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President’s Awards for Community-Engaged Research

Overview

The President’s Awards for Community-Engaged Research (PACER) support and celebrate collaborative research partnerships between McMaster University and communities in the Golden Horseshoe and Southwestern Ontario. These partnerships advance community priorities through meaningful research grounded in principles of reciprocity, equity, and shared knowledge production.

There are two $10,000 awards annually:

  1. PACER for Established Projects & Longstanding Partnerships – for mature partnerships with demonstrated impact
  2. PACER for Grassroots Projects & Emerging Partnerships – for new or early-stage collaborations

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New This Year

We’re excited to share that what was once two streams under the PACER is now evolving into two separate awards.

  • Established Projects Award: continues to celebrate established projects and longstanding partnerships ($10,000)
  • Grassroots Projects Award: a new dedicated award supporting grassroots projects and emerging partnerships ($10,000)

This change gives each type of partnership its own spotlight and helps us celebrate the full range of community-engaged research happening in collaboration with McMaster researchers and community in the Golden Horseshoe and Southwestern Ontario.

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Applications for the 2025 Cycle are now CLOSED.

Full nomination package deadlines are extended to Monday, January 19 2026.

Side-by-Side Comparison of Award Streams

Criteria Grassroots Projects Award Established Projects Award
Partnership Age Typically under two (2) years but no less than six (6) months in existence Typically two (2) or more years of collaboration but no less than one (1) year in existence
Purpose Build trust, co-develop goals, explore ideas Deepen impact, scale up, evaluate, or sustain efforts
Stage of Work Early-stage, planning, exploratory Mid- to late-stage, with prior outputs
Examples of Eligible Activities Relationship-building workshops, story circles, community scans, co-creation events Program evaluation, expansion of successful models, co-publication, policy translation, knowledge mobilization
Output Requirements Process-focused outcomes, shared understanding, capacity building Clear deliverables, measurable impact, dissemination strategies
Funding Need Typically for teams without prior funding

Preference will be given to nominations that demonstrate a need to increase capacity and funding through the award grant, without which, their research project would not be able to continue

 Teams may have prior or current funding; award enhances existing work
Eligibility Requirement At least one (1) faculty + one (1) community member At least one (1) faculty + one (1) community member
Evaluation Criteria Includes justification for seed funding and partnership-building Includes demonstration of past impact, shared governance, sustainability
Student Involvement Encouraged Encouraged

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  • Proposals may be submitted by faculty, community partners, or jointly.
  • McMaster staff/faculty are required to upload the application, but community leads can fully co-author proposals.
  • If you’re unsure how to proceed, reach out to Shahad Al-Saqqar (alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca) for support.

We strive to ensure inclusive access. If your team faces technical or institutional barriers, please contact us for alternative submission options or accessibility accommodations.

We especially encourage applications from partnerships that:

  • Serve or are led by equity-deserving or marginalized communities
  • Use anti-racist, decolonial, or intersectional approaches
  • Demonstrate commitments to language justice, accessibility, or cultural safety

Award recipients will be invited to:

  • Share insights at the annual PACER celebration event
  • Submit a short (2-page) final report or creative reflection
  • Be profiled through OCE newsletter, website, social media, or publications

PACER Eligibility and Nomination Process

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Established Projects Awards Grassroots Projects Awards
Eligible Nominators

  • McMaster students, staff, faculty, and/or community partners are all able to nominate colleagues and partners. The nominator must be outside of the partnership group being nominated. 
 Eligible Nominators

  • McMaster students, staff, faculty, and/or community partners are all able to nominate colleagues and partners. The nominator must be outside of the partnership group being nominated. 
Eligible Nominees

  • Teams nominated for the President’s Awards for Community-Engaged Research must have a minimum of one (1) faculty member and one (1) representative of a community group 
  • Initiatives must be established and in existence for a minimum of one (1) year to be considered 
 Eligible Nominees

  • Teams nominated for the President’s Awards for Community-Engaged Research must have a minimum of one (1) faculty member and one (1) representative of a community group 
  • Initiatives must be established and in existence for more than six (6) months to be considered 
  • Preference will be given to nominations that demonstrate a need to increase capacity and funding through the award grant, without which, their research project would not be able to continue 

Both awards, have a two-step nomination process.

