ABOUT

Team and Partners

At PASSERELLE, we believe that developing capacity in partnership-based research relies on the engagement of people and organizations. Our strength lies in a diverse team and strong partnerships across Canada. Together, we build connections, share knowledge, and advance inclusive and sustainable research practices.

RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION TEAM

Principal investigators and knowledge users

PASSERELLE brings together more than 100 researchers, knowledge users, and partners from across Canada. Meet the key members who contribute to advancing partnership-based health research.

CENTRAL COORDINATION OFFICE TEAM

The Team Driving PASSERELLE’s work

The Central Coordinating Office team is based at the VITAM Research Center on Sustainable Health, affiliated to the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale, and Université Laval.

GOUVERNANCE

Reflecting our collaborative structure

Explore our governance structure, which illustrates how our teams and roles interact to support PASSERELLE’s mandate. This visual highlights our commitment to collaboration and transparency.

GOUVERNANCE

Patient Advisory Committee

The Patient Advisory Committee (PAC) brings together individuals with lived experience of the health system who wish to play an active role in advancing partnership-based research. Their insights, grounded in care and lived realities, help guide PASSERELLE’s strategic priorities and strengthen the relevance of our initiatives.

Trainee Advisory Committee

The Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) brings together students and early-career researchers committed to shaping the future of partnership-based research. Members design and lead initiatives tailored to trainees, while representing their perspectives within PASSERELLE.

The TAC’s role includes:
• Designing and leading activities created by and for trainees;
• Contributing to a better understanding of the needs and preferences of trainees in capacity development and networking;
• Participating in other PASSERELLE committees for a cross-cutting perspective on challenges and directions;
• Contributing to strategic discussions and informing decision-making with their unique perspective.

About

Our partners

We work with a diverse range of partners across sectors to advance partnership-based research and strengthen capacity.

Yukon Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (YSPOR)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Yukon

Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research-Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC)

Training Programs / Organization
Canada – Global

Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Québec

George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation (CHI) (Manitoba SPOR SUPPORT Unit)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Manitoba

Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Ontario

Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit (MSSU)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Maritime

Newfoundland and Labrador’s Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials Unit (NL SUPPORT)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Newfoundland and Labrador

Health Data Research Network Canada (HDRN Canada)

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

The IMAGINE (Inflammation, Microbiome, and Alimentation: Gastro-Intestinal and Neuropsychiatric Effects) Chronic Disease Network

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research (NEIHR)

National Networks
Canada – Global

CIHR-SPOR Mentoring Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials (Chair 1)

Canada Research Chairs
Canada – Global

Northwest Territories SPOR SUPPORT Unit (Hotıì ts’eeda)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Northwest Territories

Réseau-1 Québec

Provincial Research Networks
Québec

Chronic Pain Network / Réseau de douleur chronique

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

SPOR Evidence Alliance (EA)

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Maternal Infant Child Youth Research Network (MICYRN)

Non-Profit Organization
Canada – Global

The Quebec Research Network in Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity (CMDO)

Provincial Research Networks
Québec

Empowering Next-Generation Researchers in Perinatal and Child Health (ENRICH)

Health Research Training Platforms
Canada – Global

Attachment and Child Health (ATTACH) Program

Training Programs / Organization
Canada – Global

Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)

Health Institutions
Ontario

Diabetes Action Canada / Action diabète Canada

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Université Laval

Universities
Québec

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Other
Canada – Global

KRESCENT (Kidney Research Scientist Core Education and Training Program 2.0)

Health Research Training Platforms
Canada – Global

Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research (SCPOR)

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Saskatchewan

Children’s Healthcare Canada

National Networks
Canada – Global

Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR)

National Networks
Canada – Global

Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Alberta

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Health Institutions
Ontario

The Life-Threatening Illness National Group Research Training Platform (LifTING)

Health Research Training Platforms
Canada – Global

Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public (CEPPP)

Canada Research Chairs
Québec

Alliance against Violence and Adversity (AVA)

Health Research Training Platforms
Canada – Global

Mitacs Canada

Non-Profit Organization
Canada – Global

Canadian Family Practice Nurse Association (CFPNA)

Professionnal Associations
Canada – Global

Centre for Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education (CACHE)

Training Programs / Organization
Ontario

CHILD-BRIGHT

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Training platform in diabetes, obesity and cardiometabolic health (myROaD)

Health Research Training Platforms
Canada – Global

co-Chair in Artificial Intelligence and Digital Health for Health Behavior Change (Chair 2)

Canada Research Chairs
Canada – Global

Solutions for Kids in Pain (SKIP)

National Networks
Canada – Global

The College of Family Physicians of Canada (CFPC)

Professionnal Associations
Canada – Global

BC SUPPORT Unit

SPOR SUPPORT Unit
British Columbia

University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain (UTCSP)

Universities
Ontario

Can-SOLVE CKD Network

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN)

SPOR Networks
Canada – Global

Quebec Pain Research Network (QPRN)

Provincial Research Networks
Québec

VITAM - Centre de recherche en santé durable

Canada Research Chairs
Québec

Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de la Capitale-Nationale

Health Institutions
Québec

Become a Partner

Working together to strengthen partnership-based research

Become a PASSERELLE partner and contribute to the growth, sustainability, and reach of capacity development in partnership-based research. We collaborate with organizations from the health sector, government, academia, and the non-profit community. By partnering with PASSERELLE, you can: • Expand the reach of your activities; • Showcase your capacity development initiatives; • Integrate collaborative approaches into your existing programs; • Co-create training activities or co-organize events; • Promote the adoption of collaborative practices across organizations.
Become a partner