Please join us for this free event co-hosted by the Centre for Human Rights Research, Faculty of Social Work, and Creative Community Change Research:
Unlocking Local Solutions: Using Participatory Systems Science to Understand and Address Societal Changes
October 05, 2026
307 Tier Building
10:30-11:20 am
Dr. Brita Roy utilizes participatory systems science to explore and address complex public health and social challenges. Her work focuses on employing innovative methods, such as group model building, to engage diverse, multi-stakeholder groups in collaborative efforts to systematically map community-level factors that drive and result from these challenges. Using insights gathered from these systems maps, she collaborates with stakeholders to identify context-specific interventions and conducts pragmatic trials to evaluate their effectiveness. By fostering inclusive dialogue and co-creation, Dr. Roy has applied these approaches to pressing issues such as gun violence, incarceration, and health-related social needs across various communities and populations within the United States. Her work exemplifies the transformative potential of participatory engagement and systems-based intervention design in addressing real-world public health and social complexities.
Dr. Christine Mayor, PhD, BCT/RDT, RP (she/her)
Assistant Professor
Inner City Social Work, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
Director, Creative Community Change Research
The University of Manitoba is located on the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Ojibway-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples and on the homeland of the Métis nation. We are all treaty people. As a settler living on Indigenous land, I strive to fulfil my treaty obligations and live in right relations.