Step 1: Submit a Nomination
The nomination submission should include the following details:

Established Projects Awards Grassroots Projects Awards
Context 

  • Who are you nominating?  (Name, Affiliations, Contact Information) 
  • What is their project?   
  • When did this partnership begin?  
  • Where does the partnership take place?  
 Context 

  • Who are you nominating?  (Name, Affiliations, Contact Information) 
  • What is their project?   
  • When did this partnership begin?  
  • Where does the partnership take place? 
Contributions 

  • Why is the partnership deserving of being nominated (i.e. how has the partnership impacted the broader community)?   
  • How does the partnership meet the criteria of the award? 
 Contributions 

  • Why is the partnership deserving of being nominated (i.e. What is/will be the impact of this project on the community?)  
  • Does the partnership lack capacity/funding to continue this project? If so, please describe the situation in detail. 
  • How does the partnership meet the criteria of the award? 

 

Step 2: Nominees Provide Supporting Documents
Along with the nomination, please submit the following supporting documents: 

Established Projects Awards Grassroots Projects Awards
Project Overview  

  • Project description 
  • Description of project partnerships  
  • Impact and community contributions of the project  
  • Student involvement 
  • Plans for funds 
  • How will this partnership use the award money to further their efforts?
 Project Overview  

  • Project description 
  • Description of project partnerships  
  • Impact and community contributions of the project  
  • Student involvement 
  • Demonstration of need and plans for funds 
  • Does the partnership lack capacity/funding to start or continue this project? If so, please describe the situation in detail. 
  • How will this partnership use the award money to further their efforts?
Faculty Member CV(s) 

One (1) CV per McMaster faculty member involved in the project 

 Faculty Member CV(s) 

One (1) CV per McMaster faculty member involved in the project 
Three (3) Letters of Recommendation  

Contents: 

  • Who/which project are you recommending? 
  • What is your relationship to the nominee(s)? 
  • Why is the partnership deserving of this award? 
  • How has the partnership impacted the community? 
 Three (3) Letters of Recommendation  

Contents: 

  • Who/which project are you recommending? 
  • What is your relationship to the nominee(s)? 
  • Why is the partnership deserving of this award? 
  • What is/will be the impact of this project on the community? 

All nominations will be evaluated by an interdisciplinary selection committee including student, instructor, staff, and community representatives on the following criteria:

  1. Does the partnership align with McMaster’s definition of community engagement* and model McMaster’s principles of community engagement?
  2. Does the partnership include students in the project, thereby building capacity for future leadership in the field?
  3. Does the partnership support and/or inspire change in the community(s) where the partnership is working? Is there a clear impact on the community(s)?
  4. Does the partnership have a clear plan to use the award money to further their efforts and benefit the community?
  5. For the grassroots stream: is there a demonstrated need for funding/increased capacity in order to start/continue the project?

*The definition of Community Engagement used to evaluate submissions includes:

  1. Valuing the expert knowledge and passion that members of the community have about their communities and issues affecting them
  2. Fostering ongoing collaboration between University and community partners on how to better understand and consider the issues identified as priorities by local communities
  3. Performing research with community members and partners for the public good within the local community

The Selection Committee consists of the following members:

  • Two faculty members
  • Two staff members
  • Two community representatives
  • Two student representatives

 

If you are submitting multiple files, please add all files to a folder before submitting.

  • Please use this form to submit your full package (nomination and supporting materials): https://forms.office.com/r/R8tL3zDcGH 
  • Please Note: Only McMaster staff and faculty are able to upload files/videos/recordings to the form (MS Forms restriction) but we recommend that project teams work collaboratively to complete the award package. 

If you are having any difficulty with the form or require an alternative method of submission, please reach out to Shahad Al-Saqqar (alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca) 

Nomination deadline is extended to January 19, 2026

If you have inquires or require assistance for putting together the nomination submission, please email Shahad Al-Saqqar at alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca

PACER FAQ

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Choose Grassroots & Emerging if you’re a small-scale partnership that is focused on locally grounded efforts with community-led priorities. You are just starting out, building trust, or exploring ideas together.

Choose Established & Longstanding if your partnership has a solid foundation, a track record, and a shared history of working together. You might be a bigger organization and already have access to funding and resources.

