Christopher MacDonald, Toronto Metropolitan University

Research

ethics training education cynicism workplace decision-making narratives

Latest papers

Paramedic-reported infection prevention and control practices in Canadian paramedic services before and during COVID-19.
American journal of infection control · 2025 · first author
Evaluation of the Performance of a Multiplexed Serological Assay in the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a Predominantly Vaccinated Population.
Microbiology spectrum · 2022

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Innovating Corporate Ethics Training: Using Branching Narratives for Improved Ethics Training in the Financial Services Industry
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$24,524

All 1 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Paramedic-reported infection prevention and control practices in Canadian paramedic services before and during COVID-19.

MacDonald C, Demers PA, Grunau B, Goldfarb DM, O'Neill D, Srigley JA, Wall N, Do MT, Asamoah-Boaheng M, Kirkham TL

American journal of infection control2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.05.007 PMID: 40383198

02

Evaluation of the Performance of a Multiplexed Serological Assay in the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in a Predominantly Vaccinated Population.

Asamoah-Boaheng M, Goldfarb DM, Barakauskas V, Kirkham TL, Demers PA, Karim ME, Lavoie PM, Marquez AC, Jassem AN, Jenneson S, MacDonald C, Grunau B

Microbiology spectrum2022

DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01454-21 PMID: 35196794

Innovating Corporate Ethics Training: Using Branching Narratives for Improved Ethics Training in the Financial Services Industry

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: MacDonald, Christopher J.

Keywords: ethics; training; education; cynicism; workplace; decision-making; narratives

$24,524

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

Emergency Medicine
Clinical Chemistry
Other

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Brian Grunau

Emergency Medicine

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Vilte Barakauskas

Clinical Chemistry

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: ethics Dear Professor MacDonald, 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 "Paramedic-reported infection prevention and control practices in Canadian paramedic services before and during COVID-19." (2025), 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 "Innovating Corporate Ethics Training: Using Branching Narratives for Improved Ethics Training in the Financial Services Industry" (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]