Carrie Anne Marshall, PhD

Associate Professor

Contact Information

carrie.marshall@uwo.ca
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Social Justice in Mental Health Research Lab

Education

  • PhD Rehabilitation Science (Queen's University)
  • MScOT (Queen's University)
  • BA Psychology (Vancouver Island University)

Graduate Program Supervision

Research In Profile

Professor Marshall is an Associate Professor, Advancing Western Research Chair in Homelessness Prevention and Mental Health Equity, and Director of the Social Justice in Mental Health Research Lab in the School of Occupational Therapy at Western University. Her research focuses on intersections between poverty and mental health, with a particular focus on homelessness among persons living with mental illness (including substance use disorders). In particular, her research explores how we can create a health and social care system, policies and communities that enable individuals to thrive following homelessness, and in so doing, improve tenancy sustainment and the mental health of individuals who have been housed. This work involves the co-creation of a system that provides deeply affordable housing, peer support, inclusive communities and services that meet the needs of people who have experienced homelessness.

Featured Publications and Projects

Books

Technical Reports

Visit Google Scholar and Research Gate for a comprehensive list of publications. 

Current Grants and Research Projects

  • Lived Experience and Policy Perspectives on Migration and Service Use Among Persons Experiencing Homelessness in Small and Rural Communities in Canada (SSHRC Funded)
  • Exploring the stigma of homelessness in urban and rural communities in Southern Ontario: understanding resident perspectives to inform solutions (SSHRC Funded)
  • Peer Support to Community (P2C) Model for Supporting Individuals Following Homelessness: Developing and Piloting a Novel Approach (CIHR Funded)
  • Methamphetamine use and homelessness: A mixed methods and qualitative approach to exploring lived experience, service provider and landlord perspectives (CIHR Funded)

Featured Graduate Student Projects

Visit Scholarship@Western for a list of completed student theses and dissertations in the repository.

Graduate Student Opportunities

Opportunities for research related to intersections among mental health and mental illness, poverty, food insecurity, occupational therapy, meaningful activity, community integration, peer support, boredom and homelessness may be available.

Please contact professor Marshall at carrie.marshall@uwo.ca for information.

Postdoctoral Opportunities

Dr. Marshall welcomes applications for postdoctoral researchers who wish to complete a one-year postdoctoral fellowship/associateship. Projects focused on intersections between mental health and poverty, homelessness, and food insecurity are specifically suitable within Dr. Marshall’s lab. Funding may be available, and applicants will be supported to seek competitive external funding within the context of their postdoctoral studies.

Additional Information

Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations

  • Associate Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Advancing Western Research Chair in Homelessness Prevention and Mental Health Equity, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Director, Social Justice in Mental Health Research Lab, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Associate Researcher, Providence Care Hospital, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Media Highlights

Awards

  • Golden Quill Award, Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy, 2026
  • Advancing Western Research Chair in Homelessness Prevention and Mental Health Equity, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada (2025-2030)
  • Thelma Cardwell Lecturer, 2023, School of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Distinguished Alumni, 2021, School of Rehabilitation Therapy, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • School of Occupational Therapy Excellence in Teaching Award, 2020, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
  • Blue Star Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Occupational Therapy Program, 2018, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
  • Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists Clinical Education Award in Occupational Therapy, 2014, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada