CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing
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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing
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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
Day 8 of the 16 Days of Activism

Today, we highlight an ongoing project at CERC HECW: AI-Powered Technology-Facilitated Violence, an interdisciplinary initiative developing context-aware AI to detect and address online abuse targeting disabled women.

🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Zny0rbw

#16Days
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
📢 Now Launched: Diverse Disability Identities: Gender and Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Indigeneity – A Summary of Key Findings

Read the full report here: buff.ly/CT1CGoU

#DisabilityStudies #Intersectionality #DiverseIdentities #DisabilityResearch #CulturalNavigation
December 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Day 7 of the 16 Days of Activism

Featuring moments from Bytes and Barriers. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped create space for awareness, connection, and action.

Explore the roadmap here: buff.ly/CbRbbE5

#16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety #EndGBV
December 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Gender-based violence is a reality experienced by one in three women worldwide. A crisis that demands collective action, awareness, and accountability.

Source: UN Women

#16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #StopGBV #ActNow
December 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Day 5 of the 16 Days of Activism:

A peer-reviewed article by Michelle S. Fitts, Yasmin Johnson & Karen Soldatic explores how hospital staff support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing traumatic brain injury (TBI) from family violence.

Read the article here: buff.ly/MocyrGH
November 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Day 4 of the 16 Days of Activism:

The Bytes and Barriers Roadmap centres the experiences of women and girls with disabilities and provides guidance for meaningful change in digital safety.

Discover the full roadmap: buff.ly/CbRbbE5

#16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #DigitalSafety #TFGBV
November 29, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Your path, your voice, your impact.

This survey is part of a national effort to better understand the experiences of equity-deserving youth in Canada. Your perspective helps create meaningful change.

📢 Share your story: buff.ly/GY3Q0xI

#CommunityResearch #YouthLeadership #HealthEquity
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Day 3: #16DaysAgainstGBV

Highlighting an ongoing project: Transnational Policy Responses — learning from the experiences of women and girls with disabilities to support safer, more inclusive policies.

Learn more: buff.ly/5t3yjG6

#16DaysAgainstGBV #EndGBV #DisabilityJustice #EndViolence
November 28, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Join us for From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Disability Supports in Canada, featuring Dr. Christine Sheppard, Hubert Van Niekerk, and Dr. Nadia Carvalho.

📅 Wednesday, December 3, 2025
⏰ 2:30–4:00 PM EDT
📍 Hybrid — DCC-705, 288 Church St, Toronto & Online

Register here: buff.ly/3UbpOkg
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
On Day 2 of the 16 Days of Activism

Highlighting Bytes and Barriers: a symposium addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities.

Check out the roadmap here: buff.ly/kt9PTbz..

#16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
On Day 2 of the 16 Days of Activism

Highlighting Bytes and Barriers: a symposium addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities.

Check out the roadmap here: buff.ly/kt9PTbz..

#16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
💜 The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins today, raising awareness about the impact of domestic and gender-based violence.

Purple symbolizes strength, courage, and a shared commitment to safety, dignity, and respect.
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
📣 Meet Our Panelists!

We’re thrilled to welcome Mary Ajayi, Michelle Forde, and Elvis Oliphant to our public panel, Tracking Pathways: Black Youth Leading Change.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025
🕒 3:00 – 4:30 PM (ET)
🏛️ Hybrid (In-person + Online)

🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA

#TMU
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📢 One Week Away!
Tracking Pathways: Black Youth Leading Change

Join us to explore how Black youth navigate education and work, and how they push for systemic change.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025 l 3:00 – 4:30 PM (EST)

🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA

#YouthLeadership #EquityInEducation #TMU
November 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
📢 Upcoming Public Panel
From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Disability Supports in Canada

🗓️ Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025
🕒 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM (EDT)
📍 Location: Margaret Laurence Room (Second Floor), 55 Gould Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1E9
💻 Online: Via Zoom

🔗 Register now: buff.ly/HeoOi3w
November 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
📣 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