Joanna (Anneke) Rummens

Dr. Joanna (Anneke) Rummens is a health systems research scientist, community-engaged researcher, knowledge mobilizer and educator whose work explores the various links between multiply-diverse identities, health/well-being and life outcomes of marginalized, disadvantaged, and often ‘invisible’ populations. These include children/youth living in challenging contexts; newcomer immigrants and refugees; precarious status migrants; and war-affected communities.

Her professional experience:

• spans the medical, health and social sciences
• bridges academe, community, service provision and government 
• links the health care, immigration and education sectors
• integrates collaborative knowledge co-creation, exchange, mobilization, uptake, and implementation partnerships with transdisciplinary interprofessional education, teaching, training, supervision, and professional mentorship

Dr. Rummens’ program of integrated research and knowledge implementation is cross-disciplinary, comparative and mixed-methodological, and involves local, national and international partnership networks across Canada, Europe, Africa, South America, Central America and the Caribbean. 

As a knowledge co-creator, synthesizer and mobilizer, she works directly with diverse communities, service providers and key decision makers. She has led several large-scale multi-disciplinary, interprofessional, cross-sectoral partnership collaborations to address pressing issues in health and well-being at the individual, community and societal level. 

Dr. Rummens is passionate about “using our collective knowledge to optimally inform what we actually do” to ensure more equitable and optimal health and life outcomes for our multiply-diverse populations both in Canada and abroad. She has extensive experience in integrated research and knowledge transfer and exchange, networked knowledge mobilization partnerships, and knowledge uptake implementation to directly inform decision-making and impact actual outcomes. 

Dr. Rummens is also former director of three different integrated research/knowledge transfer/training centres and institutes focused on global development, immigration and resettlement integration, and child/youth success.

A recognized expert in identity/diversity, migrant health and well-being, and knowledge transfer governance, she regularly serves in an advisory capacity in the areas of health, education, migration, and social inclusion, to various initiatives, organizations and government ministries at the local, provincial, national and international level.

Dr. Rummens is deeply committed to transdisciplinary, inter-professional, experiential, education/teaching/training/supervision/mentorship of:

• Medical, nursing, allied healthcare professionals and peers
• Nursing, medical, and health science students, interns, residents and fellows
• Undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students (Humanities, Arts, Medicine, Community Services)

She has taught in the areas of humanities, arts, medicine, and community services and also has extensive experience in one-on-one training and mentorship of students, post-graduates and professional peers in integrated research and knowledge transfer.

At TMU, Dr. Rummens supervises and teaches in the Doctorate in Urban Health, Master of Nursing, and Collaborative and Post-Diploma Bachelor of Science in Nursing programs of the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services. She is a full member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Affiliated Faculty with the Immigration and Settlement Studies program, and Affiliate Researcher with the Centre for Urban Solutions, St. Michael’s Hospital.

Graduate courses:

• MN 8901: Quantitative Research Methods: Design and Critical Appraisal
• MN 8902: Qualitative Research Methods:  Design and Critical Appraisal
• MN 8931: Diversity and Globalization: Promoting Urban Health

Undergraduate courses:

• NSE 222: Nursing Research: Qualitative Methods
• NUR 80A/B: Research Design, Measurement, Applications
• NUR 600:  Epidemiology and Major Health Challenges
• NUR 824: Women’s Health

Dr. Rummens’ program of research on multiply-diverse, health/well-being and life outcomes focuses on the links among multiply-diverse personal and social identities, social equity, and health to explore how who an individual is and/or is seen to be impacts their health, mental health, well-being, and overall life outcomes.  

She undertakes integrated policy-, program- and practice-relevant research, knowledge transfer, and professional training on topics of strategic need in the areas of health, immigration, education, equity and inclusion, to address pressing issues in community well-being and population health and achieve more optimal outcomes for diverse marginalized, disadvantaged, and often ‘invisible’ individuals and populations.

Her research reflects a strong commitment to applied research, to truly collaborative partnerships that link academia, communities, service providers and government, and to effective knowledge transfer/exchange and uptake/implementation with a broad range of stakeholders and knowledge users. Its goal is to help inform social and health policy, programming and practice, and ensure more equitable health outcomes for all.

