The Offord Centre collaborates with various academic and non-academic institutions in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada and around the world. Our core members, research teams, staff and students forge meaningful partnerships with organizations who have a similar goal – to improve the lives, health and wellbeing of children and youth.
Academic Institutions
Brock University
Canadian Consortium on Child and Youth Trauma
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
CHEO Research Institute
Child Mind Institute
Dalhousie University
Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
Harvard University
Haruv Institute
Hospital for Sick Children Toronto
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Johns Hopkins University
Laval University
Macquarie University
McGill University
McMaster University
Mount Saint Vincent University
Mount Sinai Hospital
National Institute of Mental Health
Simon Fraser University
Stanford University
Tel Aviv University
Ohio State University
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Università di Bologna
Università del Piemonte Orientale
Université du Québec à Montréal
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of California
University of Cambridge
University College London
University of Colorado
University of Ottawa
University of Manitoba
University of Saskatchewan
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
University of Washington
University of Waterloo
Western University
York University
Non-Academic Institutions
Alberta Health Services
Accerta Services Inc.
Associations for the Faculties of Medicine Canada
Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families
Autism Ontario
Autism Speaks Canada
Autism Alliance of Canada
Azrieli Foundation
Canadian Association of Social Workers
Canadian Emergency Physicians Association
Canadian Forces and Morale Welfare Services
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
The Autism Alliance of Canada and The Offord Centre
MacART has been working with the Autism Alliance of Canada for many years, striving towards the development of a National Autism Strategy (NAS). With the federal government’s commitment to making this strategy a reality, MacART and the Alliance continue to build a more coordinated approach to advance autism research. This has included collaborating on applications for developing a national data hub and a national Autism waitlist initiative. These programs would serve as building blocks of a Learning Health System for Neurodevelopmental Disabilities, facilitating multidisciplinary, multi-sector, and multi-jurisdictional data initiatives and health services and policy research for Autism that can be used to inform disability policy and increase the health and wellbeing of Autistic Canadians.
Children’s Healthcare Canada, UNICEF and the Offord Centre
The Advancing Youth Mental Health team is currently involved in a national study: the Canadian Longitudinal Health Study on Children and Youth (CHSCY). This work, which is conducted in concert with Statistics Canada, involves strategic collaborations with Children’s Healthcare Canada and UNICEF. These collaborations aim to foster the development, promotion, and execution of knowledge exchange initiatives. Moreover, the findings are expected to play a pivotal role in the implementation of effective policy by government and other organizations . These collaborations will help ensure findings will directly benefit all Canadian children and those who care for them.
Canadian Paediatric Society
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Canadian Society for Addiction Medicine
CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Capitalize 4 Kids
Child Welfare League of Canada
Child and Youth Refugee Research Coalition
Children’s Healthcare Canada
CHEPA Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
CHIMO Youth & Family Services
City of Hamilton, Child and Adolescent Services
Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
College of Family Physicians of Canada
Cundill Centre for Child and Youth Depression
EMHware
Empowered Kids Ontario
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Department of Education
Government of Prince Edward Island – Ministry of Education, Early Learning and Culture
Government of Manitoba – Minister for Education and Training
Health Canada
Hamilton Health Sciences Foundation
Hamilton Health Sciences / McMaster Children’s Hospital
Hamilton Wentworth Catholic District School Board
Institut de la statistique du Québec
Joseph Brant Hospital Foundation
Justice Canada
Juravinski Research Institute
Kids Brain Health Network
Lynwood Charlton Centre
Empowered Kids Ontario and The Offord Centre
Our McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART) at the Offord Centre has established a strong partnership with Empowered Kids Ontario (EKO) through important work evaluating virtual care services offered to children across Ontario. The team, led by Dr. Stelios Georgiades and Dr. Elyse Rosa, completed an evaluation which focused on the processes and outcomes of a variety of virtual care services provided to children and families by organizations across the province. The strong partnership our team has with EKO has been strengthened through this work and we will continue to pursue avenues for future collaboration.
Margaret & Wallace McCain Family Foundation
Maternal Infant Child and Youth Research Network
Mayberry Family Fund
Military Suicide Research Consortium
Mitacs
Montreal Children’s Hospital
National Education Alliance for Borderline Personality Disorder in Youth (NEA-BPD)
Northwest Territories Ministry of Education, Culture and Employment
Nova Scotia Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office (US)
Ontario Brain Institute
Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
Ontario Ministry of Education
Ontario Ministry of Health
Parris Island Marine Recruitment Depot
Pediatric Chairs of Canada Public Health Units – Niagara Region, Southwestern, Toronto
Public Health Agency of Canada (Magdalena)
Public Health Ontario
Public Health Services (Northern Ireland)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada
SickKids Foundation ()
Sinneave Family Foundation
School Mental Health Ontario
Statistics Canada
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Stoney Creek Girls Hockey Association
Suicide Prevention Council of Hamilton
UNICEF Canada
Victim Justice Network
Woodview Mental Health & Autism Services
World Health Organization
York Hills Centre for Children, Youth and Families