We are committed to fostering a just and compassionate society through ethical, inclusive research and policy. Centered on values like social justice and community engagement, our work aims to eliminate avoidable health disparities. Our research spans migration, social identities, and structural determinants affecting health. Learn more about our impactful approaches and core principles.
The Health Equity Research Collaborative is built on our shared vision of co-creating and sustaining a socially just and compassionate society through critical, ethical, and inclusive research, policy and practice.
• Social justice and equity
• Honouring and celebrating Interconnections/interdependence
• Meaningful engagement of affected communities
(nothing about us without us)
• Shared leadership and equitable participation
• Capacity building and collective empowerment
UPDATES
Massive immigration research team set to make waves in Canadian integration policy
Bridging Divides team receives research grant, work already impacting community practices. Back in April, TMU announced that it had received a prestigious $98.6 million grant from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) to lead a multi-institutional, interdisciplinary research initiative to study…
Three TMU nursing professors elected Fellows of Canadian Academy of Nursing
Three Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) researchers have been elected as Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Nursing. Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing professors Suzanne Fredericks, Mandana Vahabi and Josephine Pui-Hing Wong are three of the 21 new Fellows to receive…
Josephine Wong is the Co-Lead for the Immigrant Health and Well-being Theme
Bridging Divides research program is dedicated to building a new understanding of the challenges and opportunities that migrant integration poses for Canada (and all countries) locally and across borders.
Black Scholar Postdoc – Joseph Adu – Working with Josephine Wong and Teams!
Dr. Joseph Adu is a postdoctoral fellow at Toronto Metropolitan University with research interest in mental illness stigma and Black families’ mental health in Canada and the Global South.
CHAMPS-In-Action Training Manual published at TMU Pressbooks
We are delighted to announce we have published our CHAMPS-in-Action Training Manual, now available for reading and download on the Toronto Metropolitan University Pressbook platform.