Matthew Hunt
Professor

Post-doctoral fellow, Centre for Research on Ethics, University of Montreal
Post-doctoral fellow, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University
PhD in Experimental Medicine, ɬÀï·¬
MSc in Experimental Medicine (Specialization in Bioethics), ɬÀï·¬
BSc in Physical Therapy, ɬÀï·¬
POTH 609 Qualitative research in rehabilitation science
Ethics teaching across the undergraduate and professional Master’s OT and PT curricula
Research Interests:
Ethics of rehabilitation care and institutions
Humanitarian practice and policy
Disability and health equity
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Appointments:
Professor, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Researcher, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation
Researcher, Centre for Research on Ethics
Responsable d'axe Éthique, Réseau de recherche en santé des populations du Québec
Associate Member, Department of Equity, Ethics and Policy, School of Population and Global Health
Associate Member, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Member, Division of Experimental Medicine
Associate Member, Institute for Health Sciences Education
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Gogovir, Amédé, Matthew Hunt, Richard Hovey, Sara Ahmed. (2025). Patients’ experiences participating in an Interdisciplinary Primary Care Program for Low Back Pain. . 12:1-11.
Cleaver, Shaun, Vanessa Cabral, Karyn Suen Fa, Karim Botros, Faren Leigh, Matthew Hunt. (2024). Stakeholder Perspectives of Zambian Disability Policymaking. 11(1):2511-2531
Hunt, Matthew, Ali Okhowat, Gautham Krishnaraj, Ian McCleland, Lisa Schwartz (2024). Laying the groundwork: Insights from organizational ethics for humanitarian innovation. . 5(3): 32-38.
Shashika Bandara, Masauso Moses Phiri, Peter Magati, Jeffrey Drope, Alayne Adams, Matthew Hunt, Raphael Lencucha. (2024). Contextual factors impacting WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control implementation in Africa—a scoping review, , 39(6) : 1-10.
Mak, Susanne, Matthew Hunt, Saleem Razack, Kelly Root, Aliki Thomas (2024). Stakeholder perspectives on retention strategies for rehabilitation professionals: a qualitative study. . Early Online
De Laat, Sonya, Emmanual R Musoni, Kevin Bezanson, Rachel Yantzi, Olive Wahoush, Elysée Nouvet, Takhliq Amir, Carrie Bernard, Christian Ntizimaira, Matthew Hunt, Lisa Schwartz (2024). They do their utmost: promise and limits of palliative care in two refugee camps in Rwanda. . 40(2):153-181.
Mak, Susanne, Aliki Thomas, Saleem Razack, Kelly Root, Matthew Hunt. (2024). Unravelling attrition and retention: a qualitative study with rehabilitation professionals. . 79(2):841-855.
Mak, Susanne, Matthew Hunt, Serena Speranza Riccio, Saleem Razack, Kelly Root, Aliki Thomas. (2024). Attrition and retention of rehabilitation professionals: a scoping review. . 44(4): 36-45.
Shikako, Keiko, Raphael Lencucha, Matthew Hunt, Sebastien Jodoin, Mayada Elsabbagh, Anne Hudon, Derrick Cogburn, Ananya Chandra, Anna Gignac-Eddy, Nilani Ananthamoorthy, Rachel Martens. (2023). How did governments address the needs of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic? An analysis of 14 countries’ policies based on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. International Journal of Health and Policy Management. 12:7111
Hunt, Matthew, Isabel Munoz Beaulieu, Handreen Mohamed Saeed. (2023). What does ‘closing well’ entail for humanitarian project data? Seven questions as humanitarian health projects are (being) closed or handed over. 5(2): 13-23
Eckenwiler, Lisa, Matthew Hunt (co-first authors), Elyse Conde, Jan Joy Louise Crismo, Shelley-Rose Hyppolite, Mayfourth Luneta, Isabel Munoz Beaulieu, Handreen Mohammed Saeed, Lisa Schwartz. (2023). Viewing humanitarian project closure through the lens of an ethics of the temporary. 31(2): 311-22.
Brahimi, Lilia, Gautham Krishnaraj, John Pringle, Lisa Schwartz, Dónal O’Mathúna, Matthew Hunt. (2023). The Ethics of Humanitarian Innovation: Mapping Values Statements and Engaging with Value-Sensitive Design. . 6(2):1-10.
Shikako, Keiko, Raphael Lencucha, Matthew Hunt, Sébastien Jodoin-Pilon, Ananya Chandra, Anna Katalifos, Miriam Gonzalez, Sakiko Yamaguchi, Roberta Cardoso, Mayada Elsabbagh, Anne Hudon, Rachel Martens, Derrick Cogburn, Ash Seth, Genevieve Currie, Christiane Roth, Brittany Finlay, Jennifer Zwicker. (2023). Children with disabilities in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of COVID-19 policies through a disability rights lens. . 10(6): 942
Mohamed, Amina, Manpreet Virdi, Janeki Roux, Danny Liu, Matthew Hunt, Sidhiprada Mohapratra (2023). Community-Based Rehabilitation in Settings of Armed Conflict, Natural Disaster, or Mass Displacement: A Scoping Review. . 33(4): 44-68.
Seth, Ashish, Brittany Finlay, Genevieve Currie, Anne Hudon, Raphael Lencucha, Matthew Hunt, David Nicholas, Keiko Shikako, Jennifer Zwicker. (2023). Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Pan-Canadian Perspectives from Parents and Caregivers of Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disabilities. 37(2):122-132.
Schwartz, Lisa, Elysée Nouvet, Sonya de Laat, Rachel Yantzi, Olive Wahoush, Wejdan Khater, Emmanuel Musoni Rwililiza, Ibraheen Abu-Siam, Gautham Krishnaraj, Takliq Amir, Kevin Bezanson, Corinne Schuster Wallace, Oumou Bah Sow, Alpha Ahmadou Diallo, Fatoumata Binto Diallo, Laurie Elit, Carrie Bernard, Matthew Hunt (2023). Aid when ‘there is nothing left to offer’: Experiences of palliative care and palliative care needs in humanitarian crises. 3(2): e0001306.
Cleaver, Shaun, Raphael Lencucha, Virginia Bond, Matthew Hunt. (2023) Competing (ac)counts of disability: situating prevalence studies in Zambian disability policy-making. . 42 (3-4):
Regalado, Isabelly, Ana Lindquist, Egmar Longo, Raphael Lencucha, Matthew Hunt, Aliki Thomas, André Bussières, Jill Boruff, Keiko Shikako. (2023). Knowledge translation in rehabilitation settings in low, lower-middle and upper-middle-income countries: a scoping review. . 45(2): 376-390.
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