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Funded Research Projects

Dialogue McGill funds research projects that investigate the relation between language and access to health and social services for Official Language Minority Communities. After a diligent review, the following research projects were selected for funding.

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Project extension | Assessment and Implementation of the MedComm Online Interpretation Platform into the Clinical Setting

One-year project extension for a previously funded project. See here.

Outcomes:

  • Unknown. (March, 2023). Role of Medical Students as Interpreters in Bridging Language Barriers in Healthcare Centers: A Scoping Review [Poster presentation]. 19th Annual Crossroads Interdisciplinary Health Research Conference.

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McGill University, 2022, Extension andrew Durand McGill University, 2022, Extension andrew Durand

Project Extension | Are language and motivational barriers limiting healthcare access for Black young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic?

One-year extension of a previously funded project. See here.

Outcomes:

  • Lafreniere, B., Audet, É. C., Kachanoff, F., Christophe, N. K., Holding, A. C., Janusauskas, L., & Koestner, R. (2023). Gender differences in perceived racism threat and activism during the Black Lives Matter social justice movement for Black young adults. Journal of community psychology, 51(7), 2741–2757. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.23043

  • Nweze, N., Davids, J., Fang, X., Holding, A., & Koestner, R. (2023). The Impact of Language on the Mental Health of Black Quebecers. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 10(5), 2327–2337. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01412-5

  • Audet, É.C., Leboeuf, J., Holding, A.C. et al. Better Together: Family and Peer Support for Black Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Trends in Psychology. 1-18, 688–705 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-022-00157-8

  • Audet, É. C., Thai, H., Holding, A. C., Davids, J., Fang, X., & Koestner, R. (2023). The depth of stories: How Black young adults' disclosure of high arousal negative affect in narratives about the COVID-19 pandemic and the BLM protests improved adjustment over the year 2020. Journal of community psychology, 51(4), 1504–1517. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22929

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