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Tanya Halsall

ResearcherUniversity of Ottawa

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Tanya Halsall

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
20 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (3 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Youth Engagement Icelandic Prevention Model Big Tech Child And Youth Development Commercial Determinants Of Health Environmental Scan Health Equity Health Promotion

Latest papers

Rapid realist review of organisational supports for youth peer support workers
BMJ Open · 2026
Unreachable Loneliness: Informal Supports Role Amid Low Belonging Perceptions of Suicide-Vulnerable Youth.
Qualitative health research · 2026 · senior author
"Truly having a conversation with each member about their needs": accessibility considerations for the engagement of people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research.
Research involvement and engagement · 2026 · senior author

All 28 publications

Latest funding

There can be no free speech without free will: Mobilizing youth voice to counter commercial technology oppression.
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,455,240
A new tool to measure the impact of lived experience and family engagement on research: a psychometric validation study
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$390,150
Integrating universal and tailored approaches across the continuum of mental health and substance use supports: Supporting the implementation and coordination of the Icelandic Prevention Model and Integrated Youth Services
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$345,000

All 11 grants and awards

28 publications.

Rapid realist review of organisational supports for youth peer support workers

Hews-Girard J, Halsall T, Cullen E, Bellefeuille A, Daley M, Evans C, Sandoval V, Dunning A, Lee J, Carde B

BMJ Open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111837

Unreachable Loneliness: Informal Supports Role Amid Low Belonging Perceptions of Suicide-Vulnerable Youth.

Drabenstott M, Khanna N, Halsall T

Qualitative health research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/10497323251316192 PMID: 40155362

"Truly having a conversation with each member about their needs": accessibility considerations for the engagement of people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research.

Hawke LD, Dada-Phillips W, Munro C, Hauer S, Sendanyoye C, Upham K, Kesteren MRV, Amartey A, Lunsky Y, Halsall T

Research involvement and engagement2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-026-00912-6 PMID: 42204734

'Working Together to Meet in the Middle'. A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Power Dynamics in Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Research.

Hawke LD, Dunphy J, Sheikhan NY, Dada-Philips W, Hauer S, Munro C, Sendanyoye C, Halsall T, Strudwick G, Lunsky Y

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70730 PMID: 42370725

Processes of development related with the implementation of the Icelandic prevention model in a rural Canadian community.

Halsall T, Mahmoud K, Drabenstott M, Orpana H, Iyer SN, Kristjansson A, Matheson K

Discover public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-00443-7 PMID: 39991044

Gaps in the Engagement of People With Lived and Living Experience and Caregivers in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Research: A Qualitative Study of Untapped Potential.

Hawke LD, Hou J, Munro C, Sendanyoye C, Hauer S, van Kesteren MR, Upham K, Halsall T, Lunsky Y

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2025

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70393 PMID: 40810294

Tracing the undercurrents: a scoping review of the lifestyle drift concept.

Halsall T, Orpana H, Jan M

BMC public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25616-6 PMID: 41436996

"Inclusivity requires an active effort": building an inclusive and diverse space when engaging people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research.

Amartey A, Hauer S, Munro C, Sendanyoye C, Upham K, van Kesteren MR, Halsall T, Lunsky Y, Hawke LD

Research involvement and engagement2025

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00798-w PMID: 41163163

A mixed methods exploration of the lifestyle drift concept to support the development of measurement tools.

Halsall T, Bellefeuille A, Cormier M, Bannay A, Hews-Girard J

Discover public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12982-025-01038-y PMID: 41211345

"Pictures helped me understand it in a way words couldn't": Youth reflections participating in a youth-led photovoice study.

Mckee S, Halsall T, Sheikhan NY, Knight R, Henderson J, Hawke LD

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0308165 PMID: 39240902

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Tanya Halsall

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Latest funding

Rapid realist review of organisational supports for youth peer support workers

Unreachable Loneliness: Informal Supports Role Amid Low Belonging Perceptions of Suicide-Vulnerable Youth.

"Truly having a conversation with each member about their needs": accessibility considerations for the engagement of people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research.

'Working Together to Meet in the Middle'. A Qualitative Descriptive Study of Power Dynamics in Lived Experience and Family Engagement in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Research.

Processes of development related with the implementation of the Icelandic prevention model in a rural Canadian community.

Gaps in the Engagement of People With Lived and Living Experience and Caregivers in Mental Health and Substance Use Health Research: A Qualitative Study of Untapped Potential.

Tracing the undercurrents: a scoping review of the lifestyle drift concept.

"Inclusivity requires an active effort": building an inclusive and diverse space when engaging people with lived and living experience and caregivers in mental health and substance use health research.

A mixed methods exploration of the lifestyle drift concept to support the development of measurement tools.

"Pictures helped me understand it in a way words couldn't": Youth reflections participating in a youth-led photovoice study.

Frequent collaborators

Kimberly Matheson

Yona Lunsky

Yona Lunsky

Heather Orpana

Steve Mathias

Jo Henderson

Julia Hews-Girard

Tanya Forneris

Ian Manion

Srividya Iyer

Rebecca Haines-Saah

Emily Jenkins

Srividya Iyer

Alexandra Arellano

Shelly Ben-David

Éric Lavigne

Paula Robeson

Karleigh Darnay

Gillian Strudwick

Emma McCann

Lisa Hawke

Jacqueline Relihan

Saima Hirani

Jennifer Couturier

Trevor Goodyear

Melissa Kimber

Steve Mathias

Sophie Soklaridis