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Sepali Guruge

ResearcherGeography and Environmental StudiesToronto Metropolitan University

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Sepali Guruge

Researcher

Geography and Environmental Studies

Health Sciences

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 10 research grants (5 CIHR, 5 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Older Immigrants Canada Healthcare Access Healthcare Use Immigrants Transnational Healthcare Practices Access To Healthcare Services Location And Language Discordance

Latest papers

Factors Contributing to Suicide Deaths Among Sri Lankan Tamil Men in Toronto, Canada: Perspectives of Family, Friends, and Service Providers.
The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2026 · first author
Bridging the Gap: Barriers to Access Autism Support for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Canada and the United States.
Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society · 2026
Smartphone technology, social network maintenance, and social participation among Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Canada.
The Gerontologist · 2026

All 67 publications

Latest funding

Cultural, Gendered, and Structural Dimensions of Family Caregiving for Substance Use in South Asian Canadian Communities
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$73,020
Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,032,750
Why Do Canadians Host Refugees? Exploring Hospitableness, Attitudes, Empathy, Readiness to Assist, Satisfaction and Advocacy in Homestay Hosting
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$170,334

All 21 grants and awards

67 publications.

Factors Contributing to Suicide Deaths Among Sri Lankan Tamil Men in Toronto, Canada: Perspectives of Family, Friends, and Service Providers.

Guruge S, Kanthasamy P, Chandrasekaran K, Illesinghe V, Ganesan M

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621261473955 PMID: 42565789

Bridging the Gap: Barriers to Access Autism Support for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Canada and the United States.

Amanzai H, Stafford A, Wang BQ, Guruge S, Catallo C, Nishi S, Walton N, Borges A, Sediq M, Joy P

Journal of transcultural nursing : official journal of the Transcultural Nursing Society2026

DOI: 10.1177/10436596261441556 PMID: 42046274

Smartphone technology, social network maintenance, and social participation among Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Canada.

Ekoh PC, Guruge S, Salma J, Zhuang ZC, Sethi B, Walsh CA

The Gerontologist2026

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnag167 PMID: 42547984

Why do Canadians host refugees? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study protocol.

Al-Hamad A, Yasin Y, Metersky K, Karimi A, Guruge S, El-Masri M, Al-Saadi R

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0353551 PMID: 42441668

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.

Salma J, Au A, Murad-Kassam S, Guruge S, Mukanoheli V, Tong H, Chamberlain SA, Salami B, Fernández-Sánchez H, Yamamoto S, Kamran R, Temuri H, Jones A

Implementation science communications2026

DOI: 10.1186/s43058-026-00999-8 PMID: 42304543

Exploring Afghan Refugees' Post-Resettlement Experiences in North America: A Scoping Review.

Amanzai H, Wang BQ, Catallo C, Guruge S, Sidani S, Sethi B, Ziegler E, Nishi S, Joy P, Stafford A, Borges A, Sediq M

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2026

DOI: 10.1177/08445621261420300 PMID: 41671316

Social Belonging in Migrant Older Adults: A Concept Analysis.

Metersky K, Guruge S, Al-Hamad A, Wang L, Yasin YM, Yang L, Zhuang ZC, Catallo C, Amanzai H, Kirkwood M, Chahine M

ANS. Advances in nursing science2026

DOI: 10.1097/ans.0000000000000656 PMID: 42187301

Circuits of Care in Displacement: Hybrid Transnational Health Care Pathways among Older Syrian Refugees in the Greater Toronto Area.

Al-Hamad A, Yasin YM, Guruge S, Metersky K, Yang L, Zhuang Z

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2026

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980826100695 PMID: 42163494

Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.

Ekoh PC, Guruge S, Zhang J, Metersky K, Cloutier DS, Tong H, Walsh CA

Innovation in aging2026

DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igag032 PMID: 42404853

Successful Refugee Cohabitation With Host Families: A Concept Analysis and Model Development.

Al-Hamad A, Yasin YM, Metersky K, Guruge S, Gare C, Hingorani M

Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association2025

DOI: 10.1177/08980101241273878 PMID: 39212144

Cultural, Gendered, and Structural Dimensions of Family Caregiving for Substance Use in South Asian Canadian Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: St-Amant, Oona

$73,020

Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Guruge, Sepali; Hung, Lillian M; Salma, Jordana M; Wang, Lu

Keywords: Canada; Healthcare Access; Healthcare Use; Immigrants; Transnational Healthcare Practices

$1,032,750

Why Do Canadians Host Refugees? Exploring Hospitableness, Attitudes, Empathy, Readiness to Assist, Satisfaction and Advocacy in Homestay Hosting

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Al-Hamad, Areej

$170,334

Hidden Homelessness Among Pregnant Women and Gender Diverse People in Ontario

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Chyzzy, Barbara

Keywords: Homelessness; Women and gender diverse people; Pregnancy; Perinatal period; Intimate partner violence; Newcomers; Poverty; Transitional housing; Shelter system; Intersectionality

$37,623

Reimagining Transnational Public Participation: Summer School, June 2024

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gray, Sean W.D.