Areas of expertise:

• Linking multiply-diverse identities, health and well-being, and overall life outcomes
• Health equity and social inclusion of marginalized, disadvantaged and vulnerable populations
• Health/mental health, immigration/resettlement and educational trajectories
• Comparative, interdisciplinary, cross-sectoral and applied research
• Qualitative, quantitative, mixed research methods and design
• Integrated research, knowledge transfer and professional training

Areas of focus:

• Community health, urban health and global health
• Health equity and determinants of health
• Health status, access to care, service provision, costs and outcomes
• Responsive health systems and optimal systems of care
• Cross-culturally competent healthcare
• Evidence-informed practice
• Ethno-cultural/racialized/mixed-heritage populations
• Immigrant, refugee and migrant communities 
• Children/youth living in challenging contexts

Peer-reviewed research grants (principal investigator):

• Accessibility and Costs of Healthcare for Refugee Claimants under New Interim Federal Health Policies. CIHR Operating Grant, $777,176, 2013-2017  
• Mobilizing Knowledge: Partners for Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities. Co-Principal Investigator, SSHRC Partnership Development Grant – Connection, $182,218, 2014-2017             
• Patient Disclosure of Adverse Events in Paediatrics: Synthesis of Literature and Research Priorities. CIHR Planning Grant, $24,924, 2014-2015
• Child Perspectives on Disclosure of Adverse Events:  A Pilot Study. Ryerson University Health Research Fund, $6,000, 2013-2014
• The Migratory Status of the Child and Limited Access to Health Care. Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Operating Grants, $597,688, 2009-2014
• CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre – A Renewed Research Agenda on Migration, Diversity and Civic Participation: Prioritization – Synthesis – Transfer – Impact. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $1.535 million, 2007-2012
• The Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) – The Ontario Metropolis Centre. University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $125,000, 2007-2008
• The Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), Phase II – Toronto. The University of Toronto, Ryerson University and York University. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $325,000, 2006-2007
• The New Canadian Children and Youth Study: Building and Sharing a National Research Resource. Research Resource Grant Application, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $150,000, 2006-2010
• The New Canadian Children and Youth Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $1.4 million, 2005-2007
• The New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $2.5 million, 2001-2005
• Assessing the Impact of the Kosovo Crisis on the Mental Health and Well Being of Newcomer Serbian Children in the Greater Toronto Area. Joint Centre of Excellences for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS) - Toronto, $24,144, 2000-2002
• Who ARE I? Identity Formation and Negotiation among Mixed Heritage Children and Youth. Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism), $29,225, 1999-2002

Peer-reviewed research grants (co-investigator):

