageism and Support Development of Meaningful Intergenerational Connections
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University
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Sexual and reproductive health of women and LGBTQ+ international students from India
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University of Victoria
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Community Collaboration in the Gamification of a Proactive mHealth Intervention for Late-Life Cognitive Health
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Simon Fraser University
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Advancing sexual health equity in BC through intersectoral collaboration across education and healthcare
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University of British Columbia
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XR Technology to Support Students with Mood Disorders: Co-Developing a Research Agenda
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University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Pacific Public Health Foundation 
Project title
Enhancing Well-Being in the North: Co-Developing a Community-Based Participatory Action Research Strategy to support mental health & redress health inequities with precariously housed people in BC
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University of British Columbia
Partner(s) 
Pacific Public Health Foundation 
Project title
Beyond Pills: Exploring Pharmacists' Role in Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Services
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