Special Partnerships

Professional Programs

Title/Topic: Program Evaluation Child Development Services
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janette Pelletier
Co-Investigators: JTC Staff
Institution: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education - Institute for Child Study
Status: Currently in process

Title/Topic: Substance Use Treatment Outcomes for Women at Risk for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Catherine Classen
Co-Investigators: JTC Staff
Institution: Centre for Research in Women's Health - Women's College Hospital/ University of Toronto
Status: Currently in process

Title/Topic: Engaging Substance-Using Pregnant Women, Child Welfare Services and Drug Treatment Providers in a Collaborative Process
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carol Strike
Co-Investigators: JTC Staff
Institution: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit
Status: Submitted to Canadian Institute for Health Research; not yet funded

Title/Topic: Engaging Substance-Using, Pregnant or Parenting Aboriginal Women, Child Welfare Services and Drug Treatment Providers in a Collaborative Process
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carol Strike
Co-Investigators: JTC Staff
Institution: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit & Noojimawin Health Authority Status: Awarded enabling grant from Wellesley Central to develop full proposal

Title: Optimizing the Health of Substance-Using Women and their Children
Principal Investigator: Dr. Alison Niccols
Institution: Infant-Parent Program, McMaster Children's Hospital Chedoke, McMaster University
Status: Submitted to Canadian Institute for Health Research; not yet funded

Title: Therapeutic Landscapes - Addiction Treatment Centres
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Wilton
Institution: McMaster University
Status: Data collection at JTC completed (multi-site study)

Title: Womens Harm Reduction Discourse Study
Principal Investigator: Dr. Katrina Brown
Institution: Dalhousie University
Status: Currently providing clinical support for data collection in Toronto

Other Research/ Evaluation Support Relationships:

Dr. Allison Fleming, University of Toronto, Department of Psychology – Re: Evaluation of Attachment Programming
Dr. Brenda Stade, St. Michael’s Hospital FAS Diagnostic Clinic – Re: FASD study
Dr. Lori Ross, Centre for Research in Women’s Health – Re: Infant & Maternal Mental Health
Dr. Deborah Goodman, Manager of Research & Quality Improvement, Children’s Aid Society of Toronto

Participation in Planning Activity

University Health Network, Toronto Western Hospital – Community Mental Health & Addictions Program – Re: Mental health consultation/assessment and psychiatric access initiative
Ministry of Youth & Children’s services – Re: Capacity-building initiative for child welfare clients
Participation in Toronto Central LHIN Initiative related to provision of services for people with substance-abuse and mental-health issues

Program Evaluations

Pathways to Healthy Families Evaluation
MK2 Program Evaluation
Development of Agency Evaluation Framework