• Exploring Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Providers in Addressing the Care Needs of Individuals who Identify as LGBTQIA+: A Mixed-Method Study. Sigma and Sigma Foundation for Nursing, 2023 Sigma Global Nursing Research Grant, $11,368.50, 2023-2024
• Transforming Nurses’ Work Environments through a Strength-Based Leadership and Management Training Program. Health and Productive Work, A joint Canadian Institutes of Health Research and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Grant, $1,224,420, 2018-2023
• Covid and Recent Newcomers: How Are We Doing? Ministry of Colleges and Universities COVID-19 Rapid Research Fund, $126,921, 2020-2021
• Analyzing Discourses that Inform Ontario’s COVID-19 Decision-Making Response: Impacts on Frontline Healthcare Workers. COVID-19 Rapid Response Research Grant, Faculty of Community Services, Ryerson University, $9,000, 2020-2021
• Critical Data Literacy Online course: Teaching Strategies to Effectively Communicate Data, E-Campus, Ontario, $39,910, 2020-2021
• Refugee Integration and Long-Term Health Outcomes in Canada. CIHR Operating Grant, Population and Public Health, $1,353,165, 2016-2021
• Reconciling the Social Model of Childhood Disability with Pedagogy: The Effects of Teacher Training to Facilitate Friendship-Building. SSHRC Insight Grant: Summary, $221,540, 2017-2021
• Rights for Children and Youth Partnership:  Strengthening Collaboration in the Americas (RCYP). SSHRC Partnership Grant, $2,499,989, 2015-2021
• Creation of a Blended Learning Lab for Undergraduate Courses, 8000 Series Professional Nursing Electives Courses at the Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Ryerson University, $7,000, 2018-2019
• Sexually Transmitted Infections in Immigrant and Refugee Populations in Situation of Social Vulnerability in the State of Goiás-Brazil. MITACS - Global Globalink Research Award $30,000, 2018
• Transforming Nurses’ Work-Life Environments through Training Clinical Leaders and Managers in Strengths-Based Nursing using Innovative Forms of Story-Sharing. Partnership Development Grant - Healthy and Productive Work, CIHR and SSHRC, $148,847, 2016-2018
• Sustaining Recovery: Supporting the Transition from Specialized Services to Community-based Primary Care for At-Risk Youth Who Have Experienced Early Psychosis. CIHR Partnership for Health Systems Improvement, $704,987, 2013-2016
• Trajectories and Decision Making: A Look at Uninsured Pregnant Women Seeking Health Care via Community Health Centres (CHCs) in Toronto. Faculty of Community Services Seed Grant, Ryerson University, $5000, 2011-2015  
• Engaging Marginalized Youth and Educators for Equity in Public Education in Canada: A Pilot Project. SSHRC Insight Development Grant, $75,000, 2012-2014
• Marginalized Youth and Equity in Public Education: A Pilot Study.  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), $75,000, 2012- 2014
• Immigration, Hybridity and Social Integration. Obra social La Caiza - Recercaixa, La Caixa – Spain. €98,465 => $129,600, 2012-2014
• Migration and Diabetes: Diabetes Prevention and Management in the Black Caribbean Communities in Toronto. CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre, $19,975, 2011-2012
• Maternal and Newborn Health Status of Uninsured Women in the Greater Toronto Area. Health Sciences Fund, Office of the Vice President, Research and Innovation, Ryerson University, $7000, 2011-2012
• Maternal and Newborn Health Status of Uninsured New Immigrant and Refugee Women in the Greater Toronto Area. Faculty of Community Services Seed Grant, Ryerson University, $5000, 2011-2012
• School-Based Mental Health and Addictions Consortium. Request for proposals on School-Based Mental Health and Addictions, Mental Health Commission of Canada, $385,000, 2009-2012
• The Migratory Factor, Its Impact on Immigrant Children and Youth Wellbeing: Multifaceted Views of a Kaleidoscope. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, $162,790, 2009-2011
• Leavers and Stayers: A Comparison of the Health and Development of Ethiopian Children Growing up in Toronto and Addis Ababa, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $385,000, 2004-2008
• Living with Less Than Full Status: A Focus on the Labour Market, Social Services and the Family. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)/ Community-University Research Alliance (CURA), $20,000, 2005-2006
• Immigrant Children in Treatment: Pathways and Adherence to Care. Joint Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS), $10,000, 2005-2006
• Enhancing Capacity to Combat Health Hazards in the Niger Delta. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $95,122, 2003-2005
• The New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS): An Investigation of the Health and Development of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada. Health Developmental Trajectories of Infants, Children and Youth Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), $7,300, 2003-2004
• The New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS): An Investigation of the Health and Development of Immigrant and Refugee Children in Canada. Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, Letter of Intent proposal development funds, $7,500, 2003
• A Community in Distress: Mental Health Needs, Mental Health Care and Settlement Services for the Tamil Community in Toronto. Canadian Institutes of Health Research, $449,696, 2000-2003
• Immigration, Resettlement, and Mental Health: Assessing Resettlement Impact. Medical Research Council of Canada, $149,455, 1999-2002
• Stress, Coping, and Psycho-Social Adaptation among Children of War. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) $89,000, 1998-2001
• Immigrant Perceptions of Mental Illness and Their Use of Mental Health Services.  Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), $161,619, 1998-2000
• Ensuring Cultural Equivalence of Mental Health Measures: Depression and Somatization. Medical Research Council of Canada (MRC), $61,348, 1998-1999

Research contracts (principal investigator):

