This profile is built from public research funding records (CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC) and PubMed. We have not imported them from a University of Manitoba directory, so their courses may be missing. Find their university profile.
Latest papers
"Where there's a wheel, there's a way": peer-trainers' perspectives on delivering an eHealth wheelchair skills training intervention.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2026
Outcomes retention and impact of demographic characteristics and engagement for a community-based peer-led eHealth wheelchair skills training program.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2026 · first author
Evidence to inform seat height and seat angle configuration for bilateral foot propulsion.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2025 · first author
Latest funding
- $65,650
Co-creating a conceptual framework for digital game design to promote aging well
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
- $566,099
Evaluation of a peer-led eHealth wheelchair skills training program: Training to Enhance Adaptation and Management for Wheelchair users (TEAM Wheel)
CIHR · 2018 · Nominated PI
- $120,184
Enhancing Participation In the Community by improving Wheelchair Skills (EPIC WheelS): A Feasibility Study
CIHR · 2012 · Co-investigator
14 publications.
"Where there's a wheel, there's a way": peer-trainers' perspectives on delivering an eHealth wheelchair skills training intervention.
Bédard J, Giesbrecht E, Harrison KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Best KL
Outcomes retention and impact of demographic characteristics and engagement for a community-based peer-led eHealth wheelchair skills training program.
Giesbrecht E, Best KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Harrison KL, Faieta J, Laberge M
Evidence to inform seat height and seat angle configuration for bilateral foot propulsion.
Giesbrecht E, Harrison KL
Effect of a Community-Based Peer-Led eHealth Wheelchair Skills Training Program: A Randomized Control Trial.
Giesbrecht E, Best KL, Miller WC, Routhier F, Harrison KL, Faieta J, Laberge M
Initial validation and feasibility of a Standardized Navigation Of Winter Mobility & Accessibility Network (SNOWMAN) course for wheelchairs.
Giesbrecht E, Ripat J, Borisoff J, Harrison KL
Development of the Standardized Navigation Of Winter Mobility & Accessibility Network (SNOWMAN) course.
Ripat J, Giesbrecht E, Borisoff J, Morales E, Harrison KL
Design of an mHealth application for winter mobility for mobility device users.
Ripat J, Giesbrecht E, Borisoff J, Sibley KM, Touchette A, Palsis R, Morales E, Ethans K, Li Y
Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review protocol.
Kamalakannan S, Rushton PW, Giesbrecht E, Rusaw DF, Bouziane SA, Nadeau M, McKee J, Gowran RJ, Kirby RL, Pedersen JP, Tasiemski T, Burrola-Mendez Y, Tofanin M, Goldberg M, Pearlman J
Wheelchair service provision education for healthcare professional students, healthcare personnel and educators across low- to high-resourced settings: a scoping review.
Burrola-Mendez Y, Kamalakannan S, Rushton PW, Bouziane SA, Giesbrecht E, Kirby RL, Gowran RJ, Rusaw DF, Tasiemski T, Goldberg M, Tofani M, Pedersen JP, Pearlman J
Impact of the TEAM Wheels eHealth manual wheelchair training program: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Giesbrecht E, Faieta J, Best K, Routhier F, Miller WC, Laberge M
Co-creating a conceptual framework for digital game design to promote aging well
Principal investigators: Miller, William
Keywords: game design; older adults; elderly; rehabilitation; wellness; well-being; health; disability; stakeholder engagement; co-creation
Evaluation of a peer-led eHealth wheelchair skills training program: Training to Enhance Adaptation and Management for Wheelchair users (TEAM Wheel)
Principal investigators: Giesbrecht, Ed
Keywords: Ehealth; Mobility; Peer Learning; Self-Management; Wheelchair
Enhancing Participation In the Community by improving Wheelchair Skills (EPIC WheelS): A Feasibility Study
Principal investigators: Miller, William C
Keywords: Aging; Home Intervention; Manual Wheelchair; Rehabilitation; Tablet
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
- Occupational Therapy
- School of Rehabilitation Science
- Other
Co-authors at University of Manitoba, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.