Research Partners & Funding Sources

Partnerships enrich our research by providing complementary skills, new perspectives, and resources. TVCC researchers collaborate with a wide variety of partners in London, across Ontario, Canada, and the United States, including local community agencies, community associations, universities, research units/centres, and hospitals.

Involving individuals with disabilities and their families as members of our research teams helps us to ensure that our research is relevant, appropriate, and meaningful.

Our Research Partners:

Local Community Agency Partners:

• Cheshire Homes of London
• Child and Parent Resource Institutes (CPRI) , London 
• Community Care Access Centre of London and Middlesex 
• Hutton House, London Association for Disabled Adults
• Learning Disabilities Association London Region 
• London District Catholic School Board 
• Middlesex-London Health Unit 
• ParaMed Home Health Care Services
• Thames Valley District Health Council, Long Term Care
• Thames Valley District School Board 
• The Easter Seal Society, London  
• Vanier Children’s Services, London

Community Association Partners:

• Hamilton Family Network, Hamilton 
• Ontario Brain Injury Association
• Participating Families-Ontario, Hamilton
• PROSPECTS Parent Network

Ontario Association of Children’s Rehabilitation Services (OACRS) Centre Partners 

• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto
• Child Development Centre, Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston
• Children's Treatment Centre of Chatham-Kent
• Children's Treatment Network of Simcoe York
• Health Sciences North, Sudbury
• John McGiveny Children's Centre, Windsor
• Ottawa Children's Treatment Centre
• Pathways Health Centre for Children , Sarnia

Research Units/Centres/Hospital Partners:

• British Columbia Children’s Hospital, Vancouver
• CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research, Hamilton 
• Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, London 
• Centre for Inclusive Education, London
• Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario, London
• Civitan International Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Psychology and Nursing 
• London Health Sciences Centre, Mental Health Care Program, London
• Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton
• Ottawa Health Research Institute, Ottawa 
• Research Psychologists Press, London 
• St. Joseph’s Health Centre, London 
• Sunnyhill Health Centre for Children , Vancouver
• The Hospital for Sick Children, Department of Social Work, Toronto 

• Research Alliance for Children with Special Needs (RACSN) TVCC's Research Program lead this Research Alliance which was active from 2000 to 2005. RACSN was originally formed in January 2000 with funding for a 3-year period (2000 to 2003) by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) through the new Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) program. In 2003, RACSN was awarded a further two years of funding to continue its mandate of “Enhancing the community participation of children with special needs.” RACSN was a partnership between Thames Valley Children’s Centre (lead agency), Child and Parent Resource Institute, The University of Western Ontario, Thames Valley District School Board, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and the London District Catholic School Board. Please feel free to download the Research Alliance for Children's final report. racsn_final_report_2000-2005

University Partners

• Brock University, St. Catharines  
• Dalhousie University, Halifax  
• Huron University College, London  
• Laval University and Quebec Rehabilitation Institute, Quebec 
• McGill University, Montreal  
• McMaster University, Hamilton 
• University of Alberta, Edmonton  
• University of British Columbia, Vancouver  
• University of North Carolina, Charlotte  
• University of Toronto, Toronto  
• Western University, London  
• University of Washington, St. Louis 

Funding Sources

Since 1989, 104 projects that have received 126 grants from 44 funding sources, resulting in total funding of over $10,351,303.

We are especially grateful to the following agencies and institutions for their generous support in aiding our research endeavours in the past years:

• Apple Canada Incorporated
• Bloorview Kids Foundation
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
• CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
• Chedoke-McMaster Hospitals 
• Child and Parent Resource Institute (CPRI)
• Children’s Hospital of Western Ontario Foundation 
• Easter Seal Association 
• Easter Seal Research Institute - replaced by KidsAction Research Society
• Education Quality and Accountability Office
• Eli Lilly
• GlaxoSmithKline Inc.
• Health Canada, Health Policy Research Program
• Hospital for Sick Children Foundation 
• Institute of Coaching
• Medical Research Council of Canada - replaced by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 
• National Crime Prevention Centre 
• National Health Research and Development Program - replaced by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) 
• National Institutes of Health 
• Ontario Brain Institute
• Ontario Health Care Evaluation Network (OHCEN)
• Ontario Mental Health Foundation 
• Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services
• Ontario Ministry of Health 
• Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
• Ontario Rehabilitation Research Network
• Ontario Rehabilitation Technology Consortium
• Private Anonymous Donation
• PTC Therapeutics
• REPAR (Reseau Provincial de Recherche en Adaptation-Readaptation 
• Research Alliance for Children with Special Needs 
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 
• St. Joseph’s Health Centre Perinatal Outreach 
• St. Mary’s Fund from St. Joseph's Health Centre 
• Thames Valley Children’s Centre
• The Jack and Ina Pollock Foundation
• The Richard and Jean Ivey Fund
• The University of Western Ontario 
• United Cerebral Palsy Foundation