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Alicia Boatswain-Kyte

ResearcherSocial Policy, Planning and Social PreventionMcGill University

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Alicia Boatswain-Kyte

Researcher

Social Policy, Planning and Social Prevention

McGill University

Montreal, Quebec, 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 4 research grants (4 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Participatory Action Research Community accountability Community-based child welfare Black children Child protection Overrepresentation Disparity Black youth

Latest papers

Need profiles and risk of reinvestigation among families following a first closed child welfare investigation: A longitudinal study in Québec.
Child abuse & neglect · 2026 · senior author
Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.
Community mental health journal · 2026
When services are no longer voluntary: Exploring child protection workers experiences with Black families and (in)voluntary services.
Child abuse & neglect · 2026

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Visualizing Our Individual and Collective Experiences (VOICE): Black Youth Perspectives in Child Welfare
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$40,046
In The House of the Hangman
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$28,589
Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$44,232

All 14 grants and awards

7 publications.

Need profiles and risk of reinvestigation among families following a first closed child welfare investigation: A longitudinal study in Québec.

Précourt S, Esposito T, Hélie S, Trocmé N, Boatswain-Kyte A

Child abuse & neglect2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2026.108233 PMID: 42520743

Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.

Salami B, Martínez-Vega R, Tunde-Byass M, Alaazi DA, Boatswain-Kyte A, Salami A, Maduforo AN, Price K, Dordunoo D, Hamilton-Hinch BA, Maina G, Massaquoi N, Oluwasina F, Mwansa C, Fajenyo V, Boakye-Yiadom N, Yohani S, Jarvis GE, Orakwue-Ononye N, Ogundare O, Renzaho AMN

Community mental health journal2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-026-01703-9 PMID: 42584786

When services are no longer voluntary: Exploring child protection workers experiences with Black families and (in)voluntary services.

Edwards T, Clarke MK, Boatswain-Kyte A, King B

Child abuse & neglect2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107817 PMID: 41317637

Racial disparities in child welfare: A propensity score matched analysis of Black and White children in Canada.

Boatswain-Kyte A, Antwi-Boasiako K, Baiden P, Trocmé N, Fallon B, Esposito T, Black T, Mackenzie P, Lwin K

Child abuse & neglect2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2025.107728 PMID: 41076754

Resilience Amidst Adversity: Experiences of Black Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Boatswain-Kyte A, Brotman S, Hanley J, DeJean B

The Gerontologist2025First author

DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnaf015 PMID: 39862196

Scoping review on mental health standards for Black youth: identifying gaps and promoting equity in community, primary care, and educational settings.

Martínez-Vega R, Maduforo AN, Renzaho A, Alaazi DA, Dordunoo D, Tunde-Byass M, Unachukwu O, Fajenyo V, Boatswain-Kyte A, Maina G, Hamilton-Hinch BA, Massaquoi N, Salami A, Salami O

Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13034-024-00800-5 PMID: 39252127

Impacts of race on family reunification: A longitudinal study comparing exits from Quebec's child welfare system.

Boatswain-Kyte A, Esposito T, Trocmé N

Child abuse & neglect2022First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105483 PMID: 35065474

Visualizing Our Individual and Collective Experiences (VOICE): Black Youth Perspectives in Child Welfare

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia

Keywords: Black youth; Child Welfare; Disproportionality; Participatory Action Research

$40,046

In The House of the Hangman

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Condon, Frankie

Keywords: Memoir; American Slavery; National Socialism; Holocaust; Ethics of Memory; Reconciliation; Redemption

$28,589

Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia

Keywords: Black Communities; Emancipatory Research; Liberatory Research; Participatory Action Research; Structural Racism

$44,232

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: Adolescent; African; Black; Caribbean; Child; Children; Youth

$500,000

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Black Scholars - CGS

Principal investigators: Yankey, Manzah-Kyentoh

Keywords: policing; race; racism; whiteness; critical race theory; Canada

$58,333

Standards for Black Youth Mental Health Services

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Cat Gr: Standards for Children & Youth Mental Health Serv. - community settings

Principal investigators: Salami, Bukola O; TUNDE-BYASS, MODUPE

Keywords: African; Black; Caribbean; Mental Health; Youth

$200,000

I am because we are - amplifying Sub-Saharan African immigrants' resilience and ability to thrive

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Grants

Keywords: African migrants; resilience; communalism; gendered intersections; transnationals; participatory action research; constructivist grounded theory; mixed methods

$499,518

Un réseau de services intégrés culturellement adapté pour les jeunes personnes de 12 à 25 ans issues de la diversité : cas d'Aire ouverte

