Eating Disorder Research
Embracing Innovation and Leveraging Knowledge
To ensure that eating disorder treatments at The Harbour are safe, innovative and effective, we embrace opportunities to work with researchers at Western University and it’s Health Care Centres to constantly improve and verify the effectiveness of our approaches, utilizing the latest medical and technological advances.
For our patients and clients, research and study participation is not mandatory, and is at the choice of individual. Periodically we will be presented with information inviting participants, but choosing to join a study or not has no bearing on the care provided by The Harbour. Our clinical team – your care team – are professional healthcare practitioners and not researchers, if you have interest in participation in a study that has been posted in partnership with The Harbour you are welcome to ask a team member for clarity regarding the research, but any decision to participate is your own and won’t be guided by The Harbour.
Current Studies Seeking Participants
Inspired to Support Someone Receiving Care?
EDFC chose to name its treatment centre The Harbour to convey how it represents a place of safety and recovery for young adults with a complex and critically underfunded mental illness.
You could be in a position to throw out a lifeline to rescue someone you do not know. You may even save their life.
EDFC welcomes your lifeboat of generosity to tie up at our dock as an expression of your concern and benevolence by making a one-time or monthly donation to fund The Harbour.
Please Participate Our Sponsorship Program
Over the years EDFC has been supported by corporations, family foundations and individuals. In appreciation of their support as a regular contributing sponsor of the Eating Disorders Foundation of Canada, we have developed a Sponsorship Program recognizing five levels of supporting donations over the years.
The Harbour Annual Sponsorship
We welcome the opportunity to discuss opportunities to align your charitable interests with the vision of EDFC to make early treatment of eating disorders available to those that need it.
The Harbour in London will be operated and managed as a pilot project to demonstrate a comprehensive model of care. EDFC has the goal of transferring its knowledge as piloted in London by establishing Chapters in other communities using its established treatment protocols, operating systems, designs, patient assessments and placement in research programs. Local Chapters of The Harbour would operate as separate non-profit organizations with its own board of directors and local financial supports with the benefit of a licensed package of services from EDFC to efficiently move forward.
Each new non-profit Chapter would readily become operational by using an established service model, saving years of individual efforts to develop a separate approach to addressing eating disorders. Best of all, those in need would more quickly have a place to receive treatment and regular support.
A Chapter’s financial operations would be based on charitable donations, corporate sponsorships, local fundraising, co-payment agreements with individual patients, available health insurance, government grants and other supports. While we are not in a position to offer individual chapters financial support, our licensed model will provide significant savings by learning from EDFC’s years of development work in creating its innovative model of care and operating experience.
Through regularly scheduled online conferences with The Harbour-London and affiliated Chapters, advances, successes and challenges would be shared and discussed for the benefit al all.
A network of Chapters working together will expand opportunities for operating grants from governments, broader support from Canadian corporations, other institutions, and individuals touched by a challenging eating disorder in their families.
To learn more about the possibility of opening a local Chapter of The Harbour in your community, please contact:
Dr. Robbie Campbell, President EDFC
robbie.campbell@edfc.ca
Chapter Development
A better way to support students and young adults with eating disorders
The Harbour: A Scalable Model of Care
The Harbour in London provides treatment and support for underserved young adults while serving as a demonstration site for EDFC’s model of care. Following the London pilot launched in late 2024, EDFC plans to expand this approach by establishing local Chapters in communities across Canada.
Each Chapter will operate as an independent non-profit, supported by a licensed service package from EDFC that includes proven treatment protocols, operating systems, and brand standards. Chapters collaborate nationally, follow a Licensing Agreement, and are supported through donations, co-payments, sponsors or insurers, and government grants accelerating access to care and strengthening opportunities for partnerships and funding.
To learn more about the possibility of opening a local Chapter of The Harbour in your community, please contact:
Dr. Robbie Campbell, President EDFC and CMO of The Harbour
National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED)
NIED is the national voice for Canadians affected by eating disorders, supporting families, caregivers, individuals, and practitioners through education, prevention, and improved treatment practices.
Resource Links are found at NIED.ca
Eating Disorders Association of Canada (EDAC-ATAC)
EDAC-ATAC is a national association of professionals dedicated to improving care for individuals affected by eating disorders across Canada.
For more information visit https://www.edac-atac.ca/
As well as addressing the needs of an underserved young adult population with treatment and support, The Harbour in London will be operated and managed as a demonstration project for its comprehensive model of care. EDFC has the goal of transferring its knowledge as piloted in London since late 2024, by establishing Chapters in other communities using its established program, operating systems, treatment protocols, brand, premises design, etc. Local Chapters of The Harbour would operate as separate non-profit organizations with its own board of directors and local financial supports with the benefit of a licensed package of services from EDFC to efficiently move forward.
Each new non-profit Chapter would readily become operational by using EDFC’s innovative and established service model, saving years of individual efforts to develop a separate approach to addressing eating disorders. Best of all, those in need would more quickly have a place to receive an established program of treatment and support. Through regularly scheduled online conferences with The Harbour-London and other Chapters, advances, successes and challenges would be shared and discussed for the benefit al all.
Each Chapter of The Harbour would be operated locally according to standards established in a Licensing Agreement. A Chapter’s operation would be based on three financial pillars, namely: charitable donations, co-payment agreements with individual patients, sponsors and/or insurers, government grants and other supports. While we are not in a position to offer individual chapters financial support immediately, our licensed model will provide significant savings by learning from EDFC’s years of development work in creating its innovative model of care and operating experience. Chapter Agreements would transfer the social enterprise model, patient assessment protocols, operational systems and participation in research programs.
It should not be overlooked that as a network of Chapters, working together rather than in individual silos, will increase our opportunities for our joint support from Canadian corporations, operating grants from provincial and the federal governments, other institutions, and high-wealth individuals touched by a challenging eating disorder in their families.
To learn more about the possibility of opening a local Chapter of The Harbour in your community, please contact:
Dr. Robbie Campbell, President EDFC and CMO of The Harbour
robbie.campbell@edfc.ca
National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED)
NIED is the voice for Canadian families, caregivers, and individuals who are affected by eating disorders and other co-morbid and concurrent diagnoses. They help caregivers, patients, and practitioners fill gaps in care through education and by highlighting better practices in prevention, health promotion, and treatment.
Resource Links are found at NIED.ca
Eating Disorders Association of Canada (EDAC-ATAC)
EDAC-ATAC is a Canadian organization of professionals in the field of eating disorders and related areas. The mandate of EDAC-ATAC is to best serve the needs of those whose lives are impacted by eating disorders.
The EDAC-ATAC welcome new members to this Canadian association of eating disorder professionals. Members have the opportunity to be part of a growing organization dedicated to improving care for individuals with eating disorders across Canada.
For more information visit https://www.edac-atac.ca/
Thank you to all of our Sponsors
