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Shelley Craig

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Shelley Craig

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

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.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 9 research grants (7 SSHRC, 2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2019.

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Research

Community-Based Research Coping Group Interventions Intervention Research Sexual Minority Youth Sexual Risk Behaviors Café Scientifique Program Health Promotion

Latest papers

Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Protocol for a LEVEL UP! Cross-Sectional Survey and Screenshot Elicitation Interview Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2026 · senior author
Correction: Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.
Harm reduction journal · 2026
Suicide among youth and young adults in Canada: bereaved parents' perspectives on the systems of care.
International journal of mental health systems · 2025

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Child Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Combatting AI-generated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$93,130
Prevention of faking on personality assessments
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$35,330

All 26 grants and awards

9 publications.

Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Protocol for a LEVEL UP! Cross-Sectional Survey and Screenshot Elicitation Interview Study.

Di Cesare DM, Brooks A, Doll K, McInroy L, Lozano-Verduzco I, Mendoza-Pérez JC, McDermott DT, Perry Y, Schaub J, Byron P, Alessi EJ, Craig S

JMIR research protocols2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/95804 PMID: 42784725

Correction: Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.

Kourgiantakis T, Hamilton A, Tait C, Kosar AKT, Lau CKY, McNeil S, Lee E, Craig S, Goldstein AL

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01515-w PMID: 42668368

Suicide among youth and young adults in Canada: bereaved parents' perspectives on the systems of care.

Kourgiantakis T, Cooper D, Cooper D, Craig S, Lee E, Jones J, Lau CKY, Tousignant RN, Singer JB, Johnstone M, Zaheer J

International journal of mental health systems2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13033-025-00680-y PMID: 40830502

Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.

Kourgiantakis T, Hamilton A, Tait C, Tekirdag Kosar AK, Lau CKY, McNeil S, Lee E, Craig S, Goldstein AL

Harm reduction journal2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-01112-9 PMID: 39506846

Understanding youth and young adult cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: a scoping review on a public health issue.

Kourgiantakis T, Vicknarajah R, Logan J, Edwards T, Lee E, Craig S, Kaura A, Williams CC, Marshall S

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-024-00615-9 PMID: 38886804

Protocol for a scoping review on technology use and sexual and gender minority youth and mental health.

Doll K, Craig S, Lee Y, Kourgiantakis T, Lee E, Dicesare D, Pearson A, Vo T

PloS one2024

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0291539 PMID: 38277342

Youth cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: service providers' perceptions, practices, and recommendations.

Kourgiantakis T, Lee E, Kosar AKT, Tait C, Lau CKY, McNeil S, Craig S, Ashcroft R, Williams CC, Goldstein AL, Chandrasekera U, Sur D, Henderson JL

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2023

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-023-00550-1 PMID: 37349741

The Lived Experience of the Hospital Discharge “Plan”: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Complex Patients

Carusone SC, O'Leary B, McWatt S, Stewart A, Craig S, Brennan DJ

Journal of Hospital Medicine201717 citations

DOI: 10.1002/jhm.2671

Self-reported patient psychosocial needs in integrated primary health care: A role for social work in interdisciplinary teams.

Craig S, Frankford R, Allan K, Williams C, Schwartz C, Yaworski A, Janz G, Malek-Saniee S

Social work in health care2016First author

DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2015.1085483 PMID: 26727556

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Dame, Jessy M; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+ Health; Capacity Building And Interdisciplinary Training; Community-Based Participatory Research (Cbpr); Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility (Edia); Health Systems And Policy; Indigenous Health And Two-Spirit Wellbeing; Knowledge Translation And Mobilization; Patient-Oriented Research (Spor); Sex- And Gender-Based Analysis Plus (Sgba+); Stigma Reduction

$150,000

Child Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Combatting AI-generated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Xue, Jia

