Key Messages

• This community-based research project will respond to knowledge gaps concerning the mental health and substance use impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on 2SGBQM communities within Manitoba. We seek to respond to such knowledge gaps through knowledge translation activities that include engagement with community partners, stakeholders, service providers, policy makers, persons with lived experience, and other knowledge users.
• Integrated knowledge translation and exchange projects planned for the current study include team-led and community-led infographics, webinars, conference presentations, a community report, and the dissemination of peer-reviewed manuscripts (please see previous September 2020 report for an indepth table of these activities).

Lay Summary

Current knowledge mobilization activities on the research project include recurring meetings with our community advisory committee (CAC), engagement with community partners in the development of data collection tools, and the ongoing recruitment and program planning of the “Investigaytors” program. The CAC currently consists of nine members from the 2SGBQ+ community within Manitoba, most recently having met on January 28th 2021. We have also been in contact with a number of community partners, such as the Manitoba Harm Reduction Network and Two Spirited People of Manitoba, in our efforts to obtain insight and suggestions on data collection tools and protocols.

Author(s)

• Nominated Principal Applicant: Dr. Rusty Souleymanov, PhD; University of Manitoba

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Population

Vulnerable or At-Risk Populations, People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) and Substance Use, Chronic Disease and/or Mental Illness

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