Keiko Shikako
Associate ProfessorÌý
PhD, OTÌý
- BSc, Occupational Therapy, University of Sao Paulo, BrazilÌý
- MSc-PhD, Rehabilitation Science, ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵÌý
- Postdoctoral fellowships:ÌýMcMaster University - Knowledge Translation to Policy & University of Montreal - Universal Accessibility and Public PolicyÌýÌý
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Dr. Keiko Shikako’s research focuses on the promotion of healthy living and the human rights of children with disabilities and knowledge translation science and practice. Her research program adopts a participatory approach to engage different interested parties, including policymakers, children and their families in finding solutions to change the environment, informing policymaking and promoting the participation of children with disabilities in different life roles and activities. As part of Dr. Shikako’s work, she collaborates to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Rights of Children's reports from Canada. She has chaired the working group on Services, Programs and Intervention for the National Autism Strategy Assessment, and is a member of the Accessible Standards Canada technical committee on Public Spaces. Dr. Shikako is the co-creator of the Jooay App, a mobile App that helps families connect to inclusive leisure activities in their communities, and co-leads the CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Translation Program, and the Transforming Autism Care Network Axis in Knowledge Translation to Policy.Ìý
Dr. Keiko Shikako chose the Department of Pediatrics because as an occupational therapist by training and a clinician scientist she believes it is fundamental we integrate clinical care and community action in promoting health and wellbeing for equity-deserving populations such as children with disabilities and their families.ÌýÌý
- Childhood DisabilityÌý
- Knowledge TranslationÌý
- Public PolicyÌý
- Human RightsÌý
- Community ParticipationÌý
- Universal Accessibility
- Health promotionÌý
- Public HealthÌý
- Equity deserving populationsÌý
- Knowledge Translation to PolicyÌýÌý
- Implementation Science
- Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation, first awarded in 2015, renewed in 2020Ìý
- Co-PI in the CHILD-BRIGHT Strategic Patient Oriented Network, co-lead in the Knowledge Translation Program, 2015-2022; and Knowledge Mobilization Program, 2022-2025Ìý
- Co-creator and PI on the Jooay App; over 4000 users across Canada and over $800,000 in funds from multiple sourcesÌý
- Rosemary Wedderburn Brown Award from the Faculty of Medicine ³ÉÈËVRÊÓƵ, 2019. This is an award for promising researchers in the early stages of their careersÌý
- Selected by the Canadian Human Rights Commission to represent advances in the Human Rights of Children with Disabilities in Canada, 2022Ìý
- Member of the Canadian delegation reporting to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Geneva 2016, 2019; New York – host side event with Minister of Disability and Canadian government representatives and Civil Society Organizations at the UN Conference of the States Parties for the CRPD 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021Ìý