Culture shapes the way we think, feel, and connect with the world around us.
Culture shapes how we think, feel, and connect with the world, and everyone carries a rich and unique cultural background. Our research explores how children’s social and cultural environments influence health and well-being, with culture at the heart of our work. We are interested in better understanding how children and families flourish within diverse contexts. Findings inform the co-creation and implementation of culturally responsive interventions to advance health equity in underrepresented and underserved communities.
We use patient-oriented and community-engaged research methods, ensuring that people with lived experience are meaningfully involved throughout our work.
ABOUT US
We are a team of researchers, clinician-scientists, community members, and people with lived experience dedicated to advancing cultural diversity and health equity for children, youth, and families from all social and cultural backgrounds.
OUR TEAM
We conduct patient-oriented, community-engaged research that centres the needs and priorities of those who are most underserved. We examine how family, culture, and systems shape the health and well-being of children and youth.
RESEARCH
We engage in knowledge mobilization and community collaborations to ensure our research has meaningful impacts. We welcome opportunities to work with those committed to advancing cultural diversity and health equity.
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION
OUR VALUES AND MISSION
We are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in all aspects of our work. Our research, education, and community initiatives aim to support children and families from diverse backgrounds, including, but not limited to, differences in age, culture, disability, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, language, religion, and socioeconomic status.
We acknowledge that we operate within and benefit from broader systems of power and institutional inequities. We are committed to using our resources and privilege to support equity-denied trainees and communities. We approach this work with humility and a dedication to lifelong learning, striving to better serve the people and communities we work alongside.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Our team operates on the unceded, stolen, and traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations, on which SFU Burnaby and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute are located.