• Developing Validating, and Implementing a Critical Thinking Skills Measurement Tool for Entrepreneurial Work-Integrated Learning and Programming at Post Secondary Institutions, Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO), $131,200, competitive, senior researcher, 2017-2020  
• Community Health Equity Profiles and Needs Validation Synthesis Reports for both the Regional Municipalities of Durham and Peel. Prepared for the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health as part of the System Improvement Through Service Collaboratives (SISC) initiative response to Open Minds, Healthy Minds: Ontario’s Comprehensive Mental Health and Addiction Strategy, $49,600, invited, 2012-2013
• Vulnerable Children: Child Development during the Middle Years. Human Resources and Social Development Canada, $26,901, competitive, 2010 
• The Health and Well Being of Newcomer Immigrant/Refugee Children and Youth within the Greater Toronto Area: A Profile Overview. Looking to the Future: Measuring Child and Youth Well-Being in Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Children and Youth Services, $25,000, invited, 2008-2009
• Immigrant Health Framework. Public Health Agency of Canada, $9,900. Competitive, 2008  
• Integration Outcomes among Immigrant and Refugee Children and Youth in Canada: An Analytic Review of Research Findings. Citizenship and Immigration Canada, $15,000, invited, 2007    
• Identification of Research Gaps in the Canadian Literature on Identity. Department of Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism), $2,000, invited, 2003
• An Examination of Linkages between Ethnic Origin and Health in Canadian Census Data. Statistics Canada, $12,500, invited, 2003
• Canadian Identities Database (CID), Canadian Heritage – Multiculturalism, World Conference against Racism Secretariat, $108,000, invited, innovation, 2001-2003
• Thematic Literature Searches for Key Areas of Canadian Identity Research. Department of Canadian Heritage, $5,000, invited, 2000
• Canadian Identities: An Interdisciplinary Overview of Canadian Research in Identity. Literature Review commissioned by Canadian Heritage (Multiculturalism), $2,500, invited, 1999-2000

Research contracts (co-investigator):

• Making Ontario Home: A Study of Newcomer Settlement Services Use and Needs. Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants, $199,945, competitive, 2009-2010
• Migration and Diabetes in Canada:  Survey of Risk Factors and Management. Public Health Agency of Canada, $130,000, competitive, 2008-2009
• Mapping the Processes and Pathways of the Transition from Elementary to Secondary School. Ontario Ministry of Education (EDU), $850,000, invited, 2007-2010   
• Making Child and Youth Mental Health Care Better: A Process Evaluation of Clinical Change Towards Becoming an Evidence- Based Service Provider Organization. Kinark Child and Family Services, $51,875, invited, 2007-2010         
• Understanding the Lived Reality of Disengagement from School: Perspectives from the Field. Ontario Ministry of Education, $450,000, invited, 2004-2005         
• Computer Assisted Data Collection in Immigrant and Refugee Communities [Testing of Data Collection Methodology]: New Canadian Children and Youth Study (NCCYS) – Toronto Site. Strategic Policy, Planning and Research Branch, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, $25,000, invited, innovation, 2002-2003   
• Immigration and Health – Literature Review. Health Canada, $24,995, competitive, 2000-2001

Areas of expertise:

• Integrated policy-, program-, practice-relevant research and knowledge transfer
• Knowledge exchange, translation, transfer, uptake, implementation and impact
• Implementation science; Integrated research, pedagogy and professional training

SRC profiles:

• Profiled Expert. Joanna Anneke Rummens - Migrants, Refugees and Freedom of Movement in the European Union. European Dialogues, San Sebastian, Basque Region, Spain, Feb 17, 2016
  Video (external link) : [27:08; 28:15-55:50], Graphic Recording (external link) , Podcast  (external link) , Commentary (external link) 
• Profiled Research Scientist, Knowledge Translation in Action - Dr. Joanna Anneke Rummens. Knowledge Translation Stories, Learning Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, 2014, Institutional Video (external link) 

Innovations in knowledge mobilization and impact (select):

