Meet the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing
In January 2024, professor Karen Soldatic joined TMU as the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing. Professor Soldatic will use a critical disability lens to expand social understandings of health and well-being in partnership with local communities, civil society and health-care providers.
“The CERC in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing provides a rare opportunity to work in partnership with local communities on core equity issues and generate a rigorous and comprehensive knowledge base to inform local, national and global policy.”
Research Program
As the CERC in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing, professor Karen Soldatic will lead health system transformation by positioning health equity as a strategic imperative – one that must be at the heart of systemic change. The CERC will collaborate with communities, civil society, and formal health-care providers to co-create new knowledge frameworks. Outcomes on core questions of health inequity and community well-being, in turn, will lead to broad policy change and social innovation. Such health system transformation not only improves health equity for all but, ultimately, provides important building blocks for sustainable public health, innovative and resilient communities, and increased preparedness for future health emergencies in a rapidly changing environment.
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About the CERC Program
The Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) Program (external link, opens in new window) offers universities award values of either $8 million or $4 million over eight years to support world‑renowned researchers and their teams to establish ambitious research programs at Canadian universities. These awards are among the most prestigious and generous available globally.