Description

This opportunity funds youth-engaged research teams to generate evidence that addresses at least two of the six priorities from Canada's Youth Policy: Leadership and Impact, Health and Wellness, Innovation/Skills/Learning, Employment, Truth and Reconciliation, and Environment/Climate Action. The goal is to improve youth health and well-being, particularly for historically excluded or underrepresented youth, by placing diverse youth voices at the center of solutions.

Key design elements include:

• Tri-partite leadership: Each team must include an independent researcher, a knowledge user, and a youth with lived/living experience.
• Meaningful youth engagement: Youth must be engaged throughout the research process, including design, implementation, and knowledge mobilization.
• Multidisciplinary/intersectoral teams: Teams must span at least two research areas/sectors.
• Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI): EDI practices must be embedded at every stage.
• Support for Indigenous rights and self-determination: Projects involving Indigenous youth must address Indigenous data sovereignty and self-governance.
• Capacity-building: Teams should build/bridge capacity for youth-led or youth-engaged research.
• Knowledge mobilization: Each team must have a Knowledge Mobilization Champion to ensure research findings are effectively shared.

This grant supports research across all health research pillars and offers targeted funding for projects focused on Indigenous youth health, youth health in equity-denied communities, circulatory/respiratory health in youth, and psychosocial health in youth with type 1 diabetes.