Research
Read how they describe their research on their Brandon University profile.
Latest papers
A Mixed Methods Exploration of Staff Interpretations of the Frequency and Forms of Violence in Long-Term Care.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2026
Raise Your Voice: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Resident and Family Councils in Long-Term Care Homes.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2025
Routinized violence: examining long-term residential care workers’ perspectives on involuntary treatment
The Gerontologist · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $48,733
Towards Just Care: Building and Mobilizing a Grassroots Coalition for Just Home Care
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
26 publications.
A Mixed Methods Exploration of Staff Interpretations of the Frequency and Forms of Violence in Long-Term Care.
Pryke M, Brownridge DA, Herron RV, Kelly C, Funk LM, Novek S, Spencer D, Weeks LE, Aubrecht K
Raise Your Voice: How to Increase the Effectiveness of Resident and Family Councils in Long-Term Care Homes.
Staempfli S, Havaei F, Dawson L, Novek S, Slater K, Kaulius M, Ahmed A
Routinized violence: examining long-term residential care workers’ perspectives on involuntary treatment
Marc Goodman, Laura Megan Funk, Rachel Herron, Sheila Novek
“Kind of backed into this corner:” exploring gendered interpretations and responses to violence in long-term residential care
Kirsten J. Brooks, Rachel Herron, Dale C. Spencer, Sheila Novek, Laura Megan Funk, Katie Aubrecht, Christine Kelly, Douglas A. Brownridge, Lori E. Weeks
Exploring space and practices of control in long-term residential care violence prevention strategies.
Herron RV, Spencer D, Novek S, Funk L, Kelly C, Aubrecht K
STARTING FROM STRENGTH: BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS IN COMMUNITY ENGAGED INTERVENTION RESEARCH FOR DEMENTIA INCLUSION
Sheila Novek, Heather Neale Furneaux, Eric Macnaughton, Paulina Malcolm, Andrea Moreira Monteiro, Alison Phinney
Conceptualizing access to community-based supports from the perspectives of people living with young onset dementia, family members and providers.
Novek S, Menec V
Attitudes Toward Aging
Verena H. Menec, Sheila Novek
Conceptualizing violence in nursing home policy: A citizenship perspective.
Novek S, Herron RV, Funk L, Aubrecht K, Spencer D, Luo YI
Advancing age- and dementia-related social inclusion through Sharing Dance
Rachel Herron, Sheila Novek, Verena H. Menec
Towards Just Care: Building and Mobilizing a Grassroots Coalition for Just Home Care
Principal investigators: Hande, Mary Jean E.
Keywords: coalition-building; home care; community-based care; intergenerational care; migrant care workers; migrant justice; disability justice; aging in place; community-based research; power-mapping; health services; deinstitutionalization
From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.
Frequent collaborators
- Shahin Shooshtari and Verena Menec: 16 shared papers
- Rachel Herron and Laura Funk: 16 shared papers
- Laura Funk and Dale Spencer: 15 shared papers
- Rachel Herron and Dale Spencer: 14 shared papers
- Verena Menec and Sheila Novek: 13 shared papers
- Shahin Shooshtari and Christine Kelly: 8 shared papers
- Christine Kelly and Katie Aubrecht: 8 shared papers
- Verena Menec and Rachel Herron: 7 shared papers
- Laura Funk and Sheila Novek: 7 shared papers
- Rachel Herron and Sheila Novek: 6 shared papers
- Katie Aubrecht and Laura Funk: 6 shared papers
- Rachel Herron and Katie Aubrecht: 5 shared papers
- Katie Aubrecht and Dale Spencer: 5 shared papers
- Katie Aubrecht and Sheila Novek: 5 shared papers
- Dale Spencer and Sheila Novek: 5 shared papers
- Alison Phinney and Farinaz Havaei: 4 shared papers
- Katie Aubrecht and Lori Weeks: 4 shared papers
- Laura Funk and Lori Weeks: 3 shared papers
- Dale Spencer and Lori Weeks: 3 shared papers
- Lori Weeks and Sheila Novek: 3 shared papers
- Christine Kelly and Laura Funk: 2 shared papers
- Christine Kelly and Sheila Novek: 2 shared papers
- Shahin Shooshtari and Laura Funk: 1 shared paper
- Shahin Shooshtari and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper
- Alison Phinney and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper
- Farinaz Havaei and Sheila Novek: 1 shared paper
- College of Community and Global Health
- MacIsaac School of Nursing
- Health Studies
- Department of Sociology and Criminology
- Department of Geography
- Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Family Studies
- Other
Co-authors at Brandon University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Verena Menec
College of Community and Global Health
13 shared papers, latest 2023
Laura Funk
Department of Sociology and Criminology
7 shared papers, latest 2026
Rachel Herron
Department of Geography
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Dale Spencer
Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Katie Aubrecht
Family Studies
5 shared papers, latest 2026
Lori Weeks
School of Health Administration
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Christine Kelly
College of Community and Global Health
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Farinaz Havaei
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Alison Phinney
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Shahin Shooshtari
College of Community and Global Health
1 shared papers, latest 2016
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