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Hongmei Tong

ResearcherSocial WorkMacEwan University

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Hongmei Tong

Researcher

Social Work

MacEwan University

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 SSHRC), most recently in 2017.

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aging immigrants civic participation civic engagement volunteerism political participation active aging productive aging Chinese

Latest papers

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.
Implementation science communications · 2026
Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.
Innovation in aging · 2026
Penalty Versus Premium: Social Disposition Differentiates Life Satisfaction Among Living-Alone Immigrant and Native-Born Older Adults-Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).
International journal of aging & human development · 2025

All 14 publications

Latest funding

Aging in a Foreign Land: Filial Piety and Elder Abuse Risks among Chinese Immigrants in Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$166,450
Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,032,750
Supporting Employers in the Safe Work Integration of New Immigrants
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$60,853

All 10 grants and awards

14 publications.

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.

Salma J, Au A, Murad-Kassam S, Guruge S, Mukanoheli V, Tong H, Chamberlain SA, Salami B, Fernández-Sánchez H, Yamamoto S, Kamran R, Temuri H, Jones A

Implementation science communications2026

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-00999-8 PMID: 42304543

Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.

Ekoh PC, Guruge S, Zhang J, Metersky K, Cloutier DS, Tong H, Walsh CA

Innovation in aging2026

DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igag032 PMID: 42404853

Penalty Versus Premium: Social Disposition Differentiates Life Satisfaction Among Living-Alone Immigrant and Native-Born Older Adults-Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Shen J, Tong H, Fuller-Thomson E

International journal of aging & human development2025

DOI: 10.1177/00914150241268089 PMID: 39136136

Community Group-Based Physical Activity Programs for Immigrant Older Adults: A Systematic Realist Review.

Salma J, Au A, Ali S, Chamberlain S, Spence JC, Jones A, Kennedy M, Tong H, Meherali S, Mngomezulu P, Flynn R

Journal of aging and physical activity2024

DOI: 10.1123/japa.2023-0244 PMID: 38936806

The (un)caring experienced by racialized and/or ethnoculturally diverse residents in supportive living: a qualitative study.

Chamberlain SA, Salma J, Tong H, Savera, Wu J, Gruneir A

BMC geriatrics2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-04636-0 PMID: 38245697

The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary.

Wang Q, Walsh CA, Tong H

Journal of cross-cultural gerontology2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s10823-023-09477-3 PMID: 37004605

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Muslim older immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta: A community-based participatory research project with a local mosque.

Rehmani AI, Abdi K, Mabrouk EB, Zhao T, Salami BO, Jones A, Tong H, Salma J

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2023

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00764-7 PMID: 36995615

Current and Future Needs of Gerontological Social Work Practice in Alberta: Findings from the World Café at the Gerontological Symposium in Edmonton, Canada.

Azulai A, Tong H, Quinn K, Mykietka K

Journal of gerontological social work2022

DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2022.2047860 PMID: 35264082

Refugee status is associated with double the odds of psychological distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Tong H, Lung Y, Lin SL, Kobayashi KM, Davison KM, Agbeyaka S, Fuller-Thomson E

The International journal of social psychiatry2021First author

DOI: 10.1177/0020764020971003 PMID: 33176526

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Davison KM, Hyland CE, West ML, Lin SL, Tong H, Kobayashi KM, Fuller-Thomson E

Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2021

DOI: 10.1007/s00127-020-02003-7 PMID: 33533972

Aging in a Foreign Land: Filial Piety and Elder Abuse Risks among Chinese Immigrants in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Zhang, Weiguo

$166,450

Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Guruge, Sepali; Hung, Lillian M; Salma, Jordana M; Wang, Lu

Keywords: Canada; Healthcare Access; Healthcare Use; Immigrants; Transnational Healthcare Practices

$1,032,750

Supporting Employers in the Safe Work Integration of New Immigrants

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Shankar, Janki

Keywords: Employers; New immigrant workers; Safe Work Integration

$60,853

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salma, Jordana M; Jones, Catherine A; Salami, Bukola O; Yamamoto, Shelby

Keywords: Aging; Mobility; Race; Religion

$397,800

It is not only about staying alive: A living systematic review of social care strategies for older adults in residential care facilities during COVID-19 pandemic.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Azulai, Anna

