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Melissa Park

ResearcherSchool of Physical and Occupational TherapyMcGill University

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Melissa Park

Researcher

School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

Health Sciences

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.
5 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 10 research grants (6 SSHRC, 4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Ethnography Participatory Research Patient Engagement Stigma Assistive Technology Emotion Classification Everyday Ethics Mixed-Methods Study

Latest papers

Knowing How to Ask About Digital Culture in Youth Mental Health Care: A Co-Designed Tool.
Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026 · senior author
The impact of age stigma on recommendations of technology for older adults in rehabilitation settings: a secondary analysis of qualitative data.
Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2026
Integrating the digital culture of youth in clinical mental health assessments: protocol for the codesign and pilot test of an interview method.
BMJ open · 2025

All 15 publications

Latest funding

Sur la longueur d'onde des jeunes: Étude de cas de l'intervention de proximité numérique
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$89,961
Consortium for centring 1st-person perspectives: Workshopping a phenomenology of the intangible to understand the potentiality of crossing cultural heritage(s)
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$15,000
Relational connectivity and cultural participation: An immersive ethnographic and participatory approach to co-creating accessibility in a neurodiverse world
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$99,999

All 15 grants and awards

15 publications.

Knowing How to Ask About Digital Culture in Youth Mental Health Care: A Co-Designed Tool.

Paquin V, Jiang R, Shah JL, Jarvis GE, Nickrenz E, Ferrari M, Park M

Early intervention in psychiatry2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/eip.70203 PMID: 42338310

The impact of age stigma on recommendations of technology for older adults in rehabilitation settings: a secondary analysis of qualitative data.

Belchior P, Couture M, Welik J, Park M, Joubert S, Gagné JP, Bier N

Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology2026

DOI: 10.1080/17483107.2025.2546020 PMID: 40788759

Integrating the digital culture of youth in clinical mental health assessments: protocol for the codesign and pilot test of an interview method.

Paquin V, Aversa S, Nickrenz E, Jarvis GE, Park M, Ferrari M, Shah J

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-104200 PMID: 41271418

"Alone, there is nobody": A qualitative study of the lived experience of loneliness in older men living with HIV.

Austin-Keiller A, Park M, Yang S, Mayo NE, Fellows LK, Brouillette MJ

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0277399 PMID: 37058482

The Need for Sensory-Friendly "Zones": Learning From Youth on the Autism Spectrum, Their Families, and Autistic Mentors Using a Participatory Approach.

Clément MA, Lee K, Park M, Sinn A, Miyake N

Frontiers in psychology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.883331 PMID: 35800952

Stimulating Research to Enhance Aging in Place.

Rodakowski J, Mroz TM, Ciro C, Lysack CL, Womack JL, Chippendale T, Cutchin M, Fritz H, Fields B, Schepens Niemiec SL, Orellano-Colón EM, Rotenberg S, Toto PE, Lee D, Jewell VD, McDonald MV, Arthanat S, Somerville E, Park M, Piersol CV

OTJR : occupation, participation and health2021

DOI: 10.1177/15394492211022271 PMID: 34109882

Unpaid Caregiving and Aging in Place in the United States: Advancing the Value of Occupational Therapy.

Fields B, Rodakowski J, Jewell VD, Arthanat S, Park M, Piersol CV, Schepens Niemiec SL, Womack J, Mroz TM

The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association2021

DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2021.044735 PMID: 34780633

Keeping care fully alive - An ethnography of Moving-with carers and persons living with dementia.

Lee K, Park M

Journal of aging studies2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2021.100927 PMID: 34082997

What is "shared" in shared decision-making? Philosophical perspectives, epistemic justice, and implications for health professions education.

Thomas A, Kuper A, Chin-Yee B, Park M

Journal of evaluation in clinical practice2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/jep.13370 PMID: 32032468

A matter of time: grappling with everyday ethical tensions at the confluence between policy and practice in a psychiatric unit.

Motta-Ochoa R, Lencucha R, Xu J, Park M

Journal of medical ethics2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2019-105423 PMID: 31831526

Sur la longueur d'onde des jeunes: Étude de cas de l'intervention de proximité numérique

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Paquin, Vincent

$89,961

Consortium for centring 1st-person perspectives: Workshopping a phenomenology of the intangible to understand the potentiality of crossing cultural heritage(s)

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Destination Horizon Grants

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa

$15,000

Relational connectivity and cultural participation: An immersive ethnographic and participatory approach to co-creating accessibility in a neurodiverse world

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa M.

