Faculty profile
Catherine Costigan
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Latest funding
- $31,671
Examining the downsides of accurate first impressions: Implications for romantic interest
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $34,482
Development of a digital education program to promote mental health among East Asian Canadian families
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $107,825
Examining the role of mental health trajectories in the development of adolescent substance use and gambling behaviours
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
No publications available.
Examining the downsides of accurate first impressions: Implications for romantic interest
Principal investigators: Human, Lauren J.
Keywords: First impressions; accuracy; romantic interest; online dating; romantic relationships
Development of a digital education program to promote mental health among East Asian Canadian families
Principal investigators: Lou, Nigel Mantou
Keywords: Mental health; Cultural identity; Parenting; Digital education; Coping; Family; East Asian
Examining the role of mental health trajectories in the development of adolescent substance use and gambling behaviours
Principal investigators: Fletcher, Émilie
Keywords: psychology; behavioural problems; externalizing problems; internalizing problems; substance use; gambling
Asian Parents Participatory Action (APPA): A Community-University Partnership to Curate an Asian-Centred Approach to Talking about Racism at Home
Principal investigators: Fang, Lin
Keywords: anti-Asian racism; parents; participatory action research; community-university collaboration; Asian-centred approach
Evaluation of police involvement with individuals with severe mental illness on Assertive Community Treatment teams
Principal investigators: Costigan, Catherine L.
Keywords: community policing; mental health; community-engaged research; assertive community treatment
Celebratory Theatre for Building Inclusion, Resilience & Social Acceptance of Racialized Newcomer Immigrants & Refugees to Canada
Principal investigators: Kandil, Yasmine
Keywords: mental health; social inclusion; celebratory theatre; community building; immigrants; refugees; newcomers
Developing critical social-emotional competencies for the collaborative post-secondary classroom
Principal investigators: Legassic, Cory
Keywords: critical pedagogy; microaggressions; critical multiculturalism; critical humanistic education; anti-racism; equity; diversity; social- emotional learning; socio-political stressors; collaborative classrooms; decolonization
COVID-19 and vaccine hesitancy among younger and older immigrants in Greater Victoria
Principal investigators: Smith, Andre
Keywords: immigrants; COVID-19; vaccine hesitancy; cultural understandings; communication; community partnership
Stories that shape us: Intergenerational trauma and Chinese Canadians
Principal investigators: Chou, Fred
Keywords: Chinese Canadian; Intergenerational Trauma; Narrative Research; Digital Storytelling; Resilience; Family Relations; Diasporic Identity; Multilingual Research; Historical Trauma
Building social capital and fostering belonging among refugees families in Canada
Principal investigators: Costigan, Catherine L.
Keywords: refugees; social integration; social capital; belonging; community capacity
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