Who Are We?
The CURA team consists of University scholars and community agencies, groups and individuals who have come together with a shared goal of reducing bullying among children and youth. They believe that there is a need to study the phenomenon of bullying itself through an innovative partnership between community leaders and front-line service providers operating in true and equal collaboration with university researchers.
Our research team is comprised of some 30 accomplished academics coming from a variety of different research backgrounds such as psychology, psychiatry, pediatrics, education, epidemiology, rehabilitation sciences etc. and talented community leaders who, although coming from different disciplines, share knowledge and expertise about child development and violence prevention and intervention.
Our community partners include 25 groups and organizations who strongly believe in the African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child”, and as such these youth serving agencies have come together with the mutual understanding that a cultural shift is required to effectively reduce bullying.
The CURA Team
Lead Investigator
Co-Investigators/ Collaborators
Jackie Bajus |
Dr. Alison Niccols | |
| Dr. Ann Niec | ||
| Dr. Khrista Boylan | Pam Reinholdt | |
| Dr. Shelley Hymel | ||
Des Brennan |
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Donna Krizanc |
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| Dr. Kathy Short | ||
| Wanda St-Francois | ||
| Dr. Peter Szatmari | ||
| Dr. Richard E. Tremblay | ||
| Dr. Wendy Troop-Gordon | ||
| Dr. Larry Tuff | ||
| Mary Pat Vollick | ||
| Dr. Jessica Whitley | ||
| Dr. Eric Duku | Dr. Trisha Woehrle | |
Community Partners
- Association of Early Childhood Educators, Ontario, Hamilton Branch
- ASCY
- Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Hamilton
- Canadian Parks and Recreation Association
- Catholic Children's Aid Society
- Children's Aid Society of Hamilton
- City of Hamilton, Applied Research and Evaluation
- City of Hamilton, Culture and Recreation Division
- City of Hamilton, Red Hill Family Center, Public Health and Community Services, Parent and Child Branch
- Community Child Abuse Council of Canada
- Community Collaboration and Capacity Building Committee
- Hamilton Community Foundation
- Hamilton East Kiwanis Boys’ and Girls’ Club
- Hamilton Police Services
- Hamilton Supervisors' Network Group, ECE
- Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board
- Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
- McMaster University, Faculty of Science
- McMaster University, Offord Centre for Child Studies
- McMaster University, Center for Childhood Disability Research
- Ministry of Community and Social Services
- Mohawk College
- Université de Montréal, Centre of Excellence for Childhood Education
- YWCA
National Partners
