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Seed funding

2023 & 2026 Projects

Seed funding is available to Consortium members and partners for research aimed at advancing knowledge about trauma in children and adolescents. Selected projects address current gaps in trauma-informed practices and policies.

Selection of participants and winners

The evaluation committee selects, through a thorough selection process, the 10 projects in 2023 and 2026 that receive seed funding from the Consortium for new and bold research initiatives in the field of trauma-informed practices. Each research project receives up to CAD$25,000 from the Consortium.

 

2026 Finalist Projects

Honouring the participation experiences of child welfare-involved children and youth: An arts-based approach to advance children's participation rights

Alexe Bernier, Melissa Kimber, Gina Dimotropoulos, Naomi Parker, and the Kindex Research and Knowledge Centre of Canadian Child and Youth Advisory Centers.

Shared Ground: Bridging Generations of Lived-Experience in Trauma-informed Child Welfare Advocacy and Research in Québec

Amanda Keller, Tonino Esposito, Anaïs Cadieux Van Vliet, Ursy Ledrich, Denise Brend, Melanie Doucet, and Nico Trocmé.

Trauma-informed campus-based care (TiCBC) environments

Angelique Jenney, Alison Grittner, Krista West, Jenna Passi, David Lindenbach, Emily Wang, Gina Dimitropolous, Jill Hoselton, and Francisco Alaniz Uribe.

Advancing Trauma- and Violence-Informed Practices in Education: Preliminary Evaluation of the Understanding the Neurosequential Model in Education (NME) Series

Elisa Romano, Nathalie Reid, Lise Milne, Katie Lohmiller and Halley Gruber, Jess Whitley, Lisa Cantkier, and Jaclyn Roach.

By Youth, For Youth—Informed by Clinicians: Co-Producing a Digital Resource to Support Trauma Recovery

Sheri Madigan, Nicole Racine, Gina Dimitropoulos, Cailey Hartwick, Naomi Parker, Samuel Kim, Leslie Obol, Katelyn Greer, Anh Ly, and Raela Thiemann.

2023 Finalist Projects

Developing a trauma informed care virtual interactive AI simulation learning experience focused on vulnerable youth signaled for exposure to domestic violence (EDV) and/or serious behavioural disturbances (SBD)

Katherine Maurer and her team.

Placements and moves of young people in youth protection: what practices for a greater respect of the right to participation?

Delphine Collin-Vézina and her team.

The Caregiver Online PsychoEducation (COPE) Project: Scaling trauma-informed resources for caregivers of children exposed to trauma

Nicole Racine and her team.

Capturing the youth voice to inform outcomes for Child and Youth Advocacy Centres

Gina Dimitropoulos and her team.

Adapting an educational stress workshop for middle school children: A trauma informed, youth participatory approach

Andrea Gonzalez and her team.