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Bytes & Barriers: Addressing TFGBV for Women and Girls with Disabilities
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Transnational Policy Responses
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Disability in the Workplace
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Fetishized Futures
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Indigenous Disability Studies
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Global Healthcare Systems
CERC HECW - Speaker Series: Intersectional Colonialities
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Structures of Support Cultivating
CERC HECW - Speaker Series: Transforming my Madness into International Mad movement activism
CERC HECW Speaker Series: Health Justice in Reporting
News
TMU announces Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) has successfully nominated Professor Karen Soldatic for appointment as the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing, an $8-million, eight-year program.
Serving Queer Indigenous Young People Better
This project seeks to understand the experiences of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LQBTIQ+ people with the aim of improving services to support cultural, social and emotional wellbeing.
A systems approach to health and agriculture
“We go beyond hospitals and medical clinics to take into account the health impact of societal systems such as city spaces and physical structures, thinking through factors such as accessible services, affordable housing and inclusive digital design,” notes Dr. Soldatic, a professor in TMU’s School of Disability Studies.
CTV National News: Canada's new disability benefit
CTV’s Cristina Tenaglia on Canada’s new disability benefit and whether it will thousands out of poverty.
CSPC 2024: Virtual Interview Dr. Karen Soldatic
Advancing equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility in digital research infrastructure: $2.87 million awarded to DRI EDIA Champions
The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance) is pleased to award a total of $2.87 million in funding to 82 early-stage researchers through the DRI EDIA Champions Pilot Program. This initiative is part of the Alliance’s DRI Investments for 2023-25 (external link) , and will benefit researchers by supporting equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility (EDIA) in digital research infrastructure (DRI).
‘The clock is ticking’: Report calls out media’s flawed coverage of MAID
Researchers studied nearly 370 news articles about MAID for mental illness. Most did not include perspectives from people with mental illnesses