The climate crisis continues to disproportionately impact First Nations, Metis, and Inuit (FNMI) Peoples across Turtle Island and worldwide. Some of the major issues faced are threats to reserve lands, food sovereignty, and access to traditional employments. In Canada, the […]
Led by Dr. Paty Romero-Lankao, Canadian Excellence in Research Chair for Sustainability Transitions and Professor of Sociology, UofT Scarborough, CERC NEST uses a transdisciplinary and comparative approach with communities and city actors in Toronto, Los Angeles and Mexico City to […]
This initiative is funded by a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant to identify and explore specific opportunities for healthcare to support city-led climate action through physical infrastructure, care delivery and place-based climate governance. As one component of this, the team has […]
Led by Dr. Heather Ross, Temerty Medicine and Dr. Craig Simmons, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, this Institutional Strategic Initiative between the University of Toronto and Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research aims to create new healthcare technologies and […]
This program of work explores the capacity of institutions with formal or effective regulatory authority to influence the quality and availability of environmental data and/or the environmental performance of pharmaceuticals and other health technologies. Key activities: A CIHR-funded policy study […]
This multi-disciplinary, pan-Canadian research community endeavours to leverage a systems approach to mobilize research capacity across the pharmaceutical lifecycle. The Network has deep representation from the Collaborative Centre faculties and diverse Members from across 10 disciplines and across countries. The […]
Assertive Community Treatment Teams (ACTT), Flexible ACT (FACT), and Intensive Case Management (ICM) are multidisciplinary teams that provide treatment and support services to individuals diagnosed with a Severe and Persistent Mental Illness (SPMI) who have had multiple psychiatric hospitalizations. This […]
The Canadian Poverty, Health Equity, and Climate Change knowledge mobilization initiative started in 2022 with funding from the McConnell Foundation and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. This initiative aims to improve Canada’s climate change mitigation and adaptation responses as […]
This project aims to generate and translate knowledge and identify policy options to improve the environmental performance of health technologies. Drawing on a regulatory studies perspective, and informed by iterative and structured engagement with an Expert Advisory Committee, our team […]
Challenge: In Canada and around the world, cities are acknowledged as critical actors in efforts to transition to a climate resilient and low carbon world. Healthcare should have an essential role in urban climate action: it has a concentrated presence […]