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• Programme: Health Systems Management, Telfer School of Management
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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Health Systems Management (2016-Present)
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• Programme: Doctor of Philosophy, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies (2015-present)
• Project Title: The impact of free-standing birth centres on the career trajectory of birth centre aides in Canada: A multi-sited case study.
• Co-Supervisor: Dr Audrey Giles
• Project Description: Free standing birth centres (FSBCs) have recently become a new option for midwives and their clients in the provinces of Ontario and Manitoba, having been a part of regulated midwifery in Quebec since its (re)introduction. FSBCs also represent a unique set of work arrangements. Not only are they midwifery-led, they also involve new cadres of health workers – birth centre aides. As part of a pre-existing research team, Yvonne’s project will consider the impact of provincially funded, free standing, midwifery led birth centres in Canada in increasing midwifery’s capacity to deliver high quality, evidence-based maternity care. This research will also study how birth centre aides been developed and implemented as a new health human resource in birth centres.

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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2012-present)
• Project Title: Interprofessional Initiatives in Canada
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• Project title: Caring about licensed home-based child care workers' health
• Program: Population Health (PhD) (2011-2017)
• Project Description: It is well documented that home-based child care workers' health requires further research. The few researches about this workers' health were done in Australia and in USA. The findings of these researches have shown that the job tasks related to educational activities, child recreation, physical care and janitorial functions are demanding and increase the risk of exposure to biological, physical and chemical hazards (Bright & Calabro, 1999 ; Slack-Smith, Read, Darby & Stanley, 2006). This leads to sickness leave, implies costs to health care system and affects the workforce retention. Currently, there is no existing canadian research on the health of workers in licensed home-based daycares. Moreover, the number of injuries among these workers is growing year after year and the canadian provincial governments continue covering the health care costs which are increasing at a rapide rate. This research will help measure the health status of workers in licensed home-based family child care in the Canadian context and explain the gaps.

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• Programme: Women’s & Gender Studies, University of Ottawa (2012-present)
• Project Title: The Impacts of Health Canada's Evacucation Policy as Described by First Nations women. 2012-
• Project Description: My doctoral research aims to document the narratives of First Nations women who leave their communities to give birth in urban hospital settings. Documenting women's experiences is important because the break in life continuity is based on colonial Euro-Canadian bio-medical practices; this contributes to the ongoing marginalization of First Nations populations, but especially women.
• Research Projects: 2009-2011 Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research award recipient · Expert advisor for the Obstetrics and the Women's Health and Gynecology chapters for the national Clinical Practice Guidelines for Nurses in Primary Care (Health Canada) · Founding member of the National Aboriginal Council of Midwives ·Registered Midwife (Ontario) * Expert contributor to the Indigenous Physicians Association of Canada – Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Culturally Safe Curriculu

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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2011-2016)
• Project Title: The Organization of Maternity Care in Afghanistan.  
• Project Description: It is an evaluation of the Basic Package of Health Services in Afghanistan, in which CHWs are used to provide primary health care services including maternal services.
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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2011-2016)
• Project Title: The Migration of Health Professionals from Mali. Co-supervised with Ron Labonté
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• Research Projects: Source country (French literature)
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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2011-2015)
• Project Title: Health Equity Impact Assessment from a Global Perspective. Co-supervised with Peter Tugwell, 
• Project Description: Assessing how different health equity impact assessment frameworks have been utilized with immigrant populations and understanding whether the processes were capable of responding to their unique needs.
• Research Projects: Health Equity Impact Assessment Evidence Summaries for the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care

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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2009-2016)
• Project Title: The Migration of Health Professionals from Kenya. 
• Project Description: The purpose of this study is to better understand the push, pull, stick and stay factors that influence internal and international migration of health professionals in Kenya and to address the current situation.
• Research Grant: Received one of the 2012 Africa Initiative Graduate Research Grant from the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI). Brenda is one of 20 graduate students (10 Africa-based and 10 Canada-based) chosen by CIGI for their leading research on critical issues facing Africa. She will receive funding for her project, entitled Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Health Professionals in Kenya. Learn more about the Africa Initiative
• Research Projects: Source Country Perspectives on the Migration of Highly Skilled Health Professionals (CIHR funded). Research project examining the migration of health professionals from India, the Philippines, South Africa and Jamaica with a focus on the causes, consequences and impacts at the source country level. I am a co-investigator and research coordinator for the literature scoping review.
• Publications & Presentations: n/a
• Where you are now?: 3rd year PhD student Population Health PhD Program, University of Ottawa

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• Programme: Doctoral Programme in Population Health, University of Ottawa (2009-2016)
• Project Title: Childbirth Decision Making: Influences on Rates of Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section (VBAC)
• Project Description: An examination of micro, meso and macro level factors that influence proportions of vaginal birth after Caesarean section in order to inform interventions that try to reduce proportions of repeat Caesarean sections.
• Research Projects: An interdisciplinary, multifaceted intervention to reduce caesarean section rates in a low risk population. We are evaluating a complex intervention that is being implemented by Markham Stouffville Hospital and Queensway Carleton Hospital to reduce their proportions of Caesarean sections and inductions.
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