Funding and Projects

Related Projects

The MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre supports community-engaged research.

Related Funding

Opportunities for MIRA researchers and trainees to engage with our partner Dixon Hall and participate in community-engaged research.

The MIRA | Dixon Hall Centre is a partnership between MIRA and Dixon Hall, a multi-service agency focused on addressing poverty, social injustices, and isolation across the lifespan in downtown Toronto East. Knowledge Synthesis Grants will support the synthesis and mobilization of existing knowledge and the identification of knowledge gaps and opportunities related to the following themes identified as priority areas in consultation with staff, leadership, and other stakeholders from Dixon Hall:

  • Loneliness, social isolation & emotional well-being
  • Housing & aging in place
  • Precarity, financial well-being & food security
  • Physical & cognitive decline
  • Ageism, vulnerability, & loss of agency

Successful proposals will include a comprehensive knowledge mobilization plan for disseminating findings, such as a knowledge mobilization forum, in-person workshops, videos, education materials, infographics or other knowledge mobilization approaches.

    Award Values

    • Up to $70,000 (over one year)
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      Our Research

      MIRA and Labarge funding has supported many bold research projects to optimize the health and longevity of older adults.

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      Dylan Kobsar presents Catalyst Grant-supported resarch graph