Keywords: summer school; international exchange; student and practitioner training; knowledge transfer; democratic innovations; global democracy; participatory and deliberative democracy; international governance

$90,797

Picturing the experiences of refugees: A Photovoice exploration of Ukrainian refugee women's experiences with their Canadian hosts in the Greater Toronto Area

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Al-Hamad, Areej

Keywords: Ukrainian Refugee Women; Photovoice; Art-based research; Research for creation; Hosting refugees; Social justice; Intersectionality; Equity seeking group; Vulnerabilities and marginalization; Political conflict and wellbeing

$60,523

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Salma, Jordana M; Jones, Catherine A; Salami, Bukola O; Yamamoto, Shelby

Keywords: Aging; Mobility; Race; Religion

$397,800

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Population and Public Health

Principal investigators: Salma, Jordana M; Jones, Catherine A; Salami, Bukola O

Keywords: Aging; Gender; Mobility; Race

$100,000

Partnering to explore resident safety in Long-Term Care: Equity and Relational Care Perspectives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Bookey-Bassett, Susan

Keywords: resident safety; long-term care; equity; relational care; qualitative methods

$23,250

Examining transnational health practices and healthcare access among older immigrants in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Wang, Lu

Keywords: transnational healthcare practice; access to healthcare; barrier; transnationalism; older immigrants; mixed-methods approach; spatial analysis; survey; focus groups; Toronto CMA

$183,558

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Sepali Guruge

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Factors Contributing to Suicide Deaths Among Sri Lankan Tamil Men in Toronto, Canada: Perspectives of Family, Friends, and Service Providers.

Bridging the Gap: Barriers to Access Autism Support for Immigrant and Refugee Communities in Canada and the United States.

Smartphone technology, social network maintenance, and social participation among Mandarin-speaking older immigrants in Canada.

Why do Canadians host refugees? A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study protocol.

Evaluation of a co-designed community-based physical activity program with immigrant South Asian older women: an intersectional RE-AIM/PRISM analysis of acceptability and feasibility.

Exploring Afghan Refugees' Post-Resettlement Experiences in North America: A Scoping Review.

Social Belonging in Migrant Older Adults: A Concept Analysis.

Circuits of Care in Displacement: Hybrid Transnational Health Care Pathways among Older Syrian Refugees in the Greater Toronto Area.

Smartphones as a gateway to independence and adaptation: older Mandarin-speaking immigrants' use of smartphones for everyday living.

Successful Refugee Cohabitation With Host Families: A Concept Analysis and Model Development.

Cultural, Gendered, and Structural Dimensions of Family Caregiving for Substance Use in South Asian Canadian Communities

Transnational Healthcare Practices Among Immigrants in Canada: Nature, Scope, Drivers, and Implications

Why Do Canadians Host Refugees? Exploring Hospitableness, Attitudes, Empathy, Readiness to Assist, Satisfaction and Advocacy in Homestay Hosting

Hidden Homelessness Among Pregnant Women and Gender Diverse People in Ontario

Reimagining Transnational Public Participation: Summer School, June 2024

Picturing the experiences of refugees: A Photovoice exploration of Ukrainian refugee women's experiences with their Canadian hosts in the Greater Toronto Area

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

Promoting Outdoor Mobility via Enhancing Neighborhood Walkability for Racialized Older Women: A Community-Based Participatory Project.

Partnering to explore resident safety in Long-Term Care: Equity and Relational Care Perspectives

Examining transnational health practices and healthcare access among older immigrants in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Souraya Sidani

Souraya Sidani

Souraya Sidani

Kateryna Metersky

Kateryna Metersky

Areej Al-Hamad

Ilene Hyman

Lu Wang

Lixia Yang

Jordana Salma

Oona St-Amant

Robin Mason

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

Charlotte Lee

Bharati Sethi

Charlotte Lee

Sherry Espin

Mandana Vahabi

Karline Wilson-Mitchell

Katherine McGilton

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

Denise Spitzer

Nazilla Khanlou

Kwame Mckenzie