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Debbie Laliberte Rudman

ResearcherSocial RelationsWestern University

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Debbie Laliberte Rudman

Researcher

Social Relations

Social Sciences and Humanities

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 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 6 research grants (6 SSHRC), most recently in 2022.

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Publications

182

Citations

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Grants

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Research

social isolation place aging long-term unemployment critical ethnography occupation precarity unemployment

Latest papers

Deepening Understanding of Oasis, a NORC-Based Program: Perspectives from Housing Partners.
Canadian Journal on Aging · 2026
Building Connections among University Students and Older Adult through Co-occupation in Intergenerational Living.
Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement · 2026 · senior author
Transforming Learners: Integrating Indigenous Content into a Canadian Occupational Therapy Program.
Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2026

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$27,771
Reconceptualizing third places: Countering social isolation in lives without workplaces
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$122,538
Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionnelle : détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meilleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$87,304

All 20 grants and awards

34 publications.

Deepening Understanding of Oasis, a NORC-Based Program: Perspectives from Housing Partners.

Nuri RP, Laliberte Rudman D, Letts L, Hand C, McGrath C, Richardson J, Robinson A, Webber A, Nguyen A, Malvern R

Canadian Journal on Aging2026

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980825100408

Building Connections among University Students and Older Adult through Co-occupation in Intergenerational Living.

Gorjup R, Hand C, Laliberte Rudman D

Canadian journal on aging = La revue canadienne du vieillissement2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980825100512 PMID: 41555608

Transforming Learners: Integrating Indigenous Content into a Canadian Occupational Therapy Program.

Pride T, Laliberte Rudman D, Bombay A, Melro C

Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie2026

DOI: 10.1177/00084174261471454 PMID: 42536702

Being and Doing Together in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community: Pandemic Experiences of Older Adults

Fernandes K, Hand C, Rudman DL, McGrath C, Cooper HC, Donnelly C, DePaul VG, Letts L, Richardson J

Canadian Journal on Aging20252 citations

DOI: 10.1017/s0714980824000345

Pediatric oncology caregiving as narrative repair: Restor(y)ing disrupted family biographies and damaged moral identities.

Molinaro ML, Polzer J, Laliberte Rudman D, Savundranayagam M

Health (London, England : 1997)2025

DOI: 10.1177/13634593241270955 PMID: 39099340

Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature

Reparon R, Block P, Fudge Schormans A, Laliberte Rudman D, Teachman G

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy20241 citations

DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2023.2289897

"Making change by shared doing": An examination of occupation in processes of social transformation in five case studies.

Schiller S, van Bruggen H, Kantartzis S, Laliberte Rudman D, Lavalley R, Pollard N

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy2023

DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2022.2046153 PMID: 35261331

"I can't remember the last time I was comfortable about being home": lived experience perspectives on thriving following homelessness.

Marshall CA, Phillips B, Holmes J, Todd E, Hill R, Panter G, Easton C, Landry T, Collins S, Greening T, O'Brien A, Jastak M, Ridge R, Goldszmidt R, Shanoff C, Laliberte Rudman D, Carlsson A, Aryobi S, Szlapinski J, Carrillo-Beck R, Pacheco N, Perez S, Oudshoorn A

International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2023

DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2023.2176979 PMID: 36803094

Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Dash MJ, Hamdani Y, Laliberte Rudman D, Teachman G

Scandinavian journal of occupational therapy2023

DOI: 10.1080/11038128.2023.2210802 PMID: 37162546

Exemplary post-discharge stroke rehabilitation programs: A multiple case study.

