Children, youth & families
Applied research that strengthens services, systems and outcomes for children, youth and the people who support them.
Independent public-benefit research
Evidence built for
decisions that matter.
EVIDACTA turns consequential questions into rigorous evidence—and evidence into practical action for people, organizations and communities.
Turning questions into evidence.
Turning evidence into action.
Federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profitApplied research · Education · Knowledge mobilization
Why EVIDACTA
Research should do more than sit on a shelf.
Better evidence should lead to better decisions.
We conduct and mobilize applied research designed for the realities of service delivery. Our work connects disciplined inquiry with usable knowledge—without softening inconvenient findings or overstating what the evidence can support.
Flagship research program
In developmentResearch Program 001
Child & Youth Mental Health
and Implementation Science
Rigorous applied research, evaluation and knowledge mobilization concerning services, interventions and systems affecting the mental health, safety, development and well-being of children and youth.
- Trauma-informed care and implementation fidelity
- Complex mental-health and neurodevelopmental needs
- Safety, placement stability and transitions
- Workforce supports and organizational readiness
Built for real settings.Initial work is focused on defining feasible measures, ethics and data-governance pathways before making outcome claims.
Research focus
Questions with public consequence.
Our developing portfolio connects human experience, organizational practice and the systems that shape both.
Mental health & resilience
Evidence that helps organizations understand what works, for whom, and under what real-world conditions.
Women’s health & aging
Research and knowledge mobilization attentive to leadership, lived experience, health and changing life contexts.
Healthy communities
Practical inquiry focused on stronger organizations, accessible knowledge and better public decisions.
How we work
Rigor, made useful.
Research integrity and practical relevance are not competing goals. The strongest work protects both.
Ask
Frame the question that matters—not simply the one that is easiest to measure.
Study
Use rigorous, proportionate methods and make the limits of the evidence visible.
Translate
Turn findings into language, tools and learning that people can actually use.
Act
Support decisions while protecting independent analysis and honest reporting.
About the Institute
Independent by design.
Accountable by practice.
Evidacta Research & Impact Institute is a federally incorporated Canadian not-for-profit. Its filed purposes are to advance education through research and analysis made publicly available, and through structured learning on research methods, program evaluation, knowledge translation and evidence-informed decision-making.
The Institute’s operational health-research and knowledge-mobilization work remains subordinate to those filed purposes and to its governance, ethics, financial and research-integrity requirements.
JG
Dr. Janette Gatt, Ed.D.President & Executive Research Director
Applied researcher and organizational leader working at the intersection of evidence, leadership and child and youth services.
Research · Partnership · Knowledge