Franco Taverna, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

A Population Health Approach for Coordinating Community-Based Seniors' Services and Strengthening Health System Resilience
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$750,000
An ethnographic study of Black children's identity construction in early childhood education
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$190,745
Canadian Disability Participation Project 2.0: Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Quality Sport, Exercise and Play Experiences for Canadians with Disabilities
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$331,075

All 3 grants and awards

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A Population Health Approach for Coordinating Community-Based Seniors' Services and Strengthening Health System Resilience

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: Strength.Resilient/Equitable Public Health Systems- Community Sector

Principal investigators: Mirza, Raza M; Sinha, Samir K; Tamblyn Watts, Laura E

Keywords: Aging-In-Place; Community-Based Seniors Services; Health Equity; Health Systems Integration; Participatory Research; Population Health; Service Coordination; Social Care Systems; Social Determinants; Vulnerable Populations

$750,000

An ethnographic study of Black children's identity construction in early childhood education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Black Scholars - CGS

Principal investigators: Matebekwane, Kamogelo A.

Keywords: identity construction; black children; early childhood education; sense of belonging; anti-black racism; discrimination and prejudice; equality; inclusion; diversity; blackness as presence; black lives matter; community development

$190,745

Canadian Disability Participation Project 2.0: Developing, Implementing and Evaluating Quality Sport, Exercise and Play Experiences for Canadians with Disabilities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: quality participation; disability; sport; exercise; play; recreation; children; youth; adults; knowledge creation; knowledge mobilization; implementation; dissemination

$331,075

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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