For UHN team members to participate in Project Chrysalis

Participant Enrollment Form

Thank you for expressing interest in Project Chrysalis, UHN’s school for research excellence through equity.

This form takes most people 15 minutes to complete. Please read the cover page and answer all questions in full. All information you share will be confidentially and securely stored by the program team and won’t be shared beyond the program team. The details you share will help the program facilitators create the best, most relevant learning experience possible.

Email chrysalis@uhn.ca with any questions or comments.

Cohort 3 Application Deadline

Thursday, January 15th, 2026 at 5pm

• Program Description

  Project Chrysalis is a research education initiative that emerged from the Princess Margaret community. It aims to collectively advance equity and justice within the research ecosystem and enable excellence in all we do, locally to globally. Through a comprehensive, evidence-based learning program, Project Chrysalis empowers individuals at every level of the research community to integrate excellence and equity into their daily practices. Through consultation, co-design, and continuous reflection, Project Chrysalis will equip participants with the tools and knowledge to take concrete action and transform research methodologies, processes, leadership, and culture that create inclusion, innovation and best possible outcomes.

• Who can participate?

  The Project Chrysalis course and community of practice are offered at no cost. They are open to all UHN employees and patient partners who either directly work in research, or who support research processes (e.g., principal investigators, study coordinators, Finance, People & Culture, clinicians, etc.). People from across UHN sites and divisions, roles/functions, and levels of leadership are encouraged to participate.

What is required of participants?

Openness to personal growth

You are open to learning as well as unlearning long held assumptions and beliefs to strengthen your understanding of research excellence, equity and transformation

Commitment to social justice

You are interested to transform UHN Research using social justice concepts and change practices

Protected time

You are available and come prepared to participate in live course modules and/or attend video modules. This includes a total of 9 hours of classroom time over the course of one and a half months, and occasionally completing assigned readings, lectures, and group discussion outside of class time

Mutual respect and accountability

You are mutually respectful and accountable to the facilitators and peer group you learn and build with

Graduates of the program will be better prepared to:

• Use community-driven approaches to transform their local environment in practical and concrete ways
• Develop their research contributions with greater confidence, quality, and relevance for social justice
• Engage and influence potential collaborators in co-creating change
• Lead, sustain, and connect local change to other equity-seeking changes across UHN
• Compete for research grants and craft effective proposals that consider the role of social justice-oriented research
• Build and lead more inclusive labs and work environments

Participant Information

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What is your full name? *

What is your email address? *

What is your role at UHN? *

What is your department/team at UHN? *

How long have you worked at UHN? *

Less than 2 years

3-5 years

More than 5 years

How did you hear about Project Chrysalis? * Select an optionFlyer/signagePromotional emailColleague/alumniWebsiteInvited by manager

Have you attended any similar courses in the past? * Select an optionYesNo

If you answered yes to the previous question, please list the course(s)

Select the option that best describes your level of familiarity with UHN Research policies and processes e.g., purpose and function of Research Ethics Board * Select an option1- No knowledge2- Some knowledge3- Moderate knowledge4- Expert-level knowledge5- I don’t know

Select the option that best describes your experience directly participating in UHN research policies and processes e.g., helping to recruit study participants * Select an option1- No experience2- Some experience3- Moderate experience4- Expert-level experience5- I don’t know

Select the option that best describes your level of knowledge about social justice concepts * Select an option1- No knowledge2- Some knowledge3- Moderate knowledge4- Expert-level knowledge5- I don’t know

Select the option that best describes your level of experience directly participating in change leadership initiatives * Select an option1- No experience2- Some experience3- Moderate experience4- Expert-level experience5- I don’t know

Course participants will be supported to select a local change project that improves the equity and quality of a UHN Research. Do you already have a change project in mind? * Select an optionYesNo

If you answered yes to the previous question, please describe your change project in 100 words or less

Is there anything else you would like to share about yourself, your change project or anything else?

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