No. You should apply to the one category that best reflects the current stage of your partnership and the scale of the community partner’s organization. If you’re unsure, reach out to Shahad (alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca) for guidance.

We recognize that some partnerships are in a “middle space.” In such cases:

  • Consider your core project goals (e.g., are you still building trust or deepening impact?)
  • Look at your history together (e.g., have you collaborated on funded work before?)
  • Consider the scale of the community partner’s organization and the supports they have access to (e.g., is the work coming from grassroots community groups or established non-for-profits/hospital-based support groups/etc.)
  • If in doubt, reach out to Shahad Al-Saqqar (alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca) for guidance

Projects that take place in and have an impact in the Golden Horseshoe and Southwestern Ontario area constitute as a local project.

If you are unsure that the project you are nominating qualifies as a local project, please email Shahad Al-Saqqar for support at alsaqqss@mcmaster.ca

Community Engaged Research is a subset of action research: a family of research methodologies that pursue action (or change) and research (or understanding) at the same time. This award particularly recognizes individuals who incorporate the community as partners into their active research.

The Selection Committee especially appreciates nominations of projects which:

  1. value the expert knowledge and passion that members of the community have about their communities and issues affecting them
  2. foster ongoing collaboration between University and community partners on how to better understand and consider the issues identified as priorities by local communities
  3. perform research with community members and partners for the public good within the local community

For the purposes of this award, the two types of Community Engaged Research, Community-Based Research (CBR) and Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR), are equally valued

Community-Based Research involves collaboration between community groups and researchers for the purpose of creating new knowledge about a practical community issue to bring about social change and/or action. It is:

  1. built from the strengths of communities
  2. grounded in social justice and equity
  3. based on reciprocity and aims to provide mutual benefits to all partners
  4. flexible in the forms of knowledge it incorporates, collecting, analyzing, and sharing data in multiple ways to a variety of audiences
  5. focused on providing opportunities for co-learning
  6. supportive of ongoing collaboration among those involved

Community-Based Participatory Research focuses on joining with the community as full and equal partners in all phases of the research process. It is:

  1. focused on social, structural, and physical environmental inequities
  2. premised on active participation of community members, organizational representatives, and researchers
  3. designed to use partners’ expertise to enhance understanding of a given phenomenon
  4. intended to integrate the knowledge gained with action to benefit the community involved
  5. committed to ensuring equal partnership in all stages of research, including decision-making and ownership

Program evaluation can be considered a form of community engaged research in two cases:

  1. the program under evaluation is community-based and program users participate in determining definitions and/or indicators of success, and evaluation findings are used to shape program elements and designOR
  2. the program under evaluation is a McMaster program and community partners participate in determining definitions and/or indicators of success and community partners’ feedback shapes program elements and design

The following action-oriented principles were co-developed by community and University partners to inform our community-campus partnerships:

Relationships We can’t have community without relationships—these are the connections that build community. Any successful partnership must be built on trusting and respectful relationships guided by integrity. We realize that relationships take time to develop and thus we commit to providing opportunities to connect people across communities, sectors, and disciplines.
Reciprocity From design, to participation, to the outcomes of a project, we strive to work together for mutual benefit.
Equity We are conscious of the historical and structural inequities that exist in society and strive to provide access and opportunities to all residents and members of our communities.
Continuity Acknowledging that different communities work on different timelines and schedules, we strive to consider both the short and long-term implications of our work together.
Openness to Learning Change takes time. We are committed to continually learn from and evaluate our work together, reflecting on and sharing both our successes and failures to grow as individuals, partnerships, and communities.
Commitment to Act We aspire to make a positive difference in our community by sharing and acting on our knowledge to contribute to the greater social good.

You can address the nomination submission to the “Selection Committee”.

Past PACER Recipients

2025 Recipients: EMBOLDEN, and “Building the Hamilton 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archives” Project

The President’s Awards for Community-Engaged Research for Established Projects & Longstanding Partnerships Recipient: EMBOLDEN

The EMBOLDEN (Enhancing physical and community MoBility in OLDEr adults with health inequities using commuNity co-design of a complex intervention incorporating exercise, nutrition, social participation, and system navigation) is a co-designed, community-based initiative that supports older adults living in equity-denied neighbourhoods through a holistic three-month intervention focused on physical activity, healthy eating, social participation, and system navigation.

