Carrie Anne Marshall, PhD
Associate Professor
Contact Informationcarrie.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 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
- Bridging the Transition Framework (2nd Edition) (2023)
- Beyond Surviving (Transition from Homelessness Study Kingston Site Report) (2021)
- "We need to genuinely listen to what people tell us they need" (Transition from Homelessness Study London Site Report) (2021)
Visit Google Scholar and Research Gate for a comprehensive list of publications.
Current Grants and Research Projects
- Marshall, Gewurtz, Barbic, Roy, Cooke & Lysaght (2023). Refining and disseminating the Bridging the Transition Framework: A social justice framework guiding occupational therapy research and practice in homelessness (SSHRC funded)
- Marshall, Gewurtz, Roy, Barbic, Lysaght & Kirsh (2018-present). Associations between boredom and meaningful activity engagement and psychosocial well-being during and following homelessness: A mixed-methods, multi-site study (SSHRC funded)
- Marshall, Oudshoorn, Wathen, Forchuk, Rudman et al. (2019-present). Participation to community model: Piloting a novel intervention involving peer support and occupational therapy to support thriving following homelessness (CIHR funded)
- Marshall, Oudshoorn, Wathen, Collins, O’Brien, Greening & Forchuk (2021-present). Generating an ecological theory to describe the experiences and psychosocial well-being of homeless persons who use methamphetamine: Perspectives of service users and service providers (Funded by CIHR and an Internal Western University Grant)
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.
Additional Information
Academic Appointments and Research Affiliations
- Assistant Professor, School of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, 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
- "A place they know they’re welcome’: Are tiny shelters an answer for homelessness?", TVO Hamilton, March 2023
- "Advocates, experts call for low-barrier shelter solutions", Kingston Whig-Standard, January 2023
- "New study examines what individuals need to thrive following homelessness", Western News, November 2022
- "Helping Londoners succeed after homelessness: Community research project aims to move the unhoused from surviving to thriving", Western News, April 2022
- "New pilot project to support people transitioning from homelessness”, Kingston Whig-Standard, February 2022
- "Study highlights social and structural barriers to housing success”, Kingston Whig-Standard, August 2021
- "Housing just one step, not final part, of homeless fix: Western professor”, London Free Press, August 2021
- "Study: Boredom takes toll mentally and physically", Western News, May 2020
- "Project aims to help with transition from homelessness to housing", CTV News London, August 2020
- "Study turns attention to rural homelessness", Western News, August 2019
Awards
- 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