• Founder, Scientific Lead, Executive Director, IMPAKT – The Ontario Institute of Child and Youth Success, Joint Institute: The Hospital for Sick Children and Ryerson University, 2011-2016
• Initiator, Co-organizer, Co-Chair, Seeking Solutions Symposium: Access to Healthcare for the Uninsured in Canada, The Hospital for Sick Children and Women’s College Hospital, 2012
• Founder and Lead Researcher, International Research and Knowledge Transfer Network on Multiple Diversities, Child/Youth Identities and Life Outcomes, 2009
• Co-Founder, Local Distress Relief Network (LDRN) – Greater Toronto Area, 2005
• Inventor, The Canadian Identities Database (CID), an interdisciplinary electronic reference database of identity research in Canada (2,000+ records). A designated University of Toronto Invention, 2001

Invited expert consultancies:    

• International: Government of Catalunya, Spain; European Dialogues; World Health Organization; International Network of Health Promoting Hospitals and Health Services; New Bulgarian University
• National: Minister of Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship; Canadian Heritage; Canadian International Development Agency; Citizenship and Immigration Canada, including Integration Branch, Research and Evaluation Branch; Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Ontario Region; Human Resources and Development Canada; Justice Canada; Statistics Canada; The Metropolis Project; Pathways to Education
• Provincial: Ontario Region Settlement and Intergovernmental Affairs; Health System Planning and Research Branch, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
• Regional, Municipal, Local: Toronto Central Local Health Integration Network; Children and Youth Advisory Table, Non-Insured Initiative; Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Hospital for Sick Children; Wellesley Institute
• Non-profit: Canadian Crossroads International; Canadian Education Association; The United Way

  Journal articles (select peer-reviewed):      

• Rousseau, C., Rummens, JA, Frounfelker, RL, Casares Yebenes, MR, & Cleveland, J. (2021). Canadian Health Personnel Attitudes: Toward Refugee Claimants’ Entitlement to Health Care. Journal of International Migration and Integration. Sept 10, 2021. doi.org/10.1007/s12134-021-00892-4
• St-Amant, O., Rummens, J. A. , Parada, H. & Wilson-Mitchell, K. (2021). The COVID-19 Mask: Toward an Understanding of Social Meanings and Responses. Advances in Nursing Science. Oct 18, 2021. doi.org/10.1097/ANS.0000000000000393
• Kanagaratnam, P., Rummens, J.A., Toner, B. “We are All Alive ... but Dead:” Cultural Meanings of War Trauma among the Tamil Diaspora and Implications for Service Delivery.” Sage Open, 10(4). doi.org/10.1177/2158244020963563
• Koller D, Le Pouseard M, Rummens JA. Defining Social Inclusion for Children with Disabilities: A Critical Literature Review. Children and Society, 2018 January, 32(1), 1-13. doi.org/10.1111/chso.12223
  
