Date/Time
Date(s) - October 24, 2023
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Register: https://bit.ly/MERITRoundsOct2023

Location: Zoom

Walking Together: The Importance of Community, Collaboration, & Partnerships to further Health Equity
Power, privilege and marginalization are commonplace in many healthcare and health professions education systems which contribute to the fragmentation that historically has existed. The Equity in Health Systems (EqHS) Lab was established to be an academic home for a group of individuals who seek to explore and address racism, discrimination, and injustice in the health care and education systems. It is a transdisciplinary community bound by commonly held principles and vision for what needs to be done to positively impact models of care, education, research, and leadership within our health systems. The impact of the EqHS Lab is reflected in its growing community of international members and unique collaborative partnerships, resulting in broad engagement with educational offerings, innovative projects, and research initiatives.

Dr. Jerry Maniate and his family, including 2 young girls, have resided in Ottawa, which is the unceded and traditional lands of the Algonquin people. He is a clinician-educator at The Ottawa Hospital, an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, a researcher at the Bruyère Research Institute, and has served as a senior leader in several health and educational organizations and committees. In September 2021, Dr. Maniate founded the Equity in Health Systems Lab (www.eqhslab.com), an international transdisciplinary team of researchers, health care professionals, educators, policymakers, learners, and patients who are seeking to make an impact on our community and health system with the work they are engaged with through a unique approach. His academic work and that of the EqHS Lab has been focused on understanding and addressing inequities, racism, and injustice in our health systems through collaborative partnerships using a scholarly lens.