YouthSpark Leaders

The Youth Spark Health Promotion Web Site Project was a campus-community partnership between researchers at McMaster University School of Nursing and the Huron County Health Unit in Ontario.

Youth Spark Research and Evaluation Team

Youth Spark Core Youth Development Team

Youth Spark Implementation Team

Ruta Valaitis RN, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing,
Dorothy C. Hall Chair in Primary Health Care Nursing; McMaster University

Linda O’Mara RN, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Researcher Systems Linked Research Unit;
McMaster University

Sherri Bezaire, BHSc
Health Promoter; Huron County Health Unit

Rachel Savage, MSc
Epidemiologist; Huron County Health Unit

Danielle Bedard

Tasom Jeong

Amanda Johnson

Jessica McCabe

Ivan Raczycki

Shahriar Sabri

Katie Vanderhaar

James Wilkinson

Erica Horbanuik,
Spark Web Coordinator

Penny Nelligan,
Executive Director

Beth Henning,
Medical Officer of Health

Alex Berry,
Public Health Manager

Links

Project implementation contact:

Alex Berry

For more information about the research and evaluation of the Spark Youth Health Promotion Project contact:
Ruta Valaitis