Research Coordinator
DeafBlind Ontario Services, Canada
Renu Minhas
ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9357-3972
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Renu-Minhas
Renu Minhas with a Masters in Sociology has over three decades of experience in many senior positions in diverse not-for-profit organizations, including Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Prostate Cancer Canada, CNIB and UNICEF.
Renu currently works as Research Coordinator at the DeafBlind Ontario Services since November 2014. Renu has been instrumental in developing overall strategy to develop research program and build relationships across a wide range of academic networks/ research community for DeafBlind Ontario Services to participate in research and knowledge mobilization that will focus on ways to improve the quality of life for individuals who are Deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and non-verbal with a development disability. This has resulted into six publications, several presentations at national and international conferences and supervision of workplace experiential learning placement of students in their Capstone Research projects as well as development of DeafBlind Virtual Resource Center – an online portal for knowledge sharing.
Renu has been an active member of the ACRM Integrating Sensory Health & Rehabilitation in Aging Research (ISHRAR) Task force team since past one year and co-chairing since March 2024.