• Koller D, Rummens A, Le Pouesard, M, Espin S, Friedman J, Coffey T, Kenneally N. Patient Disclosure of Adverse Events in Paediatrics: A Systematic Literature Review. Paediatrics and Child Health, 2016, 21(4), Article e32–e38. doi.org/10.1093/pch/21.4.e32
• Hyman I, Gucciardi E, Patychuk D, Rummens JA, Shakya Y, Kljujic D, Bhamani M, Boqaileh F. (2014). Self-Management, Health Service Use and Information Seeking for Diabetes Care among Black Caribbean Immigrants in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, February 2014, 38(1), 32-7. doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.08.267
• Rousseau, C., Laurin-Lamothe, A., Rummens J.A., Meloni, F., Steinmetz, N., and Alvarez, F. (2013). Precarious Immigration Status Children at Canadian Paediatric Emergencies: Disparities in Help-Seeking Pathways and Service Delivery. Pediatrics and Child Health, November 2013, 18(9): 465-469. doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-0973-3
• Pandalangat N, Rummens JA, Williams C, Seeman M. Socio-Cultural Perspectives of Health and Illness in the Toronto Sri Lankan Tamil Community. World Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013 November 13, 1(3), 36-42 doi.org/10.12691/jpm-1-3-5
• Wilson-Mitchell K, Rummens JA. Perinatal Outcomes of Uninsured Immigrant, Refugee and Migrant Mothers and Newborns Living in Toronto, Canada. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2013 June, 10(6), 2198-2213. doi.org/10.3390/ijerph10062198
• Ferrari, M., McVey, G., and Rummens, J.A. “Dialogue with immigrant mothers from Chinese and Tamil Communities to Explore Homogenization, Normalization, and Objectification of their Body.” Qualitative Social Research, 2013, 14(1). doi.org/10.17169/fqs-14.1.1766
• Hyman, I, Patychuck D, Zaidi Q, Kljujic D, Shakya YB, Rummens JA, Creatore M, Vissandjee B. Self-Management, Health Service Use and Information Seeking for Diabetes Care among Recent Immigrants in Toronto. Canadian Journal of Diabetes, February 2014, 38(1), 32-7 doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2013.08.267
• Oxman-Martinez J, Rummens JA, Moreau J, Beiser M, Armstrong R, Ogilvie L, Choi YR. Examining the Impact of Perceived Ethnic Discrimination and Social Exclusion on Newcomer Visible Minority Immigrant Children’s Academic Performance and Psychosocial Functioning. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 2012, 82(3), 376-388 doi.org/10.1111/j.1939-0025.2012.01161.x.
• Ruiz-Casares M, Rousseau C, Laurin-Lamothe A, Rummens JA, Zelkowitz P, Crepeau F, Steinmetz N. Access to Healthcare for Undocumented Migrant Children and Pregnant Women: The Paradox between Values and Attitudes of Healthcare Professionals. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 2013 February, 17(2), 292-8 doi.org/10.1007/s10995-012-0973-3
• Rummens JA, Sefa Dei GJ. Chapter 6, Addressing Marginalization Inside Education: Racialized, Immigrant and Aboriginal Youth. In Tilleczek K and Ferguson BH, editors. Youth, Education and Marginalization: Local and Global Expressions. ISBN  9781554586349 1554586348 Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfred Laurier Press, 2013, pp. 115-134
• Rummens, JA. Building an Effective Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Partnership between Government, Universities and Civil Society to Enhance Decision-Making and Optimize Policy/ Practice Outcomes. In Rodriguez-Garcia D, editor. Managing Immigration and Diversity in Canada: A Transatlantic Dialogue in the New Age of Migration. ISBN 9781553392897 1553392892 Montreal and Kingston: McGill - Queen’s University Press, 2012, 357-380
• Rummens, JA. Creating Spaces: Linking Migration Research with Policy Practice Needs. In: Rodriguez-Garcia D, editor. Managing Diversity and Immigration in Canada. A Transatlantic Dialogue in the New Age of Migration. ISBN 9781553392897 1553392892 Queen’s Policy Studies Series, #74. Montreal and Kingston: McGill–Queens University Press, 2012, pp. 357-379
• Tilleczek K, Ferguson B, Roth Edney D, Rummens JA, Boydell K, Mueller M. A Contemporary Study with Early School Leavers: Pathways and Social Processes of Leaving High School. Canadian Journal of Family and Youth, 2011, 3(1), 1-39 doi.org/10.29173/cjfy12172
• Hamilton H, Marshall L, Rummens JA, Fenta H, Simich L. Immigrant Parents’ Perceptions of School Environment and Children’s Mental Health and Behaviour. Journal of School Health, 2011 June, 81(6), 313-319 doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1561.2011.00596.x
• Beiser, M., Hamilton, H., Rummens, J.A., Oxman-Martinez, J., Ogilvie, L., Armstrong, R., and Humphrey, C. “Predictors of Emotional Disorder and Physical Aggression among Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese and Filipino Children of Immigrants to Canada.” Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 2009, 45(10): 1011- 1021. October 2009 doi.org/10.1007/s00127-009-0140-3
• Ferrari M, McVey G, Rummens JA. Dialogue with Immigrant Mothers from Chinese and Tamil Communities to Explore Homogenization, Normalization, and Objectification of their Body. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Qualitative Social Research, 2012, 14(1), 21pp doi.org/10.17169/fqs-14.1.1766
• Ferrari, M., Tweed, S., Rummens, J.A., Skinner, H., and McVey, G. “Health Materials and Strategies for the Prevention of Immigrants’ Weight-Related Problems.” Qualitative Health Research, 2009, Volume 19: 1259-1272 doi.org/ 10.1177/1049732309344181  
• Simich, L., Andermann, L., Rummens, J.A., and Ted, L. “Post- Disaster Mental Distress Relief: Health Promotion and Knowledge Exchange in Partnership with a Refugee Diaspora Community.” Refuge, 2008, 25(1): 44-54 doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21396
• Rummens, J.A. “Identity and Diversity: Overlaps, Intersections and Processes.” Special Issue: Intersections of Diversity, Canadian Ethnic Studies. 2003, 35(3): 10-25.
• Rummens, J.A. Ethnic Ancestry, culture, Identity and Health: Using Ethnic Origin Data from the 2001 Canadian Census.” Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2003, XXXV (1): 84-112
• Beiser, M., Noh, S., Kaspar, V., Hou, F., and Rummens, J.A. “Southeast Asian Refugees’ Perceptions of Racial Discrimination in Canada.” Canadian Ethnic Studies, 2001, XXXIII (1): 46-70.
• Noh, S., Morton B., Kaspar, V., Hou, F., and Rummens, J.A. “Perceived Racial Discrimination, Depression and Coping: A Study of Southeast Asian Refugees in Canada." Journal of Health and Social Behaviour, 1999, 40(3): 193-207

