Sujane Kandasamy, Brock University

Research

Co-Designed Interventions Community Engagement Community-Centered Knowledge Translation Newcomer Health Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Chronic Disease Prevention Nature-Based Health Interventions Immigrant

Latest papers

Impact of community programming targeting newcomer youth settlement and mental wellbeing: a scoping review
Frontiers in Public Health · 2026 · senior author
Reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease: focus on marginalized populations considering ethnicity and race
The Lancet Regional Health. Europe · 2025
Integrating environmental outcomes in randomised clinical trials: a call to action
The Lancet · 2025

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Fostering Inclusive Community Sport and Recreation: A Partnership to Examine the City of Calgary's Equity Audit Tool for Newcomers to Canada
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Building a Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: The Creating Opportunities through Physical Literacy for All Newcomer children and Youth (CO-PLAY) Network
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Immigrant-focused Physical Literacy for Youth (IPLAY)
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$65,000

All 7 grants and awards

16 publications.

01

Impact of community programming targeting newcomer youth settlement and mental wellbeing: a scoping review

Kwan MYW, Mclean M, Wade EM, Rowe T, Miller J, Kandasamy S

Frontiers in Public Health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1882597

02

Reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease: focus on marginalized populations considering ethnicity and race

Anand SS, Kandasamy S, Marchand M, Kavousi M, Gulati M, Deanfield J, Quyyumi AA

The Lancet Regional Health. Europe202525 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101371

03

Integrating environmental outcomes in randomised clinical trials: a call to action

Petersen JJ, Hemberg L, Thabane L, Hopewell S, Chan A-W, Hróbjartsson A, Mathiesen O, Sergeant M, Kandasamy S, Siegfried N

The Lancet202517 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02666-7

04

Understanding Newcomer Challenges and Opportunities to Accessing Nature and Greenspace in Riverdale, Hamilton, Ontario: A Neighborhood-Centered Photovoice Study

Kandasamy S, Kwan MY, Memon PK, Desai D, de Souza RJ, Montague P, Sherifali D, Wahi G, Anand S

Health Promotion Practice20254 citationsFirst authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1177/15248399231225927 PMID: W4391569135

05

Protocol for development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for reporting climate and environmental outcomes in randomised trials (SPIRIT-ICE and CONSORT-ICE)

Petersen JJ, Hemberg L, Thabane L, Hopewell S, Chan A-W, Hróbjartsson A, Mathiesen O, Kandasamy S, Siegfried N, Williamson PR

BMJ Open20251 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106708

06

Investigating the impact of a novel movement behavior program for refugee youths in Canada: the IPLAY program

Rowe T, Graham JD, Kandasamy S, Konopaki J, Koyama A, Kwan MYW

Frontiers in Sports and Active Living2025

DOI: 10.3389/fspor.2025.1668416

07

1000 cups of coffee: a call for intentional relationship-building in behavioral science through community-based participatory research

Kwan MYW, Sherifali D, Kandasamy S

Translational Behavioral Medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/tbm/ibaf041

08

Managing greenhouse gas emissions in the terminal year of life in an overwhelmed health system: a paradigm shift for people and our planet

Sergeant M, Ly O, Kandasamy S, Anand SS, de Souza RJ

The Lancet Planetary Health202419 citations

DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00048-2

09

Effectiveness of caregiver educational materials for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department: a qualitative study

Murphy L, Huang N, Kandasamy S, Wahi G, Pernica JM

Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine20243 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00777-2

10

Understanding the impact of maternal and infant nutrition on infant/child health: multiethnic considerations, knowledge translation, and future directions for equitable health research

Azab S, Kandasamy S, Wahi G, Lamri A, Desai D, Williams N, Zulyniak M, de Souza R, Anand SS

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism20243 citations

DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0572

Fostering Inclusive Community Sport and Recreation: A Partnership to Examine the City of Calgary's Equity Audit Tool for Newcomers to Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Kwan, Matthew Y.W.

Keywords: Equity Audit; Newcomers; Community-Academic Partnership; Organizational Readiness; Sport and Recreation

$25,000

Building a Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: The Creating Opportunities through Physical Literacy for All Newcomer children and Youth (CO-PLAY) Network

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Grants

Keywords: Newcomer; Children; Youth; Immigrant; Refugee; Physical Literacy; Transitions; Psychosocial Development; Well-being; Physical Activity; Settlement

$20,000

Immigrant-focused Physical Literacy for Youth (IPLAY)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Kwan, Matthew Y.W.

