Turning evidence intofunding, strategy, and action.
Research, data analysis, evaluation, and grant strategy for Canada's health and human services sectors.
Geo-Lens helps governments, funders, non-profits, and service organizations understand complex health and human-service systems and decide where to act. We integrate research, stakeholder insight, GIS, evaluation, and data analysis to map ecosystems, identify gaps and inequities, assess what is working, and translate evidence into funding, program, and system-level strategy.
Since 2015, Geo-Lens has supported more than $15 million in successful funding applications and delivered research, evaluation, data, and systems projects across Canada.
Data that drives decisions.
Helped secure millions in federal and provincial research fundingGeo-Lens partners with university researchers on funding proposals and peer-reviewed publications, contributing to successful applications to CIHR, SSHRC, Mitacs, and Ontario Health.
Scientific Writing · Population Health Research · Ontario
Turned program data into board-level intelligenceGeo-Lens built outcome dashboards for neurodivergent employment programs and designed sector-aligned metrics and visualizations - evidence now informing autism strategy and national policy conversations.
Data Intelligence · Autism · Alberta
Built evidence-based strategy for youth, seniors, housing, and social systems in BCGeo-Lens translated complex social, health, and housing challenges into actionable strategies adopted by BC partners - Ministry of Housing and Municipal Affairs, the City of Kelowna, Pioneer Community Living Association, and The Bridge Youth & Family Services - the latter including a five-year strategic plan with performance indicators now guiding implementation.
Strategic Planning · Housing & Health Services · British Columbia
Shaped homelessness strategies in six municipalities across CanadaGeo-Lens delivered housing and homelessness research, data analysis, and strategic recommendations for municipal governments including Hamilton, Kelowna, Nanaimo, Lethbridge, Red Deer, and Yellowknife.
Housing Systems · Homelessness Strategy · National
Delivered intersectional equity analysis for enterprise DEI programsGeo-Lens provided statistical analysis and data visualization support for Feminuity's employee survey programs, applying intersectional demographic analysis across race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, and caregiving status. Delivered NPS scoring, DEI indices, and strategic recommendations for public and private sector clients.
Corporate DEI · Intersectional Equity Analytics · National
Insight that leads to action
We help organizations move from fragmented information to clear strategy through systems-focused consulting.
We bring academic rigor to applied problems - developing proposals, reports, and evidence products that meet formal research standards while staying grounded in the operational, community, and geographic realities that shape the work.
Our work is informed by direct experience across health, homelessness, substance misuse, employment, disability, and social service systems. We understand the literature, funding environments, institutional pressures, and place-based patterns of need that shape complex community sectors.
We help organizations move from identifying community needs, grounded in real populations, real places, and real systems, to securing funding, designing strategy, measuring outcomes, and communicating impact.
Who We Work With
We work with research institutions, nonprofits, and specialist sector organisations across Canada, bringing contextual intelligence and sector expertise to every engagement.
You need federal research grant applications written at peer-review standard, with methodology, sex/gender analysis, KMb frameworks, and academic partnership architecture that Tri-Council reviewers expect.
Learn about Research & Academic InstitutionsYou need a trusted grant writing partner who understands your sector, can translate your data and outcomes into a compelling case for investment, and knows how to write applications that win across community foundations, corporate funders, and government programs.
Learn about Nonprofits & CharitiesYou operate in specialised sectors where need is concentrated in specific populations and geographies, and funders expect credible outcomes. You need a consultant who understands complex service environments and can translate your work into compelling proposals.
Learn about Health & Wellness ServicesFeatured Work
Case studies from recent engagements.
Forensic Mental HealthWaypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Waypoint Secures $2.3M for Canada's First Mental Health Anti-Violence Hub
An Ontario Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence application that launched MHAV-HEARTS - the Mental Health Anti-Violence Hub for Empowerment, Advocacy, Resilience and Trauma Support, an online hub bridging community and hospital-based GBV mental health services across Central Ontario.
$2.3M awarded · Canada's first GBV-focused mental health hub
Brain Injury · Legal ReformBrain Injury Canada
Scaling Brain Injury & Access to Justice Across Canada
Built a multi-jurisdictional funding strategy to advance Brain Injury Canada's emerging justice portfolio, developing tailored proposals across Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Yukon. The portfolio moves beyond one-off training toward a scalable model for brain injury awareness, cognitive accessibility, justice-sector capacity building, and systems change.
5 major grant applications · 5 provinces & territories · $718.5K funding sought
Food Security · Deprivation · Greater VictoriaCommunity Food Access Mapping
Distance to Food Bank & Deprivation Index: Greater Victoria
A regional GIS analysis mapping food bank locations against neighbourhood-level deprivation across Greater Victoria, showing where geographic access barriers may overlap with higher material deprivation and potential food insecurity risk.
Food bank access mapped · 1-5 km service distances · deprivation index visualisation
Ready to work together?
Whether you need a federal research grant, a strategic plan, a funder intelligence system, or a retained grant management partner, we'd like to hear from you.