A selection of media coverage and features for my research and community work:
- The Toronto Star. September 15, 2022. Toronto research project uses photography in fight for greenspace equity. https://www.thestar.com/local-toronto-scarborough/news/2022/09/15/toronto-research-project-uses-photography-in-fight-for-greenspace-equity.html
- Metro Morning with Ismaila Alfa, CBC Toronto. August 12, 2022. Why are some neighbourhood parks better than others? New research highlight inequities in Toronto greenspaces. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning/clip/15931386-why-neighbourhood-parks-better-others-new-research-highlight
- CBC News. August 13, 2022. Broken benches, overflowing trash: Residents in these Toronto neighbourhoods calling for change. Vanessa Balintec, CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-green-space-equity-1.6549483
- City News Toronto. August 13, 2022. Racialized residents facing systemic barriers in accessing Toronto greenspaces. Maleeha Sheikh, City News Toronto. https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/08/13/racialized-residents-systemic-barriers-accessing-greenspaces/
- The Mental Elf [Podcast]. Season 2, Episode 8. Nadha Hassen. October 29, 2022, from https://shows.acast.com/mental-elf/episodes/nadha-hassen
- York University. Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Research Spotlight. August 15, 2022. Exploring the experiences of racialized residents in two Toronto neighbourhoods. https://euc.yorku.ca/research-spotlight/exploring-the-experiences-of-racialized-residents-in-two-toronto-neighborhoods/
- Park People. 2021. Canadian Cities Parks Report. The Social Layer of Health. https://ccpr.parkpeople.ca/2021/sections/growth/stories/the-social-layer-of-health
- CBC News. Finding a patch of green: COVID-19 highlights inequities in Toronto park space, experts say. July 8, 2020.
- Grad Life Podcast, York University. Green Space and Mental Health. August, 26, 2019
- Toronto Star. City and communities band together to make Toronto’s parks work. July 1, 2017
- Park People. When it comes to parks, it’s quality that counts. January 26, 2017
- Spacing Magazine. Creating greenspaces for our mental health. Fall Issue 2016
- CityLab. Why Park Designers Need to Think More About Mental Health. November 21, 2016
- This Land is Parkland. Understanding the intersection of parks, mental health, and equity. January 27, 2017.
- Metro Morning, CBC Toronto. Changemaker. February 4, 2013
- Rogers Television Daytime Toronto. Youth Making a Difference: International Development Week. February 8, 2013
- The Weekly Voice. Global Changemaker Award for Nadha Hassen. February 27, 2013
- Urban Moms. An interview with Nadha Hassen: Global Changemaker & about Dancing in the Rain. March 8, 2013
Selection of awards and honours:
- 2024 Barbara Godard Prize for the Best York University Dissertation in Canadian Studies
- 2024 First place ECO Award by the Environmental Studies Association of Canada (ESAC)
- 2022 Graduate Student Award, LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research
- 2022 Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
- 2022 EUC Graduate Research Scholarship
- 2022 Top 10 Article of the Year Recognition, CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research and Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR-CAHSPR)
- 2019 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) - SSHRC
- 2018 Charles Caccia Graduate Award in Sustainable Development
- 2018 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
- 2017 NextGEN Award, Canadian Urban Institute
- 2015 James A. McNab Award, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T
- 2015 CIHR Institute for Community Support (ICS) Travel Award
- 2014 Conference Grant, School of Graduate Studies, U of T
- 2013 Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
- 2013 Best Poster, 5th Research & Practice Day, Dalla Lana School of Public Health
- 2013 CIHR Dr. James Rossiter MPH Practicum Award
- 2013 Global Changemaker Award, Ontario Council for International Cooperation
- 2012 Conference Scholarship, Youth Pre-Conference to AIDS 2012, Washington DC
- 2011 Dean’s List Scholar, U of T
- 2011 Student Council Leadership Award, New College, U of T
I have received awards commending my work and been featured in the press (which I share here because we live in a world that needs social proof) and also aim to amplify community voices through knowledge mobilization.