Keywords: cultural participation; debility; neurodiversity; participatory; immersive ethnography; social networks; immersive technology; critical and narrative phenomenology

$99,999

Breaking the silence to create inclusive atmospheres: Immersive listening to understand and transform isolation and loneliness with the Jamaica Association of Montreal

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa M.

Keywords: social isolation; loneliness; ageism; atmospheres; immersive technology; connectivity; epistemic justice; inclusion; exclusion

$65,000

Sensing differently, creating inclusive atmospheres as sensory-friendly zones and their evaluation with immersive sound technologies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Grond, Florian

Keywords: athmospherers; neurodiverse sensing; sensory ethongraphy; music improvisation; soundart; immersive audio engineering; composition; participatory research; co-creation; inclusive environement

$72,000

Tracing ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices: Immersive listening to workshop a neurodiverse phenomenology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa

Keywords: aesthetics; neurodiversity; ethics; experience; sound recording; media and visual arts; music; movement arts

$38,176

Tracing ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices: Immersive listening to workshop a neurodiverse phenomenology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa

Keywords: aesthetics; neurodiversity; ethics; experience; sound recording; media and visual arts; music; movement arts

$36,819

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: trauma-informed care; complex trauma; child protection; child and youth services; outreach; engagement; intervention; policy

$807,914

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: trauma-informed care; complex trauma; child protection; child and youth services; outreach; engagement; intervention; policy

$1,088,509

Beyond tokenism: A mixed methods study on the tools of engagement for sustainable patient-provider partnerships using participatory approaches

Nominated PICIHR2017Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Park, Melissa M; Haseltine, Wendy; Lagacé, Martin; Looper, Karl J; Stewart, Janet L

Keywords: Ethnography; Participatory Research; Patient Engagement; Stigma

$30,000

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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Melissa Park

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Knowing How to Ask About Digital Culture in Youth Mental Health Care: A Co-Designed Tool.

The impact of age stigma on recommendations of technology for older adults in rehabilitation settings: a secondary analysis of qualitative data.

Integrating the digital culture of youth in clinical mental health assessments: protocol for the codesign and pilot test of an interview method.

"Alone, there is nobody": A qualitative study of the lived experience of loneliness in older men living with HIV.

The Need for Sensory-Friendly "Zones": Learning From Youth on the Autism Spectrum, Their Families, and Autistic Mentors Using a Participatory Approach.

Stimulating Research to Enhance Aging in Place.

Unpaid Caregiving and Aging in Place in the United States: Advancing the Value of Occupational Therapy.

Keeping care fully alive - An ethnography of Moving-with carers and persons living with dementia.

What is "shared" in shared decision-making? Philosophical perspectives, epistemic justice, and implications for health professions education.

A matter of time: grappling with everyday ethical tensions at the confluence between policy and practice in a psychiatric unit.

Sur la longueur d'onde des jeunes: Étude de cas de l'intervention de proximité numérique

Consortium for centring 1st-person perspectives: Workshopping a phenomenology of the intangible to understand the potentiality of crossing cultural heritage(s)

Relational connectivity and cultural participation: An immersive ethnographic and participatory approach to co-creating accessibility in a neurodiverse world

Breaking the silence to create inclusive atmospheres: Immersive listening to understand and transform isolation and loneliness with the Jamaica Association of Montreal

Sensing differently, creating inclusive atmospheres as sensory-friendly zones and their evaluation with immersive sound technologies

Tracing ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices: Immersive listening to workshop a neurodiverse phenomenology

Tracing ephemeral experiences in aesthetic practices: Immersive listening to workshop a neurodiverse phenomenology

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Canadian Consortium on Child Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care: Developing cohesive intersectoral practices and policies to support trauma-impacted children and youth

Beyond tokenism: A mixed methods study on the tools of engagement for sustainable patient-provider partnerships using participatory approaches

Frequent collaborators

Vincent Paquin

Manuela Ferrari

Jai Shah

Aliki Thomas

Stefanie Blain-Moraes

Janet Stewart

Ayelet Kuper

Jai Shah

Shlomit Rotenberg

Raphael Lencucha