The EMBOLDEN project is a partnership between:

  • An academic team from McMaster University, the University of Toronto, St. Michael’s Hospital, and the University of Southampton on behalf of a larger co-investigator team
  • Partner organizations: City of Hamilton (Hamilton Public Health and Recreation Division), Hamilton Public Library, Dixon Hall (Toronto), and Toronto Public Health
  • Strategic Guiding Council (SGC) members: Older Adult Partners and Partner Organizations (Compass Community Health, Hamilton Street Railway, City of Hamilton (multiple divisions), City of Toronto (multiple divisions), St, Matthew’s House, St. Michael’s Hospital Academic Family Health Team, United Way Halton & Hamilton
    YMCA of Hamilton, Burlington and Brantford, and
    YWCA Hamilton
  • For a full list of partners and names, visit here and here.

For seven years, the EMBOLDEN team has worked alongside older adult research partners and community-based health and social service organizations to co‑design a program that is relevant, accessible, and sustainable. Across ten participating neighbourhoods (eight in Hamilton and two in Toronto) participants reported high satisfaction and demonstrated meaningful improvements in mobility, physical activity, food literacy, motivation for healthy behaviours, and social connectedness. These impacts were made possible through sustained collaboration, shared decision‑making, and a commitment to centring the voices and expertise of older adults.

The OCE Award for Grassroots Community-Engaged Research Recipient: “Building the Hamilton 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archives” Project

The “Building the Hamilton 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archives” project brings Hamilton’s 2SLGBTQ+ histories to life by collecting oral histories, creating digital stories, hosting community events, and preserving student research to expand access to the city’s queer past.

The project is a partnership between:

  • Amber Dean, Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Director of the Centre for Community-Engaged Narrative Arts
  • Cole Gately, Community Steward, Hamilton 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archives

Through its website, community programming, and ongoing archival work, the project documents and shares diverse stories rooted in Hamilton’s 2SLGBTQ+ communities. It also preserves student research from Dr. Dean’s Queerness in the Archives seminar and independent studies, further expanding access to local queer histories and ensuring these narratives are sustained across generations.

Read the McMaster News article about the two projects.

Representatives from EMBOLDEN and the 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archives pose with McMaster President Susan Tighe, who celebrated their successes during the Community-Engaged Research Awards event in downtown Hamilton. (Image courtesy of Lisa Polewski, McMaster University)

EMDOLDEN’s most recent Hamilton knowledge translation and exchange event, which brought together participants, community advisory board members, Strategic Guiding Council members, intervention team members, researchers, and trainees to share study findings. (Image courtesy of Rebecca Ganann, McMaster University)

Cole Gately with the “Building the 2SLGBTQ+ Community Archive banner. (Image courtesy of the Hamilton Spectator)

Scott Martin, the operational manager of McMaster’s Sustainable Archaeology Lab, working at the Royal Botanical Gardens’ Cootes Paradise Nursery Archaeological Site.
Scott Martin, the operational manager of McMaster’s Sustainable Archaeology Lab, working at the Royal Botanical Gardens’ Cootes Paradise Nursery Archaeological Site.
A LIFE Article dedicated to community leader and educator Eleanor Rodney (September 20, 1999).
A LIFE Article dedicated to community leader and educator Eleanor Rodney (September 20, 1999).

2024 Recipients: Collaborative Archaeologies, Decolonized Foodways, and The Hamilton Black History Database 

Stream 1 (Established Projects/Longstanding Partnerships) Recipient: Collaborative Archaeologies, Decolonized Foodways

This community-based project explores the history of Indigenous foodways in the Six Nations of the Grand River (Haudenosaunee) territory using a collaborative settler-Indigenous archaeology approach. Led by partners Andrew Roddick, Adrianne Lickers Xavier, Scott Martin, Lindi Masur (McMaster University), and Tanya Hill-Montour (Six Nations Archaeology Department), it supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action #43 and aligns with UNDRIP. Conducted at Sustainable Archaeology McMaster, the research aims to promote Haudenosaunee food sovereignty by reconnecting with ancestral diets, using biomolecular archaeology to deepen understanding of the past while centering Indigenous voices, and encouraging heritage research in Indigenous communities. Researchers use advanced lab techniques to identify food residues in archaeological artifacts, a first in Ontario with Indigenous partnerships.

