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Research
Latest papers
Resilience in families raising children with disabilities and behavior problems.
Research in developmental disabilities · 2014 · senior author
Integrating Triple P into existing family support services: a case study on program implementation.
Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2011 · first author
Latest funding
- $42,899
Employment activation: Experiences of newcomer mothers in Alberta, Canada
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
- $24,965
Women's economic empowerment in global perspective
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
- $66,982
Are mothers opting-out? Exploring underemployment among mothers with preschool children
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
2 publications.
Resilience in families raising children with disabilities and behavior problems.
McConnell D, Savage A, Breitkreuz R
Integrating Triple P into existing family support services: a case study on program implementation.
Breitkreuz R, McConnell D, Savage A, Hamilton A
Employment activation: Experiences of newcomer mothers in Alberta, Canada
Principal investigators: Breitkreuz, Rhonda S.
Keywords: Employment activation; social policy; gender equality; women's economic empowerment
Women's economic empowerment in global perspective
Principal investigators: Breitkreuz, Rhonda S.
Keywords: economic empowerment; gender equality; women's empowerment; intersectionality; interdisciplinary perspective; inclusive economies; partnership
Are mothers opting-out? Exploring underemployment among mothers with preschool children
Principal investigators: Breitkreuz, Rhonda
Keywords: (1) maternal employment; (2) gender equality; (3) women's issues; (4) maternal well-being; (5) family policy; (6) work-life integration
Re-Envisioning Inclusion: Exploring Child Culture with Children with Disabilities
Principal investigators: Phelan, Shanon
Keywords: (1) Disability; (2) Children; (3) Child Culture; (4) Inclusion; (5) Exclusion; (6) Child Development; (7) Qualitative Methods; (8) Play
The loneliness crisis and the decline of free play: pathways and effects
Principal investigators: McConnell, David
Keywords: disability; social isolation; free play; social-emotional development; mixed methods; longitudinal
Sustainable family care for children with severe or profound disabilities
Principal investigators: McConnell, David
Keywords: family; caregiving; disability; adaptation
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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