Book chapters (select peer-reviewed):

• Rummens, J.A., Tilleczek, K., Boydell, K., and Ferguson, B. “Understanding and Addressing Early School Leaving among Immigrant and Refugee Youth.” In Tilleczek, K. (ed.), Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?:Narrative Studies and Social Critiques. ISBN 0773451617 9780773451612 Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 75-101.
• Tilleczek, K., Ferguson, B., Roth Edney, D., Rummens, J.A., Boydell, K., and Mueller, M. “A Critical Review of Initiatives to Redress Youth and School Disengagement." In Tilleczek, K. (ed.), Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?: Narrative Studies and Social Critiques. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 189-206
  
• Tilleczek, K., Ferguson, B., Roth Edney, D., Rummens, J.A., and Boydell, K. “Reconsidering School Disengagement: A Sociological View from the Margins.” In Tilleczek, K. (ed.), Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?: Narrative Studies and Social Critiques. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 3-33
• Mueller, M., Tilleczek, K., Rummens, J.A., and Boydell, K. “Methodological Considerations for the Study of Youth and School Disengagement.” In Tilleczek, K. (ed.), Why Do Students Drop Out of High School?:Narrative Studies and Social Critiques. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008: 35-73.
  
• Tilleczek, K., Boydell, K.M., Rummens, J.A., and Bruce Ferguson, H.B. “Mapping a Labyrinthine View of School Disengagement: Fractures, Connections, and Disjunctures.” In Tilleczek, K. (ed.), Contemporary Perspectives on Youth and School Disengagement. Edwin Mellen Press, 2008

• Champion of Sex/Gender, Institute for Gender and Health, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, 2016-present
• Visiting Scholar of Practice in Residence, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, 2017-2018
• Profiled Expert on Refugee Migration, European Dialogues-EU, San Sebastian, Spain, 2016
• Expert Affiant, Federal Court and Court of Appeal, 2013-2016
• Profiled Research Scientist, Knowledge Translation in Action, The Hospital for Sick Children, 2014
• Recipient, Certificate of Recognition in Appreciation of Valuable Contribution to Clinical Education, The Hospital for Sick Children, 2014
• Identified Thought Leader, The Hospital for Sick Children, 2013
• Profiled Expert and International Symposium Host, Multiple Diversities:  Child/Youth Identities and Life Outcomes. Learning Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, MaRS Discovery District, 2009
  
• Senior Scholar, CERIS – The Ontario Metropolis Centre of Excellence for Research on Immigration and Settlement, (distinction in research and research administration), 2009-
• Technical Advisory Committee Member, Ethnic Diversity Survey, Statistics Canada and Canadian Heritage, Government of Canada (federal appointment), 2000-2003
• Honorary Fellow, Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean, York University (distinction in research administration), 1992-