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Stream 2 (Grassroots Projects/Emerging Partnerships) Recipient: The Hamilton Black History Database 

The Hamilton Black History Database is a valuable educational resource launched in February 2022, designed to make the history and contributions of Black communities in Hamilton accessible to the public. Created in partnership with the Hamilton Black History Council (Terri Bedminster), Afro-Canadian Caribbean Association (Evelyn Myrie), and McMaster’s Centre for Community Engaged Narrative Arts (Daniel Coleman, Lorraine York), the online portal serves schools and libraries, promoting Black history education. McMaster alum Aaron Parry led research efforts, working with local Black communities and organizations to gather and organize historical information and artifacts. After compiling the content, focus groups reviewed the portal to ensure it met community needs before its public launch.

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2023 Recipients: The Niagara HELPS Program Team

Campus Partner(s): Dr. Stephenson Strobel, Dr. Rahat Hossain, Chris Henderson, McMaster University Dept. of Medicine 

Community Partner(s): Quest Community Health Centre (Shilpee Rana, Tyler English, Scott Cronkwright), Niagara Health Emergency Departments 

The Niagara Homelessness Emergency Liaison and Peer Support (HELPS) program has been operational since late 2019. HELPS began as a prospective trial of peer support navigators with lived experience of homelessness providing services to patients experiencing homelessness in the St. Catharines and Niagara Falls Niagara Health Emergency Departments. Over the course of two years, HELPS has concluded its research phase with McMaster University and now continues in the region as a stand-alone health service in partnership between Quest Community Health Centre and the Niagara Health system, continuing to serve the most vulnerable members of the community based on a model that was originally developed and tested through this community-campus collaboration.

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2022 Recipients: The Second Heart Project

The Second Heart Project is being recognized for their work in developing a peer-focused and multi-disciplinary harm reduction strategy to integrate peer support workers with lived experience of drug use into the care team for people who use drugs (PWUD) and who are hospitalized for infective endocarditis (IE). Peer support workers can remove barriers to continuity of care and access to care to improve outcomes and experiences of PWUD in hospital settings. Centering peer support workers as essential members of the care team brings members of the community into the care team to better address the unique medical, psychosocial, and health system challenges experienced by this population.

The team is co-led by Drs. Robin Lennox and Leslie Martin and consists of 11 co-investigators in public health, primary care, surgery, internal medicine and infectious disease, 5 medical students/residents and staff from McMaster Family Practice and 3 community members from the Canadian Mental Health Association (cmha.ca) and Keeping Six (keepingsix.org).

Second Heart began with an exploratory qualitative study identified gap and need in community-based care for PWUD experiencing acute illness in Hamilton. Peer support workers were identified as the “bridge” necessary to provide peer support and facilitate trust between PWUD and the health care system. This study led to the development of the university-hospital-community partnership and a proposal to the Hamilton Academic Health Sciences Organization to fund a two-year pilot project which was granted in April 2020.

This project exemplifies a novel yet feasible community-based model of care that puts persons with lived experience of drug use at the centre of a multi-disciplinary health and social services support team for a groups of persons (PWUD with IE) that experience significant barriers in access to health care, and even more so since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the Daily News article!

2021 Recipients: The Brightside Neighbourhood Project

Brightside was a neighbourhood of workers and immigrants that flourished in the shadow of heavy industry in Hamilton’s east end from 1910 until the late 1960s, when it was mostly demolished. Despite having been one of the most diverse and vibrant working-class neighbourhoods in Hamilton’s era of industrial flourishing, many contemporary Hamiltonians have never heard of Brightside.

That’s an excerpt from ‘Notes from The Brightside Neighbourhood Project‘: a collaboration between former residents of the Brightside neighbourhood in Hamilton, local authors, artists, and historians, including McMaster’s Nancy Bouchier, a professor in the department of history. Started in 2017, this research project re-animates memories of the Brightside community and documents history through audio, written, pictorial and digital formats.

For their ongoing collaborative research approach and community engagement, Bouchier and Project facilitator Simon Orpana are the recipients of the President’s Award for Community-Engaged Research.

Read the Daily News Article!

