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Research
Latest papers
A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
BMC public health · 2026
Correction: "We cannot live like Canadian": Yazidi refugees' perspectives on mental health, coping strategies and barriers to care.
Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026
Compounding Crises: Collective Community Action for Hope and Resilience during Turbulent Times - Key Insights from the International Refugee and Migration Health Pre-Conference Workshop.
Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2026
Latest funding
- $730,576
Building Migration-Sensitive Health System Intelligence in Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
- $469,235
Investigating COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Strategies for Marginalized Newcomer Communities
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $248,325
The Next Steps for Childhood Vaccination: Community and Expert Consultation in Addressing Reductions in Childhood Vaccination Access and Uptake Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic for Kids New to Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
15 publications.
A community-engaged public health research and outreach program for immigrant and racialized workers in meat processing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fabreau GE, Norrie E, Holdbrook L, Antonio M, Essar MY, Youssef M, Sahilie A, Yemane M, Ramirez-Cerino E, Hassan N, Grewal R, Hussain Z, Altahsh D, Magwood O, Saad A, Santana M, Bharwani A, Nielssen I, Edwards ST, Spitzer D, Coakley A, Pottie K
Correction: "We cannot live like Canadian": Yazidi refugees' perspectives on mental health, coping strategies and barriers to care.
Bobyn J, Abraham B, Kain N, Williams K, Coakley A, Watterson R
Compounding Crises: Collective Community Action for Hope and Resilience during Turbulent Times - Key Insights from the International Refugee and Migration Health Pre-Conference Workshop.
Shen C, Coakley A, Clarke SK, Pak-Gorstein S, Green A, Kayembe JJ, Quadri NS
Refugee healthcare resilience and burdens: a 10-year mixed-methods analysis of system shocks in Canada.
Norrie E, Holdbrook L, Grewal R, Talavlikar R, Essar MY, Williamson T, Coakley A, McBrien K, Fabreau GE
"We cannot live like Canadian": Yazidi refugees' perspectives on mental health, coping strategies and barriers to care.
Bobyn J, Abraham B, Kain N, Williams K, Coakley A, Watterson R
Health status and care utilization among Afghan refugees recently resettled in Calgary, Canada between 2011-2020.
Smati H, Hassan N, Essar MY, Abdaly F, Noori S, Grewal R, Norrie E, Talavlikar R, Bietz J, Kimball SL, Coakley A, Chatterjee A, Fabreau GE
Vaccination models of delivery for refugees and migrants: a global scoping review.
Aghajafari F, Guzek D, Kamal H, Ness A, Wall L, McClurg C, Pooladi-Darvish A, Weightman AM, Coakley A
The Halifax Declaration: protecting health, dignity, and human rights in an era of forced displacement.
Fabreau GE, Coakley A, Clarke SK, El-Shazly N, Veizis A, Liu J, Bodenmann P, Stauffer WM, Ibrahim A, Bertelsen NS, Keller A, Blanchet K, Kumar BN
Mobilizing COVID-19 Vaccination Partnerships for Newcomer Refugees and Immigrants in the Calgary, Canada Area, 2021-2022.
Aghajafari F, Wall L, Weightman AM, Ness A, Lake D, Anupindi K, Moorthi G, Kuk B, Santana M, Coakley A
Empowering refugee voices: Using Nominal Group Technique (NGT) with a diverse refugee Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) to identify health and research priorities in Calgary, Canada.
Altahsh D, Holdbrook L, Norrie E, Sahilie A, Essar MY, Grewal R, Horbach O, Abdaly F, Santana M, Talavlikar R, Aucoin M, Coakley A, Fabreau GE
Building Migration-Sensitive Health System Intelligence in Canada
Principal investigators: Fabreau, Gabriel; Coakley, Annalee; Lengellé, Fabien J; Ronksley, Paul E
Keywords: Administrative Data; Digital Health; Equity; Health Services Research; Health Systems; Migration; Participatory Research; Population Health; Preparedness; Refugee Health
Investigating COVID-19 Vaccine Outreach Strategies for Marginalized Newcomer Communities
Principal investigators: Fabreau, Gabriel; Teare, Gary F; Pottie, Kevin; Spitzer, Denise L
Keywords: Covid-19; Immigrants And Refugees; Marginalized Communities; Occupational Health; Public Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Temporary Foreign Workers; Undocumented Migrants; Vaccine Delivery Models; Vaccines
The Next Steps for Childhood Vaccination: Community and Expert Consultation in Addressing Reductions in Childhood Vaccination Access and Uptake Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic for Kids New to Canada
Principal investigators: Hu, Jia; Cabaj, Jason; Constantinescu, Cora M; Ivers, Noah M
Keywords: Childhood Vaccination; Health Equity; Implementation Science; Quality Improvement; Vaccine Hesitancy; Youth Health
Improving Vaccine Confidence with Better Clinical Conversations: Expanding and evaluating a dynamic, clinician-driven, online guide for Canadian primary care
Principal investigators: Leslie, Myles; Aghajafari, Fariba; Coakley, Annalee
Keywords: Social, Cultural, Environmental And Population Health
The Anatomy, Determinants and Impacts of the Cargill COVID-19 Outbreak Among Newcomers and their Families in Canada
Principal investigators: Fabreau, Gabriel; Hinshaw, Deena; Pottie, Kevin
Keywords: Cargill Meat Processing Facility; Community Engaged Research; Covid-19 Outbreak; Covid-19 Transmission Dynamics And Determinants; Immigrant, Refugee And Temporary Foreign Worker Health; Infectious Disease Outbreak; Primary Healthcare Response; Public Health Outbreak Response
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Community Health Sciences
- Medicine
- Family Medicine
- C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre (CTLC)
- Other
Co-authors at University of Calgary, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Fariba Aghajafari
Faculty
4 shared papers, latest 2025
Deidre Lake
Community Health Sciences
3 shared papers, latest 2025
Kevin Pottie
Family Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Cora Constantinescu
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Denise Spitzer
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2026
Joanne Liu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Tyler Williamson
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Gabriel Fabreau
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Kerry McBrien
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Kevin Pottie
C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre (CTLC)
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Paul Ronksley
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Jia Hu
Community Health Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2023
Paul Ronksley
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2023
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