REFEREED PRESENTATIONS (* Denotes Graduate Research Assistant)
2006
Anucha, U., Mitchell, C. & Bedeau*, K. “The Apartment Was So Tight It Put Pressure on You”: A Multi-Method Study of
the Housing Conditions of Immigrants and Refugees in a Border City. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work
Annual Conference (in conjunction with CFHSS). York University (Accepted).
Anucha, U., Mitchell, C., Thomas, K., Tiley, M. Engaging the Community to Understand the Housing Situations of
Newcomers. 8th National Metropolis Conference. Vancouver (Accepted)
2005
Jean-Baptiste*, N., Anucha, U. & Luginaah, I. Sexual Coercion and HIV/AIDS among Young Nigerian Women.
American Psychological Association Annual Convention, Washington.
Anucha, U. Medcalf, M. Bedeau*, K. & Ferron*, T. A Community-University Research Collaboration on Social Capital
and the Welfare of Immigrant Women. Canadian Association of Schools of Social Work Annual Conference (in
conjunction with CFHSS). University of Western Ontario.
Anucha, U., Medcalf, M., Bedeau*, K., Ferron*, T & Ranu*, K. Growing New Roots: Home, Neighborhood, Community
and Social Capital among New Immigrants and Refugees in a Border City. Canadian Conference on Homelessness. York
University.
Anucha, U. When Bed is Home: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of ‘Hard to House’ Tenants in Shared Housing
Programs. Canadian Conference on Homelessness. York University.
Jean-Baptiste*, N. & Anucha, U. Are Western HIV Prevention Strategies a Good Fit for Sub-Saharan African Women?
The 6th Annual Feminist Research Group Conference, University of Windsor. May 05 – 07, 2005.
Anucha, U. A Collaborative Needs Assessment of HIV/AIDS Services and Gaps for Women. 51st Annual Conference of
the Council for Social Work Education, New York City.
Anucha, U., Obianwu, H., Smith, N. & Erondu, A. An International Collaborative Needs Assessment of HIV/AIDS
Services and Gaps for Young Women in Nigeria Ninth Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research.
Miami.
2004
Parsons, R. R., Gorey, K. M., Anucha, U. & Nakhaie, R. Institutional racism and classism in health care: Meta-analytic
evidence of their existence in America, but not in Canada. 132nd annual meeting of the American Public Health
Association. Washington.
Anucha, U. Conceptualizing Exits and Returns to Homelessness: A Multidimensional Model of Factors Associated with
Episodic Homelessness. International Sociological Association under the auspices of the Housing and the Built
Environment Research Committee 43. Toronto.
Anucha, U. The Politics of Keeping Space: A Multi Method Study of the Housing Stability of Hard to House Persons.
Eight Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research. New Orleans.
2003
Anucha, U. Factors Associated With The Housing Stability Of ‘Hard To House’ People. 29th Annual Harvey Stancer
Research Day, University of Toronto.
Zahraei, S.; Hopkins, M.; Anucha, U.; Ilves, P. & Trainor, J. The Community Networking Assessment Tool. 29th Annual
Harvey Stancer Research Day, University of Toronto.
Hopkins, M., Anucha, U., Ramsundar, N., Trainor, J. & Ilves, P. (2003). Collaborating for Optimal Client Outcomes? A
Qualitative Study of Client Perspectives of a Partnership Support Model for the Seriously Mentally Ill. 29th Annual Harvey
Stancer Research Day, University of Toronto.
2002
Hopkins, M., Anucha, U., & Ramsundar, N. Collaborating for Optimal Client Outcomes: An Evaluation of the Joint
Community Support Team. International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference, Toronto.
2001
Anucha, U. & Kwasi Kafele, P. Planning for Inclusion: Lessons and Challenges from the Diversity Project of the Centre
for Addiction and Mental Health. International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference,
Houston Texas (May 7 – 11, 2001).
Trainor, J., Anucha, U., Hopkins, M., Ilves, P., & Sylvestre, J. Building the Perfect Partnership: Lessons from Joint
Ventures between a Psychiatric Hospital and Community Mental Health Agencies. International Association of
Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference, Houston Texas (May 7 – 11, 2001).
Sylvestre, J.C., Trainor, J., Ilves, P., Hopkins, M., & Anucha, U. The Conceptualization and Evaluation of Housing
Stability. International Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services Annual Conference, Houston Texas (May 7 –
11, 2001).
2000
Anucha, U. & Dempsey, D. A Balancing Act – Strategies for Resolving Ethical Issues in Social Work Discharge
Planning. Ontario Medical Education Network, Toronto. (October, 2000).
1999
Ilves, P., Anucha, U. & Hopkins, M. Beyond Homelessness and Psychiatric Illness: Factors Associated with the Housing
Stability of Psychiatric Consumers/Survivors. Poster Presentation, Annual Congress of the Canadian Academy of
Psychiatric Epidemiology, Toronto (1999).