Brightside Neighbourhood Project team members, from left to right: John Brodnicki, John Michaluk, John Fioravanti, Diane Morelli, Vince Palango and Nancy Bouchier (Photo courtesy of Simon Orpana)
Brightside Neighbourhood Project team members, from left to right: John Brodnicki, John Michaluk, John Fioravanti, Diane Morelli, Vince Palango and Nancy Bouchier (Photo courtesy of Simon Orpana)
Dr. Juliet Daniel Headshot
Dr. Juliet Daniel
Leila Springer Headshot
Leila Springer, The Olive Branch of Hope

2020 Recipients: Dr. Juliet Daniel & The Olive Branch of Hope

Together, McMaster researcher Juliet Daniel and community advocate Leila Springer are making a difference in the lives of thousands of racialized women.

Daniel, a renowned molecular biologist and professor, has focused much of her research on studying triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) – a particularly aggressive and often fatal form of cancer that disproportionately strikes women of African ancestry.

Springer, the founder and executive director of the Olive Branch of Hope, has spent the past 20 years providing support to Black women in the GTA living with breast cancer.

The two joined forces in 2015, bringing together their unique research and programming strengths to help inform Black women about TBNC and about the risks it poses, particularly to women of African ancestry.

Since then, Daniel and the Olive Branch of Hope have developed a host of educational and fundraising initiatives aimed at increasing awareness of TNBC among women of African ancestry in Hamilton, the GTA, and internationally.

Read the Daily News Article!

Grand River Mohawk President's Award winners pose for a photo together as a group with former President Patrick Deane, standing in rows.
Grand River Mohawk President's Award winners pose for a photo together as a group with former President Patrick Deane.

2019 Recipients: Grand River at Mohawk

The Grand River Mohawk at McMaster project– developed by a team of community members, as well as faculty, students and staff from McMaster and Six Nations Polytechnic – aims to preserve a dialect of the Mohawk language spoken at Six Nations of the Grand River by only a handful of speakers, most notably, Mohawk Turtle Clan member, Ima Johnson.

Drawing from methodologies and techniques rooted in Indigenous Knowledge and language revitalization scholarship, team members have worked collaboratively to create numerous Mohawk and Cayuga language recordings and resources, such as baking and cooking-themed Mohawk/Cayuga language lessons; the “Mohawk Word of the Day” – a social media and vocabulary sharing project; and a language toolkit to be shared with Ontario universities on how to respectfully approach Indigenous language and teaching when partnering with Indigenous communities.

The project team includes; Mohawk language teacher and Faith Keeper, Ima Johnson; Indigenous and Indigenous Studies students from McMaster and Six Nations Polytechnic, Kate Brown, Laurie Powless, John Hill, Clare Richardson, Mary-Ellen Simon, Geeg Hill, Scott Longboat and Amber Squire, with Indigenous Studies staff support from Josh Dockstator; the faculty supervisor is Rick Monture, associate professor in McMaster’s English and Cultural Studies Department, and past academic director of the Indigenous Studies Program.

Read the Daily News article!

2019 Recipients: We are Not the Others

We are Not the Others, developed by Mirna Carranza, associate professor in McMaster’s School of Social Work in partnership with Nora López, coordinator, Emergency Support Committee for Refugees; Ines Ríos, executive director of the Immigrants Working Centre; and María Antelo, coordinator of community development at the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic, is a play based on the findings from a research study that aimed to learn how the intersection between acculturation, gender relations and intimate partner violence, intergenerational tensions, trauma, loss and ongoing political fear, and economic exclusion impacts Women Immigrants’ mental health and in particular their socio-economic integration to the Hamilton community.

As part of the study, service providers, families and women immigrants were interviewed, many of whom shared their experiences of reception in formal and informal settings, such as schools and grocery stores, and spoke about their experiences of racism and marginalization. The play used their spoken words, including their laughter and sorrow, to depict both their challenges and hopes. It was co-created with women immigrant themselves, as a way to bring their knowledge and stories to a wider audience.

Read the Daily News article!

PACER Events

Join us in celebrating the nominees and award recipients for the Community-Engaged Research Awards! This year the award celebration is happening during the Community Engaged Research Conference.

Date: March 26, 2026
Time: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Location: 1 James St. N, Hamilton, ON, L8P 1A1

Register