The rise of anti-trans laws and the role of public health advocacy
This commentary explores the relevance and implications for public health of anti-trans laws and policies that restrict rights for trans and gender-expansive youth.
Academic Institution
The employment quality of persons with disabilities: Findings from a national survey
This study finds that workers with disabilities in Canada are roughly twice as likely to be in low-quality employment compared to workers without disabilities. The study contributes to our understanding of inequities in the Canadian labour market and can inform public health action to support decent work for all workers — an important social determinant of health.
Disability—a chronic omission in health equity that must be central to Canada’s post-pandemic recovery
This commentary draws attention to long-standing inequities experienced by people with disabilities in Canada and calls for overhauling how the public health and health care fields define and advance health equity for people with disabilities.
Leadership development to advance health equity: An equity-centered leadership framework
This article presents a leadership for health equity framework that centres concepts of equity, diversity and inclusion. The authors developed this integrated framework to address the limitations of traditional health leadership development programs to better prepare leaders to disrupt root causes of inequities.
Towards equitable and just food systems: Exploring food justice, food sovereignty, and ending food apartheid policy & practice
This Healthy Food Policy Project resource describes approaches to advance equity in food systems and concrete strategies to implement them.