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Artist-Researcher and McMaster PhD Graduate, Cathy Paton, has received a Post-Doctoral Fellowship to lead the creation of Centre[4] Art & Research, a collaboration between Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice, and the Community Research Platform (CRP) at McMaster University.

The Community Research Platform (CRP) is seeking a part-time Project Officer/Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator to advance the CRP’s research and knowledge mobilization infrastructure, processes, and resources.

The panel presentation entitled Emotions Matter: Emotional Labour Training And Resilience Skill Building in Public Library Work will take place on February 2nd from 10:30am-11:30am at the OLA conference held at Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

The Community Research Platform (CRP), through its Community-Engaged Research (CER) Graduate Student Internship Program, has awarded five graduate student internships.

Peer support services offered by the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Hamilton Branch offer an “overwhelmingly positive experience,” according to a new McMaster study that offers best practices to help them scale up.

The Community Research Platform is excited to announce the launch of a new CER Graduate Student Internship Program.

As a Researcher-in-Residence at the Hamilton Public Library, Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. Kaitlin Wynia Baluk worked with library workers to produce a research tool kit to aid in the development and advancement of meaningful, mutually beneficial research partnerships between Public Libraries and Post-Secondary institutions.

Rachel VanEvery, PhD. Candidate in the Department of Health, Aging and Society, has been awarded a Mitacs Accelerate grant for a research internship with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of Hamilton. The project, Investigating the Role of Peer Support in Reducing the Harms of Substance Use and Advancing Recovery: A Qualitative Analysis of CMHA Hamilton’s Community Mental Health Peer Support Initiatives, will be supervised by Dr. James Gillett, Associate Professor, Health, Aging and Society.

Dr. Diana Singh’s "Emotions Matter Study" featured on McMaster University’s news platform: Brighter World.

Leora talks about a day in her life, the work being done by the CRP and what she considers her dream trip.

The Community Research Platform (CRP) is excited to share that three of the platform’s Steering Committee members have been appointed as Adjunct Professors at McMaster.

Dr. Diana Singh has been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant (COVID-19 Special Initiative) in collaboration with the Canadian Mental Health Association (Hamilton Branch)