Keywords: physical literacy; newcomers; children; youth; transitions; psychosocial; well-being; physical activity

$65,000

The Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Van: A Vehicle for mobilizing health promotion for newcomers living in Calgary and Hamilton

Nominated PICIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - General

Principal investigators: Kandasamy, Sujane

Keywords: Co-Designed Interventions; Community Engagement; Community-Centered Knowledge Translation; Newcomer Health; Type 2 Diabetes Prevention

$270,000

Sowing the seeds for healthy active lifestyles among new immigrant families in Hamilton: Building new multi-sectoral partnerships for future grant opportunities

Nominated PICIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kandasamy, Sujane; Anand, Sonia S; Kwan, Matthew

Keywords: Chronic Disease Prevention; Nature-Based Health Interventions

$19,900

iPLAY Project: Planning a Physical Literacy-based intervention Among new immigrant and refugee Youth to Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Kwan, Matthew; Kandasamy, Sujane; McCormack, Gavin R

Keywords: Immigrant; Intervention; Newcomer; Participatory Action Research; Physical Activity; Physical Literacy; Refugee; Youth

$10,000

Disability & Trans(formative) Justice: Congolese Trans and Disabled Girlhoods in Canada and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Katshunga, Jennifer

Keywords: LGBTQ; trans; human rights; justice; disability; black girlhoods; race; art; Canada; Africa

$73,261

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

Russell de Souza and Sonia Anand: 115 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Sonia Anand: 48 shared papers
Sonia Anand and Sujane Kandasamy: 39 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Diana Sherifali: 38 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Gita Wahi: 38 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Sujane Kandasamy: 32 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Sujane Kandasamy: 30 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Sarah McDonald: 21 shared papers
Sarah McDonald and Sonia Anand: 21 shared papers
Michelle Howard and Aaron Jones: 20 shared papers
Michelle Howard and Meredith Vanstone: 18 shared papers
Sujane Kandasamy and Sujane Kandasamy: 16 shared papers
Liz Darling and Meredith Vanstone: 15 shared papers
Liz Darling and Sarah McDonald: 15 shared papers
Diana Sherifali and Gita Wahi: 14 shared papers
Diana Sherifali and Sonia Anand: 13 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Meredith Vanstone: 11 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Devon Greyson: 11 shared papers
Matthew Yiu Kwan and Sujane Kandasamy: 9 shared papers
Liz Darling and Devon Greyson: 8 shared papers
Diana Sherifali and K Bruce Newbold: 8 shared papers
Sarah McDonald and Devon Greyson: 8 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Deborah DiLiberto: 7 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Kathy Georgiades: 7 shared papers
Matthew Yiu Kwan and Sujane Kandasamy: 7 shared papers
Sujane Kandasamy and Myles Sergeant: 7 shared papers
Kathy Georgiades and Amanda Sim: 6 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Amie Davis: 6 shared papers
Liz Darling and Aaron Jones: 5 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Myles Sergeant: 5 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Deborah DiLiberto: 5 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Sujane Kandasamy: 5 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Jessica Liauw: 5 shared papers
Sonia Anand and Deborah DiLiberto: 5 shared papers
Sonia Anand and Sujane Kandasamy: 5 shared papers
K Bruce Newbold and Margaret Andrea Baumann: 5 shared papers
Margaret Andrea Baumann and Deborah DiLiberto: 5 shared papers
Michelle Howard and Liz Darling: 4 shared papers
Michelle Howard and Amie Davis: 4 shared papers
Liz Darling and Amie Davis: 4 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Sujane Kandasamy: 4 shared papers
Diana Sherifali and Matthew Yiu Kwan: 4 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Russell de Souza: 3 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Diana Sherifali: 3 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Gita Wahi: 3 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and K Bruce Newbold: 3 shared papers
Russell de Souza and Margaret Andrea Baumann: 3 shared papers
Diana Sherifali and Sujane Kandasamy: 3 shared papers
Gita Wahi and Jeffrey (Des) Pernica: 3 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Hamideh Bayrampour: 3 shared papers
Sujane Kandasamy and An-Wen Chan: 3 shared papers
Hamideh Bayrampour and Jessica Liauw: 3 shared papers
Hamideh Bayrampour and Devon Greyson: 3 shared papers
Jessica Liauw and Devon Greyson: 3 shared papers
Michelle Howard and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Liz Darling and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Kathy Georgiades: 2 shared papers
Aaron Jones and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Meredith Vanstone and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Sarah McDonald and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Sonia Anand and Myles Sergeant: 2 shared papers
Sujane Kandasamy and Jeffrey (Des) Pernica: 2 shared papers
Myles Sergeant and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Jeffrey (Des) Pernica and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
An-Wen Chan and Sujane Kandasamy: 2 shared papers
Sujane Kandasamy and Devon Greyson: 2 shared papers
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Amanda Sim: 1 shared paper
Fatimah Jackson-Best and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Russell de Souza and Amanda Sim: 1 shared paper
Kathy Georgiades and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
K Bruce Newbold and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Margaret Andrea Baumann and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Amie Davis and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Amanda Sim and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Deborah DiLiberto and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Myles Sergeant and An-Wen Chan: 1 shared paper
Hamideh Bayrampour and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper
Jessica Liauw and Sujane Kandasamy: 1 shared paper

