Sean Hillier, York University

Research

Indigenous Health Community Engaged Conversational Interview Hepatitis C Positive Impact Qualitative Upstream Determinants Wholistic

Latest papers

The Public Health Implications of Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: A Lesson From Nigeria.
American journal of public health · 2025 · senior author
But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research.
Qualitative research : QR · 2025
HEAL-Summ: a lightweight and ethical framework for accessible summarization of health information.
Frontiers in public health · 2025

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health.
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$125,000
Building research capacity and community readiness for First Nations harm reduction on Manitoulin Island
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$25,000
Memories of home: Ethnography into the impact of trauma on the aging experience of Lebanese immigrants in Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Supervisor

All 8 grants and awards

10 publications.

01

The Public Health Implications of Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: A Lesson From Nigeria.

Akadinma EP, Hillier S

American journal of public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2025.308075 PMID: 40633009

02

But where's the body? Bodies, time, money, and the political economy of post-pandemic field research.

Baines D, Braedley S, Daly T, Ågotnes G, Banerjee A, Chaccour E, Côté-Boucher K, Glasdam S, Hillier S, MacDonald M, Jacobsen FF, Stilwell C

Qualitative research : QR2025

DOI: 10.1177/14687941241264473 PMID: 40503447

03

HEAL-Summ: a lightweight and ethical framework for accessible summarization of health information.

Fisher A, Srinivasan K, Hillier S, Mago V

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1619274 PMID: 41080848

04

Counter-narratives of active aging: Disability, trauma, and joy in the age-friendly city.

Côté-Boucher K, Daly T, Chivers S, Braedley S, Hillier S

Journal of aging studies2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2023.101205 PMID: 38458724

05

A call for a coherent One Health strategy for the surveillance of climate-sensitive infectious diseases in the Canadian Arctic and subarctic regions.

Daigle L, Nury C, Delesalle L, Villeneuve CA, Colinas J, Leighton PA, Carabin H, Zinszer K, Hillier S, Jenkins E, Aenishaenslin C

One health outlook2024

DOI: 10.1186/s42522-024-00117-5 PMID: 39616408

06

Gold standard research and evidence applied: The Inspire Nursing Leadership Program.

Geerts JM, Udod S, Bishop S, Hillier S, Lyons O, Madore S, Mutwiri B, Sinclair D, Frich JC

Healthcare management forum2024

DOI: 10.1177/08404704241236908 PMID: 38469859

07

Seeing the whole elephant: designing ‘one health’ governance to fight antimicrobial resistance

Brunskill I, Somanader DS, Perrin M, Barkema HW, Hillier S, Hindmarch S, Topp E, Weese JS, Wright GD, Morris AM

Clinical Microbiology and Infection (CMI)20242 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.cmi.2023.09.021 PMID: W4387331825

08

Reimagining global health: From decolonisation to indigenization.

Hindmarch S, Hillier S

Global public health2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2092183 PMID: 35770706

09

Canada has an opportunity to address antimicrobial resistance through COVID-19 recovery spending

Somanader DS, Brunskill I, Perrin M, Barkema HW, Hillier S, Hindmarch S, Weese JS, Wright GD, Morris AM

The Lancet Regional Health. Americas20227 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2022.100393

10

A two-day workshop reviewing Canadian provincial and national HIV care cascade indicators, reporting, challenges, and recommendations

Nicolau IA, Shokoohi M, McBane JE, Pogany L, Popovic N, Nicholson V, Hillier S, Aran N, Brophy J, Burt K

JAMMI20224 citations

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2022-0007

Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health.

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Catalyst Grant: Moving Upstream - Structural Determinants of Health - General

Principal investigators: Dunn, Kate; Edwards, Candi L; Biondi, Mia J; Feld, Jordan J; Hillier, Sean A; Hill, Marissa; Scott, Kerry

Keywords: Community Engaged; Conversational Interview; Hepatitis C; Indigenous Health; Positive Impact; Qualitative; Upstream Determinants; Wholistic

$125,000

Building research capacity and community readiness for First Nations harm reduction on Manitoulin Island

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Hillier, Sean A; Young, Meghan; Phillips, J. Craig

Keywords: Community Readiness; First Nations; Harm Reduction; Indigenous Health

$25,000

Memories of home: Ethnography into the impact of trauma on the aging experience of Lebanese immigrants in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2021Summer Program in Aging

Principal investigators: Chaccour, Elias

Keywords: Acculturation; Age-Friendly; Aging; Community Care; Cultural Meanings; Cultural Transition; Family Caregiving; Immigrant; Social Connectedness; Trauma

One Health Modelling Network for Emerging Infections (OMNI)

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Emerging Infectious Diseases Modelling Initiative (EIDM)

Principal investigators: Zhu, Huaiping

$2,500,000

Indigenous "Communities within Communities": Aging Well and HIV

Nominated PICIHR2019Indigenous Gender and Wellness Development Grants

Principal investigators: Hillier, Sean A; Ontario Aboriginal HIV AIDS Strategy, .; Daly, Tamara; Stratton, Trevor

Keywords: Aging; Hiv/Aids; Indigenous; Promising Practices

$62,300

Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Nominated PICIHR2018Indigenous Gender and Wellness: Idea Fair and Learning Circle

Principal investigators: Hillier, Sean A

Keywords: Indigenous Gender And Wellness

$1,598

Imagining age-friendly communities within communities: international promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

Keywords: age friendly communities; aging; promising practices; policies and systems; design; approaches to care; conditions and quality of life; international comparative studies; gender; LGBTIQ2S; ethno-racial; Indigenous; abilities; dementias; poverty

$1,884,103

Imagining age-friendly communities within communities: international promising practices

Co-investigatorSSHRC2017Partnership Grants

Keywords: age friendly communities; aging; promising practices; policies and systems; design; approaches to care; conditions and quality of life; international comparative studies; gender; LGBTIQ2S; ethno-racial; Indigenous; abilities; dementias; poverty

$615,897

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
Medicine
School of Nursing
Community Health and Epidemiology
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
Health Policy and Management
Epidemiology Division
Other

Co-authors at York University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Suzanne Hindmarch

Community Health and Epidemiology

3 shared papers, latest 2024

Gerard Wright

Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2024

Tamara Daly

Health Policy and Management

2 shared papers, latest 2025

Valerie Nicholson

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Abigail Kroch

Epidemiology Division

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Sonia Udod

Nursing

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Maureen Owino

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Carrie Martin

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Leigh McClarty

Community Health Sciences

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Fatima Kakkar

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Carrie Martin

Vascular Surgery

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Deborah Kelly

Infectious Diseases/Internal Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Mona Loutfy

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Jason Brophy

Pediatrics

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Indigenous Health Dear Professor Hillier, 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 "The Public Health Implications of Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill: A Lesson From Nigeria." (2025), 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 "Contextualizing hepatitis C care experienced and shared by First Nations People in Ontario as a catalyst to consider system-level social and structural determinants of health." (2024), 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]