Chavon Niles, University of Toronto

Research

Black Communities Community-Based Research Disability Justice Health Systems Access Immigrant Health Inclusive Emergency Response Knowledge Mobilization Pandemic Planning

Latest papers

Characterizing virtual community exercise programs for people with mobility limitations: a scoping review.
Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2026
Inequity in research evaluations of virtual exercise programs for adults with mobility limitations: a scoping review.
Disability and rehabilitation · 2026
Untold Stories of Black and Racialized Immigrants with Disabilities During COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.
Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026 · first author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

Collective Futures: Mobilizing Knowledge on Disability, Race, and Immigrant Health to Inform Planning for Pandemics and Other Public Health Emergencies
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$24,996
Co-Designing a Culturally Adapted Self-Management Health Intervention for Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan Older Adults Living with Diabetes and Their Family Caregivers in Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$474,299
Youth and Family Specific Engagement in Research (UNITE): A Framework Development Project
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$99,975

All 3 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Characterizing virtual community exercise programs for people with mobility limitations: a scoping review.

Barbosa Dos Santos R, Lin J, Badwal A, Singh H, Jaglal SB, Niles C, Salbach NM

Journal of exercise science and fitness2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.jesf.2026.200477 PMID: 42180658

02

Inequity in research evaluations of virtual exercise programs for adults with mobility limitations: a scoping review.

Barbosa Dos Santos R, Lin J, Badwal A, Singh H, Jaglal SB, Niles C, Salbach NM

Disability and rehabilitation2026

DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2026.2680629 PMID: 42259282

03

Untold Stories of Black and Racialized Immigrants with Disabilities During COVID-19 in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area.

Niles C, Yoshida K, Vickers K, Anderson J, El-Lahib Y, Hamdy R, Al Awamry N

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026First author

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare14020205 PMID: 41595341

04

Development of a Framework for Youth- and Family-Specific Engagement in Research: Proposal for a Scoping Review and Qualitative Descriptive Study

Munce SEP, Jarrett C, Senthilnathan V, Luong D, Allemang B, Bailey K, Biddiss E, Britto MT, Buchanan F, Cassidy C

JMIR Research Protocols20254 citations

DOI: 10.2196/65733

05

Providing culturally responsive care in a pediatric setting: are our trainees ready?

Chen A, Blatman Z, Chan A, Hossain A, Niles C, Atkinson A, Narang I

BMC medical education2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04651-0 PMID: 37730640

Collective Futures: Mobilizing Knowledge on Disability, Race, and Immigrant Health to Inform Planning for Pandemics and Other Public Health Emergencies

Nominated PICIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Niles, Chavon

Keywords: Black Communities; Community-Based Research; Disability Justice; Health Systems Access; Immigrant Health; Inclusive Emergency Response; Knowledge Mobilization; Pandemic Planning; Public Health Emergency Preparedness; Racialized Communities

$24,996

Co-Designing a Culturally Adapted Self-Management Health Intervention for Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan Older Adults Living with Diabetes and Their Family Caregivers in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Kokorelias, Kristina M; Al-Hamad, Areej S; Harris, Maurita T; Metersky, Kateryna; YASIN, YASIN

Keywords: Aging; Culturally Sensitive Care; Diabetes; Implementation Science; Qualitative; Stigma

$474,299

Youth and Family Specific Engagement in Research (UNITE): A Framework Development Project

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Healthy Youth

Principal investigators: Munce, Sarah E; Jarrett, Clementine; Toulany, Alene

Keywords: Frameworks; Models; Patient Engagement; Qualitative; Scooping Review; Theories; Youth

$99,975

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

Pediatrics
Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Department of Paediatrics
Psychiatry
Translational Medicine
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
Geriatrics
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2025

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Black Communities Dear Professor Niles, 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 "Characterizing virtual community exercise programs for people with mobility limitations: 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 "Collective Futures: Mobilizing Knowledge on Disability, Race, and Immigrant Health to Inform Planning for Pandemics and Other Public Health Emergencies" (2025), 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]