Egan M, Laliberte Rudman D, Lanoix M, Meyer M, Linkewich E, Montgomery P, Fearn J, Donnelly B, Collver M, Daly S

Clinical rehabilitation2023

DOI: 10.1177/02692155221144891 PMID: 36542091

Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Wijekoon, Sachindri

Keywords: Older adults; Racism; Ageism; Intersectionality; Self-care; Wellness; Resilience; Qualitative Research; Photovoice; Critical gerontology

$27,771

Reconceptualizing third places: Countering social isolation in lives without workplaces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Laliberte Rudman, Debbie

Keywords: social isolation; aging; long-term unemployment; place; critical ethnography; occupation

$122,538

Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionnelle : détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meilleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lagacé, Martine

Keywords: rétention des travailleurs âgés; âgisme; stéréotypes; discrimination; employeurs; étude expérimentale; ethnographie ciblée; analyse de contenu thématique; analyse de discours; analyse acheminatoire

$87,304

Reconceptualizing third places: Countering social isolation in lives without workplaces

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Laliberte Rudman, Debbie

Keywords: social isolation; aging; long-term unemployment; place; critical ethnography; occupation

$53,203

Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionnelle : détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meilleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Lagacé, Martine

$25,289

Social isolation, third places, and precarious employment circumstances: A scoping review

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Knowledge Synthesis Grants - Emerging Asocial Society

Principal investigators: Laliberte Rudman, Debbie

Keywords: precarity; unemployment; social isolation; place; third place; social connectedness

$29,870

Supporting Optimal Aging: Social Networks in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Partnership Grants

Keywords: optimal aging; aging-in-place; naturally occurring retirement communities; social networks; well-being

$20,000

Peer Support to Community (P2C) Model for Supporting Individuals Following Homelessness: Developing and Piloting a Novel Approach

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Marshall, Carrie Anne

Keywords: Belonging; Community Integration; Evaluation; Health Equity; Homelessness; Intervention Research; Pilot Study

$730,576

Enacting a critical participatory action research process with older adults aging with vision loss: A focus on community mobility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McGrath, Colleen E.

Keywords: older adults; age-related vision loss ARVL; community mobility; critical participatory action research CPAR

$118,434

Enacting a critical participatory action research process with older adults aging with vision loss: A focus on community mobility

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McGrath, Colleen E.

Keywords: older adults; age-related vision loss ARVL; community mobility; critical participatory action research CPAR

$101,998

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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Debbie Laliberte Rudman

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Deepening Understanding of Oasis, a NORC-Based Program: Perspectives from Housing Partners.

Building Connections among University Students and Older Adult through Co-occupation in Intergenerational Living.

Transforming Learners: Integrating Indigenous Content into a Canadian Occupational Therapy Program.

Being and Doing Together in a Naturally Occurring Retirement Community: Pandemic Experiences of Older Adults

Pediatric oncology caregiving as narrative repair: Restor(y)ing disrupted family biographies and damaged moral identities.

Critiquing representations of intellectual disability in occupation-based literature

"Making change by shared doing": An examination of occupation in processes of social transformation in five case studies.

"I can't remember the last time I was comfortable about being home": lived experience perspectives on thriving following homelessness.

Representations of parenting autistic children: A critical interpretive synthesis.

Exemplary post-discharge stroke rehabilitation programs: A multiple case study.

Exploring wellness: racialized older adults' self-care through inclusive photovoice.

Reconceptualizing third places: Countering social isolation in lives without workplaces

Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionnelle : détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meilleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens

Reconceptualizing third places: Countering social isolation in lives without workplaces

Les défis de l'allongement de la vie professionnelle : détecter l'âgisme au travail, en mesurer les impacts et identifier les meilleures pratiques de rétention des travailleurs âgés canadiens

Social isolation, third places, and precarious employment circumstances: A scoping review

Supporting Optimal Aging: Social Networks in Naturally Occurring Retirement Communities

Peer Support to Community (P2C) Model for Supporting Individuals Following Homelessness: Developing and Piloting a Novel Approach

Enacting a critical participatory action research process with older adults aging with vision loss: A focus on community mobility

Enacting a critical participatory action research process with older adults aging with vision loss: A focus on community mobility

Frequent collaborators

Catherine Donnelly

Paula Gardner

Lori Letts

Amanda M Grenier

Julie Richardson

Patrik Marier

Christine Ceci

Vincent Depaul

Gail Teachman

Judy King

Matthew Meyer

Ann Fudge Schormans

Suzanne Huot

Tara Pride

Amy Bombay

Carolyn Melro

Dianne Bryant

Yani Hamdani

Mary Egan

Sachindri Wijekoon