Axis 3 uses an intervention research approach within an integrated knowledge transfer perspective and involves close collaboration with practice settings that provide services to populations at high risk of intergenerational continuity. The goal is to maximize the use of best practices in prevention and intervention, enabling families to break these harmful intergenerational cycles. The following ongoing projects are part of Axis 3:
Ongoing Projects
Research-Practice Collaborations for Trauma-Informed Care (TIC)
The ReACT Lab is collaborating with community organizations to adapt, implement, and evaluate the impacts of Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) with vulnerable families. Our findings have been promising so far, where adapting and implementing TIC in the community organization is feasible and can improve employees’ trauma sensitivity, with the hopes of also helping with maternal well-being and engagement towards services. Some results of the study have been published already (see Publications tab).
Research-Practice-Patient Partnership to Improve Complex Trauma Care in Quebec
The ReACT Lab is collaborating with the Jewish General Hospital to develop a research-practice-patient partnership within the Trauma-Focused Therapy (TFT) program. This project aims to create a research database, as well as consult and mobilize patient partners to lay the groundwork for improved mental health care for patients with complex trauma.
Improving Psychosocial Care for War-Affected Women and Children in Sub-Saharan Africa
The ReACT Lab is collaborating with a team funded by Global Affairs Canada to build the capacities and expertise of psychosocial services for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi.
Complex Trauma Group Therapy (Nénuphar)
This project aims to support a team that developed a group therapy program for complex trauma patients in their efforts to assess the effectiveness of their group interventions. This initiative seeks to bridge the gap between research findings and clinical practice, ensuring that care approaches are informed by evidence while being responsive to the needs of trauma survivors.