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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 3d

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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 4d

⏰ 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 10d

📝 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...

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 20d

📢 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 24d

📣 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

buff.ly

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · 24d

🚨 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Sep 16

📢 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Sep 5

✨ Deadline Extended! ✨

You now have until September 26 to apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship and secure $6,000 in funding!

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Sep 3

⏳ 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 27

🎧 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 26

🎓 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔊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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 20

🎧 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 15

📚 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 13

📢 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 8

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!

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Aug 5

🔥 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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 30

🔊 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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 20

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

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CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 17

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

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jul 15

🧵 How is Canadian media framing the expansion of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) to include mental illness?

Our latest study reveals key risks in how mental illness and MAiD are portrayed — and offers 4 recommendations to improve reporting.

Report Link: doi.org/10.32920/295...

#MAiD

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Reposted by CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing

dandylandry.bsky.social @dandylandry.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today! 1:30pm EST, virtual or in person, rm 705, 288 Church St.

Join us! torontomu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

CERC Health Equity & Community Wellbeing @cerchealth.bsky.social · Jun 24

Health Justice in Reporting: Reframing Narratives, Rebuilding Trust

Free panel on journalism & health equity + screening of Life After.

📅 July 15, 1:30–3PM EDT
📍 Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex, Room DCC 705, TMU & Online via Zoom

🔗 Register for virtual attendance: buff.ly/yjJtPAQ

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