The Kona Project: Reimagining Black Health in Canada

Funded by:
The Connaught Fund
Duration:
2023-2025

This project seeks to organize, develop the infrastructure, and support the creation of a transdisciplinary team of Black researchers and supporting allies. The goal is to advance synergies in social-structural health research to accelerate the development of strategies to eliminate Black health disparities.This project will open discussion channels among Black-led organizations, health service users, and researchers who will receive direction on their work and increase their capacity to collaboratively address health research priorities with Black communities. The results will lead to the development of a research agenda to support the reduction and elimination of Black health disparities through interdisciplinary collaboration between Black university-based researchers and Black community leaders. The agenda will guide evidence based research, policy decisions, and priorities for Black communities. The project will produce a model for best practices for Black community-led research interventions and models of Black community-academic partnerships.

The Kona Project: Reimagining Black Health in Canada

Funded by:
The Connaught Fund
Duration:
2023-2025

This project seeks to organize, develop the infrastructure, and support the creation of a transdisciplinary team of Black researchers and supporting allies. The goal is to advance synergies in social-structural health research to accelerate the development of strategies to eliminate Black health disparities.This project will open discussion channels among Black-led organizations, health service users, and researchers who will receive direction on their work and increase their capacity to collaboratively address health research priorities with Black communities. The results will lead to the development of a research agenda to support the reduction and elimination of Black health disparities through interdisciplinary collaboration between Black university-based researchers and Black community leaders. The agenda will guide evidence based research, policy decisions, and priorities for Black communities. The project will produce a model for best practices for Black community-led research interventions and models of Black community-academic partnerships.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic response on chronic disease management and quality of life (QOL) in Indigenous and Black communities in Ontario
Inlight Student Mental Health Research, I Am Because We Are – The Ubuntu Black University Student Mental Wellness Project ( The Ubuntu Project).
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Strengthening Community Capacity For HIV Prevention And Care Among African Caribbean And Black (ACB) Women In Ontario: An Interdisciplinary Community Based Participatory Research Initiative
The Aya Circle of Care Project
Brief eHealth Counselling Intervention Effectiveness
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities.