Rebecca Schiff, Lakehead University

Research

sustainable development sustainability targets sustainability indicators cross-sector partnership northern communities homelessness social services social policy

Latest papers

Increase in Trauma Leading to Psychological Injury Among Canadian Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2024
Understanding Why Many People Experiencing Homelessness Reported Migrating to a Small Canadian City: Machine Learning Approach With Augmented Data.
JMIR formative research · 2023
Understanding Barriers to Implementing and Managing Therapeutic Diets for People Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Remote Indigenous Communities.
Current developments in nutrition · 2021 · first author

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Thunder Bay and Area Food Systems Report Card
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Intravenous drug use through a hospital acquired vascular access device: the need for in-hospital harm reduction strategies
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor
$105,000
Implementing a Voluntary Local Review for the Sustainable Development Goals in Thunder Bay
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$24,546

All 8 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Increase in Trauma Leading to Psychological Injury Among Canadian Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Schiff JW, Weissman E, Schiff R, Liu J, Pitoulis T, Jones A

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2024

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000002996 PMID: 37853610

02

Understanding Why Many People Experiencing Homelessness Reported Migrating to a Small Canadian City: Machine Learning Approach With Augmented Data.

Liyanage CR, Mago V, Schiff R, Ranta K, Park A, Lovato-Day K, Agnor E, Gokani R

JMIR formative research2023

DOI: 10.2196/43511 PMID: 37129936

03

Understanding Barriers to Implementing and Managing Therapeutic Diets for People Living with Chronic Kidney Disease in Remote Indigenous Communities.

Schiff R, Freill H, Hardy CN

Current developments in nutrition2021First author

DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzaa175 PMID: 33501402

04

COVID-19 and pandemic planning in the context of rural and remote homelessness.

Schiff R, Buccieri K, Schiff JW, Kauppi C, Riva M

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2020First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-020-00415-1 PMID: 32974859

05

Quality of Life and Mental Well-Being: A Gendered Analysis of Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Canada.

Buccieri K, Oudshoorn A, Waegemakers Schiff J, Pauly B, Schiff R, Gaetz S

Community mental health journal2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-020-00596-6 PMID: 32124155

06

Improving access to phosphorus- and sodium-restricted foods for people living with chronic kidney disease in remote First Nations.

Schiff R, Freill H

Rural and remote health2020First author

DOI: 10.22605/rrh5485 PMID: 32000499

07

On the outside looking in: Finding a place for managed alcohol programs in the harm reduction movement.

Ivsins A, Pauly B, Brown M, Evans J, Gray E, Schiff R, Krysowaty B, Vallance K, Stockwell T

The International journal on drug policy2019

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.004 PMID: 30959410

08

Understanding the Fertility Desires and Intentions among HIV-Positive Men Living in Ontario: Survey Instrument Development and Validation.

Djiometio JN, Antoniou T, Kristman V, Schiff R, Gamble M, Kennedy L, Yudin M, Loutfy M

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2019

DOI: 10.1177/2325958219831018 PMID: 30803298

09

Community managed alcohol programs in Canada: Overview of key dimensions and implementation.

Pauly BB, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Chow C, Brown R, Evans J, Gray E, Krysowaty B, Ivsins A, Schiff R, Stockwell T

Drug and alcohol review2018

DOI: 10.1111/dar.12681 PMID: 29573059

Thunder Bay and Area Food Systems Report Card

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Levkoe, Charles Z.

Keywords: food systems; indicators; report card; sustainability; Northwestern Ontario

$25,000

Intravenous drug use through a hospital acquired vascular access device: the need for in-hospital harm reduction strategies

SupervisorCIHR2021Doctoral Research Award: Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Raynak, Andrea

Keywords: Acute Care Hospital; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Intravenous Drug Use; Nurses Attitudes/Beliefs/Views

$105,000

Implementing a Voluntary Local Review for the Sustainable Development Goals in Thunder Bay

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Schiff, Rebecca

Keywords: sustainable development; sustainability targets; sustainability indicators; cross-sector partnership; northern communities

$24,546

Why Are So Many of Thunder Bay's Homeless from Other Provinces? An Interdisciplinary, Mixed-Methods Study to Understand the Present and Predict the Future Using Simulation Models

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Gokani, Ravi

Keywords: homelessness; migration; Northern Ontario

$22,234

Designing Canada's long-term affordable housing approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Oudshoorn, Abram

Keywords: policy development; housing; poverty; homelessness

$199,114

COVID--19 and Pandemic Planning in the Context of Rural and Remote Homelessness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Engage Grants (PEG) COVID-19 Special Initiative

Principal investigators: Schiff, Rebecca

Keywords: homelessness; social services; social policy; pandemic preparedness

$24,740

Understanding labour force participation, work productivity and disability in the Indigenous context: a partnership with the Nokiiwin Tribal Council

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Kristman, Vicki L.

Keywords: Indigenous; labour force participation; work productivity; work engagement; work disability; discrimination; culture; workplace factors; quantitative; qualitative; survey; interviews; focus groups; intervention development; gender equity; age equity

$200,000

Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: community-directed collaborative research partnership; sustainable food systems; regional development; Aboriginal; First Nations; integration; scale; governance

$2,473,898

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

Interdisciplinary Studies
Housing
School of Nursing
Medicine
Medical/Health Geography
Not specified
Li Ka Shing Knowledge
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Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their SSHRC grant from 2021

Subject: Prospective PhD student: sustainable development Dear Professor Schiff, 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 "Increase in Trauma Leading to Psychological Injury Among Canadian Homelessness Services Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic." (2024), 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 SSHRC-funded project "Implementing a Voluntary Local Review for the Sustainable Development Goals in Thunder Bay" (2021), 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]