Janette Leroux

I am an interdisciplinary health researcher, educator, Credentialed Evaluator, and research developer, and I purposefully blur these identities in my scholarship and practice. My academic background is characterized by substantive breadth, and together my research aims to address complex health challenges and develop meaningful pathways for change. My approach is methodologically pluralist, drawing on critical realism and community-engaged praxis, where I combine qualitative, quantitative, evidence-synthesis, policy-analysis, and evaluation methods in relation to the question and context. Much of my work has been developed with community or practice partners and translated into reports, public scholarship, and policy resources. My scholarly publications span public infrastructure and health policy; gender-based violence and institutional responses; families, care, and suicide-prevention; food insecurity and aging; social networks and health; community service-learning; and evaluation education. My teaching draws upon active and relational pedagogies. My educational research interests include health policy education, creativity and imagination of alternatives, and collective assessment. 

I completed my PhD in Health Promotion in the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's University, after which I completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's.

Currently, I work with Queen's Health Sciences Research, as Research Projects Advisor.