CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing
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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing
@cerchealth.bsky.social
Co-creating inclusive healthcare and wellbeing with communities 🌾
www.torontomu.ca/cerc-health-equity
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📢 PhD students at TMU

💰 $6,000 in two installments is available to help you complete your research advancing health equity & community wellbeing.

Apply now: buff.ly/omJzcOI

#PhDCompletion #ScholarshipOpportunity #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing
📣 Report Release - From Access to Wellbeing: Framework Development and Health Impact Evaluation of Attending Inclusive Performative Arts Events

Our new report examines the health and wellbeing benefits of attending accessible, sensory-friendly concerts.

📖 Read the full report: buff.ly/pm83AY4
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 PM
📢 Upcoming Public Panel
Tracking Pathways: Youth Leading Change

🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025
🕒 3:00 – 4:30 PM (ET)
🏛️ Hybrid (In-person + Online)
🌍 Free & open to the public

🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA

#YouthLeadership #CommunityDrivenChange #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #TMU
November 1, 2025 at 9:48 PM
What does care in a crisis really look like?

Thank you to Jessica Evans and Susan Davis for sharing their insights on what community-led, trauma-informed crisis response can look like.

▶️ Listen now: buff.ly/QlLylrX
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
⏰ Tomorrow’s the deadline!

TMU PhD students researching health equity or community wellbeing, apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship before it’s too late.

Apply now: buff.ly/dAUhL1N

#HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #AcademicResearch #PhDStudents #PhDCompletion #ScholarshipOpportunity
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 PM
📝 New editorial published
"Novel sociological methods and practices of engagement across disability communities"

By Danielle Landry, Temba Middelmann, Robel Abay, Hannah Morgan & Karen Soldatić

🧠 Shared in recognition of #WorldMentalHealthDay
🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fsoc...
October 11, 2025 at 2:19 AM
📢 New Publication Alert!

We’re excited to announce the article “Intersectional‑Agency: Choosing Who I Am as a Ticket to Opportunities” by Line Melbøe & Karen Soldatić, now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research.

📝 Read more: buff.ly/YtVYJ8l

#DisabilityStudies #Research
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
📣 We want to hear your voice!

Do you:
✅ Identify as a person with a disability?
✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse?
✅ Live in Canada and are 18+?

📝 Take our national survey: buff.ly/9M9VHeY

#AccessibleHealthcare #Healthcare #DisabilityJustice #GenderEquity #HealthEquity
Primary Care Survey
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September 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
🚨 Scholarship deadline extended!
$6,000 for TMU PhD students doing research in health equity or community wellbeing 🌍

📅 Apply by Oct 17 → buff.ly/dAUhL1N
📌 Use Fall Study Week to finalize your application!

#HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #Research #PhDStudents #ScholarshipOpportunity #TMU
September 27, 2025 at 1:10 AM
📢 We want to hear from you!

Do you:
✅ Identify as a person with a disability?
✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse?
✅ Live in Canada and are 18+?

Your experience with primary healthcare matters.

📝 Take our national survey (max 45 minutes): buff.ly/Aa6qqMq

#HealthEquity
September 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🚨New Roadmap Released: Addressing TFGBV Against Women and Girls with Disabilities

Built from powerful conversations at our Symposium, this roadmap charts the path forward in addressing tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) against women and girls with disabilities.

👉 buff.ly/ooeAd3d
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
✨ Deadline Extended! ✨

You now have until September 26 to apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship and secure $6,000 in funding!
September 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
⏳ Only 3 Days Left to Apply!

Are you a TMU PhD student researching health equity or community wellbeing? If you’ve completed 9+ terms and are within 4 months of a defensible draft, this funding is for you!

Apply now: buff.ly/omJzcOI

#HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #AcademicResearch #PhDStudents
September 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🎧 Episode 1 is here!

This conversation unpacks how these streams must come together to transform systems so that people with disabilities can thrive, not just survive.

🗓️ New episodes every other Wednesday
🎙️ Follow us on Spotify to stay updated

🔗 Listen now: buff.ly/7yOIHGq

#DisabilityDialogues
August 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🎓 Funding the Finish Line: $6,000 for TMU PhD students ready to defend!

Receive $2,000 at the start of the term and $4,000 once your defense date and committee are confirmed. Take the final step with financial support designed to help you succeed!

Apply now: buff.ly/omJzcOI

#AcademicResearch #PhD
August 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
🔊Calling all TMU PhD students researching health equity or community wellbeing.

Are you close to finishing your dissertation? Apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship to get financial support for your final steps.

Apply now: buff.ly/omJzcOI

#Scholarship #PhDFunding #PhDCompletion #PhDStudents
August 21, 2025 at 11:36 PM
🎧 Our podcast trailer is live on Spotify!

📅 New episodes drop every other Wednesday, so keep an eye out for our first episode next Wednesday!
🎙️ Follow us now on Spotify so you don’t miss these important conversations.

Listen now: buff.ly/7yOIHGq

#HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #NewPodcast
August 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📚 New chapter published:

“Queering Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Research Relations: A Co-Authored Pedagogy of Hope?” by Karen Soldatić (Chair, CERC HECW), Corrinne T. Sullivan, and Kim Spurway.

🔗 Read the abstract: buff.ly/BIq2w68

#Indigenous #Queer #Research #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing
August 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢 PhD students at TMU

💰 $6,000 in two installments is available to help you complete your research advancing health equity & community wellbeing.

Apply now: buff.ly/omJzcOI

#PhDCompletion #ScholarshipOpportunity #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing
August 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended Fetishized Futures. We hope the discussion offered meaningful insights and reflections.

🎤 A special thank you to Prof. Corrinne Sullivan and Dr. Percy Lezard for your powerful contributions, and to Tarndeep Pannu for hosting.

📢 Stay tuned for our upcoming events!
August 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
🔥 Join us tomorrow for a powerful conversation.

🗓 August 6, 2025 | ⏰ 11 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 DCC-705, 288 Church Street & Online

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/BQHJaK7

#FetishizedFutures #SpeakerSeries #HealthEquity #HealthEquityForAll #CommunityWellbeing
August 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
🔊 7 Days Away

Next Wednesday, August 6, an important discussion will take place exploring Indigenous fetishism and erotic capital.

📅 August 6, 2025
🕐 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 DCC-705, TMU and Online via Zoom

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/BQHJaK7

#FetishizedFutures #HealthEquity
July 30, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Whose gaze shapes this?
Whose desire is this?
Whose story is being sold?

Join the conversation at Fetishized Futures.

📅 August 6, 2025 l 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 DCC-705, TMU and Online via Zoom

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/BQHJaK7

#FetishizedFutures #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing
July 25, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Join us as Prof. Corrinne Sullivan and Dr. Percy Lezard explore how Indigenous peoples reclaim agency, resist fetishism, and navigate erotic power within colonial systems.

📅 August 6, 2025
🕐 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 DCC-705, TMU and Online via Zoom

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/BQHJaK7
July 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When AI “fails,” it’s not just a glitch. It reveals a deeper clash between machine logic and human values. Is it bad data or a fundamental misalignment?

Dive into The Problem of Alignment by Tsvetelina Hristova, Liam Magee & Karen Soldatic: rdcu.be/ewDUq

#ArtificialIntelligence
July 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Join the conversation with Dr. Corrinne Sullivan as we unpack how Indigenous people navigate, resist, and reclaim power in sexual and cultural spaces.

📅 August 6, 2025
🕐 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
📍 DCC-705, TMU and Online via Zoom

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/BQHJaK7

#FetishizedFutures
July 17, 2025 at 3:52 PM