Research

• Promoting Research

  RHO promotes research that supports the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ people in Ontario. LGBTQ health research gives us accurate information about the health and health care needs of LGBTQ people, enabling policy makers and health care providers to respond to the health needs of our communities. 
RHO develops Research Partnerships in order to:

  • Gather data on Ontario’s LGBTQ communities
  • Advocate for research streams that support LGBTQ health research
  • Encourage the use of existing LGBTQ health research to promote evidence-based practice and improved public policy

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Participate in Research

We invite LGBTQ people to participate in research that may be of benefit to the health of our communities.

We have reviewed the following research studies and we support the broad goals and objectives of these projects. The researchers who have listed their projects here have agreed to our Terms of Service. 

All of these research projects have been reviewed by a Research Ethics Board at their respective academic institutions.

If you would like to know more about what a university-based ethical review process looks like, you can click here to see Canada’s Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. 

If you participate in a research study and you have concerns about the collection or use of the information you provided, we encourage you to contact the ethics review committee at the respective institution.

RHO Researcher and Directory:

This database features profiles of LGBTQ health researchers who hold faculty positions in academic institutions across Ontario. 

This directory has been created for information purposes only.

Researchers who share their profiles in our directory have agreed to our Terms of Service.

If you are a researcher working in the area of LGBTQ health in Ontario, we invite you to be listed in the RHO Researcher Directory.

List Your Research

We encourage researchers to post their studies here in order to recruit participants. If you would like to post your research study, please complete the form below.  The information you enter will appear on the website.  Please have a copy of your REB certificate ready to upload.