Family Medicine
Medicine
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Pediatrics
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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Child and Youth Studies
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1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Co-Designed Interventions Dear Professor Kandasamy, 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 "Impact of community programming targeting newcomer youth settlement and mental wellbeing: a scoping review" (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 "The Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Van: A Vehicle for mobilizing health promotion for newcomers living in Calgary and Hamilton" (2023), 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]

Sujane Kandasamy

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Impact of community programming targeting newcomer youth settlement and mental wellbeing: a scoping review

Reducing inequalities in cardiovascular disease: focus on marginalized populations considering ethnicity and race

Integrating environmental outcomes in randomised clinical trials: a call to action

Understanding Newcomer Challenges and Opportunities to Accessing Nature and Greenspace in Riverdale, Hamilton, Ontario: A Neighborhood-Centered Photovoice Study

Protocol for development of SPIRIT and CONSORT extensions for reporting climate and environmental outcomes in randomised trials (SPIRIT-ICE and CONSORT-ICE)

Investigating the impact of a novel movement behavior program for refugee youths in Canada: the IPLAY program

1000 cups of coffee: a call for intentional relationship-building in behavioral science through community-based participatory research

Managing greenhouse gas emissions in the terminal year of life in an overwhelmed health system: a paradigm shift for people and our planet

Effectiveness of caregiver educational materials for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the emergency department: a qualitative study

Understanding the impact of maternal and infant nutrition on infant/child health: multiethnic considerations, knowledge translation, and future directions for equitable health research

Fostering Inclusive Community Sport and Recreation: A Partnership to Examine the City of Calgary's Equity Audit Tool for Newcomers to Canada

Building a Pan-Canadian Community of Practice: The Creating Opportunities through Physical Literacy for All Newcomer children and Youth (CO-PLAY) Network

Immigrant-focused Physical Literacy for Youth (IPLAY)

The Type 2 Diabetes Prevention Van: A Vehicle for mobilizing health promotion for newcomers living in Calgary and Hamilton

Sowing the seeds for healthy active lifestyles among new immigrant families in Hamilton: Building new multi-sectoral partnerships for future grant opportunities

iPLAY Project: Planning a Physical Literacy-based intervention Among new immigrant and refugee Youth to Canada

Disability & Trans*(formative) Justice: Congolese Trans* and Disabled Girlhoods in Canada and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Frequent collaborators

Sujane Kandasamy

Matthew Yiu Kwan

Gita Wahi

Sonia Anand

Russell de Souza

Diana Sherifali

Devon Greyson

Michelle Howard

Liz Darling

Aaron Jones

Meredith Vanstone

Sarah McDonald

Myles Sergeant

Jeffrey (Des) Pernica

An-Wen Chan

Margaret Andrea Baumann

Amie Davis

Shrikant Bangdiwala

Sandi Azab

Mary Crea-Arsenio

Amanda Sim

Disability & Trans(formative) Justice: Congolese Trans and Disabled Girlhoods in Canada and the Democratic Republic of Congo