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 SOCIAL AND CULTURAL  HEALTH INEQUITIES

​Social and cultural factors are strong determinants of health and wellness, and include poverty, gender, aging, and cultural world views and practices. CHAIM researchers incorporate recognition of these determinants of health to consider the implications for healthcare inequities, and policies and programs to address them. Particular research strengths take a comprehensive perspective to understand and address health inequities associated with poverty, aging, racism, and colonization.

Ethnoracial Analysis
Structural racism is persistent in all areas of society, including science and health care. To help encourage important conversations surrounding this topic, the CHAIM Centre collaborated with faculty in the Department of Neuroscience on an Ethnoracial Analysis (ERA) project. For this initiative, 7 students were paired with faculty members to conduct targeted literature reviews assessing how racial considerations have been included (or excluded) in a given area of research. With support from the CHAIM Centre and the MacOdrum Library Discovery Centre, these analyses are being used to facilitate discussions about race in various Neuroscience courses at Carleton University. It was also an excellent learning opportunity for the students involved, as indicated in the blog written by Mysa Myers.
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Top: Dr. Kim Matheson, Abigail Morris, Melissa Carvalho, Mysa Myers
Middle: Maria Pranschke, Sara Siddiqi, Ahmad Ali Mohamad, Kelly Schincariol 
Bottom: Max Kabongo, Caleigh Tracy, Paul Villeneuve
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The CHAIM Centre has produced a series of educational videos exploring questions of why race matters to science, what it represents, and how ethnoracial analysis can be ethically incorporated into research.

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IYFP Project 
The CHAIM Centre is responsible for the oversight of the Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership (IYFP). IYFP is a SSHRC funded Partnership Grant that involves active partnerships between Carleton University as well as Dalhousie, Lakehead, Nipissing, and Western, the Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority, the Multicultural Association of Northwestern Ontario, and several First Nations communities located in Northwestern Ontario. The goal of this research is to work together with First Nations communities to achieve their aspirations for ensuring that their communities provide the conditions for their children and youth to flourish.

BLOG POSTS

Unapologetically Black

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By: Kianna Mahmoud, 5th year Neuroscience
​December 21, 2020
READ HERE

ERA:​ The Continued Shadow of Racially Inadequate Research​

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By: Mysa Myers, 4th year Cognitive Science
September 8, 2020
READ HERE

Exploring Links between Bonds with Pets and Human Well-being

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By: Maria Pranschke
October 16, 2019

READ HERE

The Power of ​Peer Support

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By: Sarah Bickley-Gardner
December 18, 2018

READ HERE

Revenge is Sour, but is Forgiveness Sweet for Women’s Health?

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By: Sarah Zutrauen
July 5, 2017
READ HERE

Rising Up: Health Equity on the Move in Canada?

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By: Susan Braedley
April 9, 2016
READ HERE

EXPLORE OUR OTHER RESEARCH PILLARS

         One Health                         Environmental +                   Social + Cultural                 Mental Health                 Probing Questions                                                 Occupational Health                Health inequities                                              
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Canadian Health Adaptations, Innovations, & Mobilization (CHAIM) Centre

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