Jacqueline Ripat, University of Manitoba

Research

Assistive Technology Service Delivery Transition Young Adults Community Participation Wheelchair Winter

Latest papers

Receipt of respite services among families of children and youth with special health care needs: A population-based cohort study.
International journal of population data science · 2026 · senior author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Learning to Address and Understand New Challenges by young Persons using Assistive Devices: Project LAUNCH-PAD
CIHR · 2019 · Nominated PI
$14,133
Designing a Responsive and Integrative Model of Respite Care for Families of Children with Complex Care Needs and Conditions (CCNC) through Patient-Oriented Research
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$458,999
Self-reported and physical factors associated with community ambulation in older adults and people with osteoarthritis
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$69,868

All 6 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Receipt of respite services among families of children and youth with special health care needs: A population-based cohort study.

Woodgate RL, Isaak CA, Hinds AM, Chartier M, Rempel G, Ripat J

International journal of population data science2026Senior author

DOI: 10.23889/ijpds.v11i1.3023 PMID: 41869634

Learning to Address and Understand New Challenges by young Persons using Assistive Devices: Project LAUNCH-PAD

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ripat, Jacqueline D

Keywords: Assistive Technology; Service Delivery; Transition; Young Adults

$14,133

Designing a Responsive and Integrative Model of Respite Care for Families of Children with Complex Care Needs and Conditions (CCNC) through Patient-Oriented Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Woodgate, Roberta L

Keywords: Administrative Data; Children And Families; Chronic Physical And Developmental Disabilities; Complex Care Needs And Conditions; Health And Social Service Providers; Individual Open-Ended Interviews; Patient Engagement; Photovoice; Respite Care; Scoping Review

$458,999

Self-reported and physical factors associated with community ambulation in older adults and people with osteoarthritis

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Catalyst Grant: Analysis of CLSA Data

Principal investigators: Barclay, Ruth E

Keywords: Community Ambulation; Older Adults; Ordinal Logistic Regression; Osteoarthritis; Structural Equation Modeling

$69,868

Winter Wheel-Ability - Enhancing Community Participation in Winter

Nominated PICIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Ripat, Jacqueline D

Keywords: Community Participation; Wheelchair; Winter

$9,473

Assistive Technology and Young Adults with Disabilities

Nominated PICIHR2009Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Ripat, Jacqueline D

Keywords: Assistive Technology; Disability; Grounded Theory; Health Services; Participation; Qualitative Methods

$119,084

Unravelling the Disability Trajectory of First Nations Families of Children with Disabilities: Advancing Jordan's Principle

Co-investigatorCIHR2008Emerging Team Grant: Children with Disabilities (Bright Futures for Kids with...

Principal investigators: Woodgate, Roberta L

Keywords: Childhood Disability; Developmental-Social-Ecological Model; Ethnography; First Nations Families And Children; Interviews; Multiple Methods; Needs And Service Use And Delivery; Participation; Participatory Research; Photovoice; Policy/Document Review; Therapeutic Landscapes

$526,581

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

Mariette Chartier

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2026

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Assistive Technology Dear Professor Ripat, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Receipt of respite services among families of children and youth with special health care needs: A population-based cohort study." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Learning to Address and Understand New Challenges by young Persons using Assistive Devices: Project LAUNCH-PAD" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]