Keywords: Aging; Long-term care facilities; Social services; Social determinants of health; Systematic literature review; Pandemic; Social work; Older adults; Geriatrics; Psycho-social needs

$31,200

Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Chowdhury, Tanvir

Keywords: newcomer; immigrant; practitioners; academic; partnership; knowledge hub

$200,000

Exploring Information and Communication Technology Use and Digital Learning in Older Arab Immigrants: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Salma, Jordana

Keywords: digital competence; older adults; immigrant; intersectionality; qualitative

$59,047

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: aging and immigration; multi-level; multi-component interventions; older immigrants; social connectedness; social isolation

$947,350

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: aging and immigration; multi-level; multi-component interventions; older immigrants; social connectedness; social isolation

$792,280

Understanding civic participation of aging Asian immigrants

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Tong, Hongmei H.M.

Keywords: aging immigrants; civic participation; civic engagement; volunteerism; political participation; active aging; productive aging; Chinese; Indian; Filipino

$172,853

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Hongmei Tong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.

Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.

Penalty Versus Premium: Social Disposition Differentiates Life Satisfaction Among Living-Alone Immigrant and Native-Born Older Adults-Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Community Group-Based Physical Activity Programs for Immigrant Older Adults: A Systematic Realist Review.

The (un)caring experienced by racialized and/or ethnoculturally diverse residents in supportive living: a qualitative study.

The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Muslim older immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta: A community-based participatory research project with a local mosque.

Current and Future Needs of Gerontological Social Work Practice in Alberta: Findings from the World Café at the Gerontological Symposium in Edmonton, Canada.

Refugee status is associated with double the odds of psychological distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Aging in a Foreign Land: Filial Piety and Elder Abuse Risks among Chinese Immigrants in Canada

Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications

Supporting Employers in the Safe Work Integration of New Immigrants

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

It is not only about staying alive: A living systematic review of social care strategies for older adults in residential care facilities during COVID-19 pandemic.

Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub

Exploring Information and Communication Technology Use and Digital Learning in Older Arab Immigrants: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project.

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Understanding civic participation of aging Asian immigrants

Frequent collaborators

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Jordana Salma

Sepali Guruge

Anna Azulai

Salima Meherali

Stephanie Chamberlain

Andrea Gruneir

Kateryna Metersky

Jie Zhang

Hongmei Tong

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.

Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.

Penalty Versus Premium: Social Disposition Differentiates Life Satisfaction Among Living-Alone Immigrant and Native-Born Older Adults-Findings From the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Community Group-Based Physical Activity Programs for Immigrant Older Adults: A Systematic Realist Review.

The (un)caring experienced by racialized and/or ethnoculturally diverse residents in supportive living: a qualitative study.

The Lived Experiences of Spousal Bereavement and Adjustment Among Older Chinese Immigrants in Calgary.

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Muslim older immigrants in Edmonton, Alberta: A community-based participatory research project with a local mosque.

Current and Future Needs of Gerontological Social Work Practice in Alberta: Findings from the World Caf&#xe9; at the Gerontological Symposium in Edmonton, Canada.

Refugee status is associated with double the odds of psychological distress in mid-to-late life: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in mid-age and older adults differs by immigrant status and ethnicity, nutrition, and other determinants of health in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Aging in a Foreign Land: Filial Piety and Elder Abuse Risks among Chinese Immigrants in Canada

Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications

Supporting Employers in the Safe Work Integration of New Immigrants

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

It is not only about staying alive: A living systematic review of social care strategies for older adults in residential care facilities during COVID-19 pandemic.

Enhancing newcomer resettlement through a community engaged knowledge mobilization hub

Exploring Information and Communication Technology Use and Digital Learning in Older Arab Immigrants: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project.

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Inclusive Communities for Older Immigrants (ICOI): Developing multi-level, multi-component interventions to reduce social isolation and promote connectedness among older immigrants in Canada

Understanding civic participation of aging Asian immigrants

Frequent collaborators

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Jordana Salma

Sepali Guruge

Anna Azulai

Salima Meherali

Stephanie Chamberlain

Andrea Gruneir

Kateryna Metersky

Jie Zhang

Current and Future Needs of Gerontological Social Work Practice in Alberta: Findings from the World Café at the Gerontological Symposium in Edmonton, Canada.