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bentayeb, Naïma; Rousseau, Cecile

Keywords: Adaptation Culturelle; Cocréation; Collaboration; Communautés; Recherche Participative; Réseau De Services Intégrés; Santé Mentale Jeunesse; Évaluation Réaliste

$420,752

Expérience des élèves noirs au préscolaire-primaire : comprendre les dynamiques de racisme et de constitution précoce des inégalités, et soutenir l'agentivité des acteurs en vue de les neutraliser

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Race, Gender and Diversity Initiative

Principal investigators: Lafortune, Gina

Keywords: Élèves noirs; Préscolaire-Primaire; Racisme; Inégalités; Recherche-action

$160,000

Building Community Accountability: Addressing the Overrepresentation and Disparity Faced by Black Children Reported to the Child Welfare System in Quebec

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Boatswain-Kyte, Alicia

Keywords: Community accountability; Community-based child welfare; Black children; Child protection; Overrepresentation; Disparity

$50,508

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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Alicia Boatswain-Kyte

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Need profiles and risk of reinvestigation among families following a first closed child welfare investigation: A longitudinal study in Québec.

Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.

When services are no longer voluntary: Exploring child protection workers experiences with Black families and (in)voluntary services.

Racial disparities in child welfare: A propensity score matched analysis of Black and White children in Canada.

Resilience Amidst Adversity: Experiences of Black Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Scoping review on mental health standards for Black youth: identifying gaps and promoting equity in community, primary care, and educational settings.

Impacts of race on family reunification: A longitudinal study comparing exits from Quebec's child welfare system.

Visualizing Our Individual and Collective Experiences (VOICE): Black Youth Perspectives in Child Welfare

In The House of the Hangman

Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Standards for Black Youth Mental Health Services

I am because we are - amplifying Sub-Saharan African immigrants' resilience and ability to thrive

Un réseau de services intégrés culturellement adapté pour les jeunes personnes de 12 à 25 ans issues de la diversité : cas d'Aire ouverte

Expérience des élèves noirs au préscolaire-primaire : comprendre les dynamiques de racisme et de constitution précoce des inégalités, et soutenir l'agentivité des acteurs en vue de les neutraliser

Building Community Accountability: Addressing the Overrepresentation and Disparity Faced by Black Children Reported to the Child Welfare System in Quebec

Frequent collaborators

Dzifa Dordunoo

Tonino Esposito

Notisha Massaquoi

Geoffrey Maina

Travonne Edwards

Kofi Antwi-Boasiako

Shari Brotman

Jill Hanley

Oluwabukola Salami

Sophie Yohani

Alicia Boatswain-Kyte

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Need profiles and risk of reinvestigation among families following a first closed child welfare investigation: A longitudinal study in Qu&#xe9;bec.

Guidance on Community-Based Mental Health Support for Black Youth in Canada.

When services are no longer voluntary: Exploring child protection workers experiences with Black families and (in)voluntary services.

Racial disparities in child welfare: A propensity score matched analysis of Black and White children in Canada.

Resilience Amidst Adversity: Experiences of Black Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Scoping review on mental health standards for Black youth: identifying gaps and promoting equity in community, primary care, and educational settings.

Impacts of race on family reunification: A longitudinal study comparing exits from Quebec's child welfare system.

Visualizing Our Individual and Collective Experiences (VOICE): Black Youth Perspectives in Child Welfare

In The House of the Hangman

Symposium: Black Communities, Emancipatory Research, and Pathways to Liberation

Transforming the Lives of Black Children and Youths in Canada

To Protect and Serve Whom? The Whiteness of Canadian Policing

Standards for Black Youth Mental Health Services

I am because we are - amplifying Sub-Saharan African immigrants' resilience and ability to thrive

Un réseau de services intégrés culturellement adapté pour les jeunes personnes de 12 à 25 ans issues de la diversité : cas d'Aire ouverte

Expérience des élèves noirs au préscolaire-primaire : comprendre les dynamiques de racisme et de constitution précoce des inégalités, et soutenir l'agentivité des acteurs en vue de les neutraliser

Building Community Accountability: Addressing the Overrepresentation and Disparity Faced by Black Children Reported to the Child Welfare System in Quebec

Frequent collaborators

Dzifa Dordunoo

Tonino Esposito

Notisha Massaquoi

Geoffrey Maina

Travonne Edwards

Kofi Antwi-Boasiako

Shari Brotman

Jill Hanley

Oluwabukola Salami

Sophie Yohani

Need profiles and risk of reinvestigation among families following a first closed child welfare investigation: A longitudinal study in Québec.