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Child Abuse

$93,130

Prevention of faking on personality assessments

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Robie, Chet

Keywords: personality; faking; psychometrics

$35,330

Youth Suicide Risk Assessment in Québec and Ontario Emergency Departments: Service Providers' Experiences and Perspectives

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kourgiantakis, Toula

Keywords: Youth suicide; Family; Emergency departments; Quebec; Ontario; Service providers

$23,686

Explanatory Mechanisms of the Development of Co-occurring Externalizing and Internalizing Problems: A longitudinal Follow-up Study on Vulnerable Children as they Transition to School

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Temcheff, Caroline

Keywords: Children; Education; Elementary School; Internalizing; Externalizing

$41,841

Mobilizing Subjugated Knowledges for a Just and Inclusive Niagara

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Tossutti, Livianna S.

Keywords: immigrant settlement and inclusion; subjugated knowledges; social justice; children's issues; health literacy; identity; belonging; Afro-descendants; Official Language Minority community; sexual and gender diverse newcomers; seasonal agricultural workers

$97,380

Mobilizing Subjugated Knowledges for a Just and Inclusive Niagara

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Tossutti, Livianna S.

$82,050

The INQYR Interdisciplinary Education Symposium (INQYRIES)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Craig, Shelley L.

Keywords: gender and sexual minority youth; information communication technologies; resilience; mental health; wellbeing; knowledge mobilization; student training; international partnerships

$25,000

A Critical Exploration of Youth Suicide and Systems of Care: Understanding Perspectives of Parents and Caregivers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Kourgiantakis, Toula

Keywords: Youth; Suicide; Family; Systems of care; Ecological; Intersectionality; Mental health; Addictions; Parents; Caregivers

$43,470

Examining Cannabis Use and Mental Health Concerns in Youth from the Perspectives of Youth, Parents, and Service Providers: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Kourgiantakis, Toula

Keywords: cannabis; mental health; addictions; stigma; discrimination; youth; family; service provider; intersectionality

$24,954

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-Based Research Dear Professor Craig, 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 "Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Protocol for a LEVEL UP! Cross-Sectional Survey and Screenshot Elicitation Interview Study." (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 SSHRC-funded project "The INQYR Interdisciplinary Education Symposium (INQYRIES)" (2022), 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]

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Shelley Craig

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Latest papers

Latest funding

Video Gaming and Psychological Well-Being Among Sexual and Gender Diverse Youth in Canada, the United States, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and Australia: Protocol for a LEVEL UP! Cross-Sectional Survey and Screenshot Elicitation Interview Study.

Correction: Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.

Suicide among youth and young adults in Canada: bereaved parents' perspectives on the systems of care.

Reducing the harms of cannabis use in youth post-legalization: insights from Ontario youth, parents, and service providers.

Understanding youth and young adult cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: a scoping review on a public health issue.

Protocol for a scoping review on technology use and sexual and gender minority youth and mental health.

Youth cannabis use in Canada post-legalization: service providers' perceptions, practices, and recommendations.

The Lived Experience of the Hospital Discharge “Plan”: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study of Complex Patients

Self-reported patient psychosocial needs in integrated primary health care: A role for social work in interdisciplinary teams.

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma

Child Safety in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: Combatting AI-generated Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

Prevention of faking on personality assessments

Youth Suicide Risk Assessment in Québec and Ontario Emergency Departments: Service Providers' Experiences and Perspectives

Explanatory Mechanisms of the Development of Co-occurring Externalizing and Internalizing Problems: A longitudinal Follow-up Study on Vulnerable Children as they Transition to School

Mobilizing Subjugated Knowledges for a Just and Inclusive Niagara

Mobilizing Subjugated Knowledges for a Just and Inclusive Niagara

The INQYR Interdisciplinary Education Symposium (INQYRIES)

A Critical Exploration of Youth Suicide and Systems of Care: Understanding Perspectives of Parents and Caregivers

Examining Cannabis Use and Mental Health Concerns in Youth from the Perspectives of Youth, Parents, and Service Providers: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach

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