Welcome, Researchers!

This section will connect you to resources that might make your work easier, more rigorous, and hopefully more enjoyable. Take a look below.

  • Every month, SAHRC will host an online, facilitated community of practice call for folks who are looking to share ideas, best practices, questions, and knowledge around South Asian health research. This is a place where you can come to work through an issue you are having with your research, to learn more about what other researchers are doing, to share resources with other researchers, and to generate academic conversation about research with racialized populations and the findings that are pertinent to them.

    Dates, times, and log on information can be found in the Events section of the website (coming soon). We hope to see you there!

  • Health research databases (Ovid Medline, PubMed, Google Scholar, etc.) are excellent places to begin when looking to find out more about health research studies. Given the large number of health research studies among South Asians done in Canada, we are in the process of creating a public Mendeley Collection of citations.

    In addition to these citations, we have gathered a list of other relevant research and knowledge translation works, available online in the grey literature. They are posted below.

    If you are interested in supporting this literature review work, and creating a citation directory for interested researchers, please contact us.

  • SAHRC is working with REACH BC to develop a streamlined method of recruiting South Asian participants into health studies. Stay tuned for more updates on our Partners page.

  • SAHRC will be launching a mentor/mentee program in early 2024. If you would like to participate as either a mentor in South Asian health research, or a mentee, please email sahrcbc@gmail.com to express your interest.

Citation Directory and Grey Literature

    • The Roshni Project is a group that focuses on mental health supports and resources to enhance the mental health of young South Asian women in Toronto: Click Here

    • CaCBT Study at CAMH: Click Here

    • A student project for a Masters degree from Toronto Metropolitan University, about the mental health experience of first generation south asian women in Toronto: Click Here

    • South Asian Therapists Blog: Click Here

    • A web article about south asian Canadian mental health: Click Here

    • A web article about mental health stigmatizations in South Asian communities: Click Here

    • Articles on South Asian Canadians: Click Here

    • A relevant academic journal article that wasn’t found in literature review: Learn More

    • A study group working to understand why people of South Asian origin (originating from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh) have an increased risk for developing diabetes and heart disease: Learn More

    • The DIL Walk Foundation (DWF) recognizes that prevention is better than cure, and keeps consistent efforts to lower risk of heart disease across all ages, beginning with children, to youth and progression into adulthood. This group partnered with the University of Calgary to establish a Heart Research chair to concentrate efforts on heart research, the very first Research chair of its kind globally. Two main studies to be undertaken include: 1) Identifying and testing culturally appropriate methods to provide information to South Asians about heart health and 2) Testing a family-oriented culturally tailored lifestyle and medication program to assist South Asians to manage chronic heart disease: Learn More

    • Journal article - Excess Prevalence Mortality Rates of Diabetes Cardiovascular Disease Among South Asians: A Call to Action: Learn More

    • A student project about south asians in Canada and diabetes, submitted for their masters of health science in community, public, and population health: Learn More

    • A virtual south asian health conference that resulted in the call on health officials to take action on chronic illnesses, done by CINS: Learn More

    • Relevant academic journal articles that weren’t found in literature review:

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    • The Pathways to Prosperity Partnership (P2P) is an alliance dedicated to fostering welcoming communities that promote the economic, social and civic integration of migrants and minorities in Canada. Here is a link to an upcoming research paper about south asian motherhood in Canada: Learn More

    • The HQCA (Health Quality Council of Alberta) has developed information specifically to support seniors and their adult caregivers, who are part of the South Asian community, to be active in their healthcare: Learn More

    • An organization that focuses on population health that is doing a COVID-related study with South Asian participants specifically: Learn More

    • Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) researcher Dr. Amrish Joshi designed his new study to raise awareness about advanced care planning among English-speaking Canadians of South Asian origin: Learn More

    • A relevant journal article about south asian women in Toronto and HIV: Click Here

    • COVID experience for south asian immigrants: Learn More

    • A thesis done by a student at the University of Waterloo to fulfill their requirement for their degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health and Health Systems, about the utilization of sexual health services by south asian men in Ontario: Click Here

    • A web article about COVID rates in south asian communities: Click Here

    • Relevant research study: Click Here

    • Participatory Action Research with south asian immigrant women in Ontario: Click Here

    • Collaborative for South Asian Mental Health (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON): Learn More

    • South Asian Health Research Hub: Learn More

    • South Asian Health and Research Group, New York University: Learn More

    • South Asian Health Institute, Fraser Health Authority: Learn More

    • Centre for Indian and South Asian Research, University of British Columbia: Learn More

    • 3rd Annual Health Equity Conference, run by the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA)’s Health Equity Steering Committee: Learn More

    • A university-based organization with similar values: Learn More

    • The Centre for South Asian Civilizations (CSAC) at the University of Toronto promotes greater understanding of South Asia: Learn More

    • The South Asian Health Network is a Canadian collaborative effort to enhance the health and well-being of South Asian and other racialized communities. We specialize in creating culturally appropriate health educational content and public facing advocacy to address structural inequities in health care and public health: Learn More

    • South Asian COVID/Community Task Force, BC: Learn More

    • A manuscript about the use of south asian ethic categorization in Canadian health research: Click Here

    • CASSA is a Canadian group that aims to facilitate the economic, social, political and cultural empowerment of South Asians by serving as a resource for information, research, mobilization, coordination and leadership on social justice issues affecting our communities: Learn More

    • The authors of this paper bring together their unique disciplinary lenses- social work and law - to discuss various factors that contribute to the multiple oppressions experienced by South Asian immigrant women in Canada: Click Here

    • A health services and health quality report on the south asian communities in Canada, prepared by CASSA: Click Here

    • A relevant academic journal article that wasn’t found in literature review: Click Here

    • The SFU campus in Burnaby has collections on Indo-Canadians and the South Asian Diaspora: Learn More

  • Email for access to the citation directory: sahrcbc@gmail.com