Community Engaged research in partnership with ACORN Hamilton: ACORN members – tenants from across Hamilton – will be invited to share their lived experiences of extreme heat as well as ideas for addressing the heat crisis across the city. The knowledge shared will be incorporated into a map-based heat risk resource that is being developed in the context of a larger community-based study. The overall goal is to co-create a platform through which community voices can visibilize and humanize a crisis that is often unseen.

In collaboration with Ontario Nature, Nature at McMaster (under Outdoor Recreation) is working to establish snake research transects. These research transects involve weekly surveys to assess snake biodiversity and population health on and around McMaster University Campus.  
Through volunteer outreach associated with this project, we plan to promote snake conservation, field research experience, and involvement in McMaster research initiatives with our volunteer community. We hope to educate volunteers on snake ecology, and the threats Ontario’s native snakes are facing. Further, we hope to provide invaluable field work experience and training in wildlife monitoring. Our goal is to promote community-engaged research and education in snake monitoring. 

The goal of this project is to complete qualitative research into how parents and caregivers in the Hamilton region perceive healthy eating and the importance of these interpretations in the context of a national school food program. While the importance of healthy food has been identified in prior research and in the federal government’s school food policy, these points are often vague and broadly refer to ideas of “healthy food”. Examining how parents interpret health and how this understanding impacts the lives of themselves and their children will provide insight on how the federal government’s proposed national school food program might be updated to better accommodate the diverse Canadian population.

Seeds and Stories is an interactive, community-driven initiative that fosters science communication, personal growth, and lifelong learning among families and school-age children. This program is a collaboration between McMaster University students and the Hamilton Public Library (HPL), designed to make science accessible, engaging, and relevant to young learners. Developed as part of LIFESCI 4E03: Science and Storytelling, this course component allows students to apply what they are learning in a real-world setting.

Co-lead and co-design a workshop with the Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton and Area (SACHA) to educate undergraduate medical students about the principles of trauma informed care and its practical applications. Full day workshop about a trauma informed approach to patient care for undergraduate medical students, Fall 2025

This project aims to address systemic barriers to justice by providing culturally relevant and linguistically inclusive public legal education tailored to the diverse Black community in Hamilton. Based on the needs assessment conducted by the current and inaugural Bilingual Black Justice Coordinator, it has been identified that there is a significant need for increased multilingual accessibility in community-engaged programming and events. The initiative will strengthen participants’ knowledge of their legal rights and access to justice resources, offering sessions in multiple languages, including English, French, Somali, and Arabic. 

This project aims to develop a public education toolkit in consultation with the community partners, Interval House Hamilton to equip gender-based violence service providers with the language and resources to address and critically engage with discussions of Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TFGBV).

This collaboration will create opportunities for the IndigiNerds students to give back to the community and assist with building programming and workshops that are accessible and benefit everyone in the community. The program helps to decrease food insecurity by providing healthy, fresh, affordable food to the community. The partnership encourages healthy eating habits, promotes sustainable farming practices, and helps build skills and capacity for future generations to grow their own food and access affordable or free locally grown food. The workshops, offered free of charge to the community, create a space for community interaction, building relationships and fostering a sense of belonging.

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