Access and Equity Research Group

About Us

Led by Dr. Ciann L. Wilson and Dr. Ann Marie Beals, the Equity and Access Research Interest Group focuses on utilizing community-based research approaches to improve the services, resources, and supports for marginalized communities in the areas of health and social services.

Our Areas of Focus

• Community-Based Research
• Arts-Based Research
• Health, Education, Social Service access
• Social Justice and Equity
• Theorizing and Catalyzing Social Transformation
• Black, Indigenous, Afro-Indigenous, Racialized, Queer, IndigiQueer, Two-Spirit, Transgender and Non-Binary Communities

Collaborators

• Faculty of Environmental Studies, York University
• Gendering Adolescent AIDS Prevention
• AIDS Committee of Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and Area (ACCKWA)
• AIDS Committee of Durham Region
• AIDS Committee of York Region
• Jumpstart to Higher Education
• Coalition of Muslim Women of Kitchener Waterloo
• The African, Caribbean, and Black Network of Waterloo Region
• The Black Life Collective

Funders

• Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund
• Ontario Research Fund
• Canadian Innovation Fund
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
• Women’s Xchange
• Ontario HIV/AIDS Treatment Network

Learn more about the federal funding received for innovative research facilities.