What would work look like if it truly centered accessibility? Join our speakers for a dynamic conversation on disability accommodation, adaptive tools, and rethinking time, productivity, and policy. Let’s imagine better systems — together. Register today. buff.ly/mpsGP9t

Access to primary health care is a right — not a privilege. We’re inviting women and gender-diverse people with disabilities across Canada to share their experiences through a national survey. Your insights will help shape research, policy, & more inclusive health systems. 📝 Take the survey today.

We’re excited to launch our CERC-HECW Open Labs — starting March 3! 🎉 These open team meetings are a space to explore projects, exchange research insights, and engage in meaningful dialogue. 🗓 First Tuesday of every month ⏰ 10:15 AM 📝 Registration required See you there!

How do we build safer, more just digital spaces? Join Karen Soldatic & Eunice Tunggal at the Fourth Global Symposium on Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence. 🗓 March 4–5, 2026 | 💻 Virtual | 🎟 Free buff.ly/yjmfuHE

Join us for an important conversation on disability accommodation, accessibility, and reimagining work through the lens of crip time. 📅 April 22, 2026 ⏰ 10:30 AM–12 PM EST 💻 Virtual Register now to be part of the discussion. buff.ly/Af87us8

Curious about what we’re building at CERC–HECW? Join our monthly Open Labs to explore projects, share research insights, and connect with colleagues across disciplines. 📅 First Tuesday of every month ⏰ 10:15 AM 🔗 Registration required: buff.ly/9ayFMEo Let’s learn and collaborate together

Black history is living, evolving, and forward-looking. We’re celebrating the strength, creativity, and leadership of Black youth while building pathways to opportunity through education, employment, and health equity. The future is being shaped now — together.

📢 Call for Papers — Sage Special Issue Violence Against Women: Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence & Frontline Healthcare Responses Please email your 300-word abstract along with a 50-word author bio to [email protected] by April 30, 2026 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-health-...

Our Winter 2026 Newsletter is here. We’re starting the year with health equity in action — sharing upcoming public events, disability-led and community-engaged research, accessible reports, and partnerships advancing justice across Canada and beyond. Subscribe here: buff.ly/5TYefpI

Masterclass: Novel Sociological Methods in Disability Communities Explore innovative, justice-driven research in Mad & Disability Studies. Join experts for an interactive masterclass + Q&A. 📅 Feb 11, 2026 | ⏰ 9:30–11 AM EDT 💻 Online (Zoom) 🔗 Link in bio to register

📢 Call for Papers – Graduate Student Symposium CERC in Health Equity & Community Wellbeing invites graduate students to submit abstracts on inclusive health systems & health equity. 📅 Mar 25, 2026 | 📝 Due Feb 10 | 🏆 Student awards 📧 [email protected] #HealthEquity #InclusiveHealth #GradResearch

💬 Your voice matters. Do you: ✅ Identify as a person with a disability? ✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse? ✅ Live in Canada and are 18+? 📝 Take the survey now: buff.ly/Aa6qqMq #AccessibleHealthcare #GenderEquity #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing

📣 Call for Papers Building Inclusive Health Systems to Advance Health Equity across Canada 📅 March 25, 2026 | Toronto Metropolitan University Grad students across Canada are invited. 🏆 Best Paper Award: $500 ⏰ Deadline: Feb 10, 2026 📩 [email protected] #CallForPapers #HealthEquity

Masterclass: Novel Sociological Methods & Practices in Disability Communities 📅 Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2026 ⏰ Time: 9:30 AM - 11 AM EDT 💻 Location: Online via Zoom 🔗 Register: buff.ly/BnNPTVg #HealthEquity #MadStudies #InclusiveResearch

📢 Share your experience Do you: ✅ Identify as a person with a disability? ✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse? ✅ Live in Canada and are 18+? 📝 Take our national survey (max 45 minutes): buff.ly/Aa6qqMq #AccessibleHealthcare #GenderEquity #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing

Day 16 of #16DaysOfActivism As we close this year’s campaign, we honour survivors, recognize the ongoing realities of violence, and continue our commitment to building safer, more inclusive digital and physical spaces for all women and girls. #16Days #EndGBV #OnlineSafety

Day 15 | 16 Days of Activism Digital spaces can connect and support women and girls with disabilities, but without protections, they can also expose them to online violence. Safety isn’t equal for everyone, and change must be supportive and context-specific. Read more: buff.ly/XgTKU8k

Digital violence impacts 16–58% of women and girls. Together, we can make the internet safer. #16DaysOfActivism #EndGenderBasedViolence #DigitalSafety

Day 13 of the 16 Days of Activism Today, we spotlight research on the experiences of Indigenous women in Australia living with traumatic brain injury from violence. Read more here: buff.ly/Zb9NQZa #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #IndigenousRights #HealthEquity

Day 12 of the 16 Days of Activism Highlighting our ongoing project on gender-based violence and digital technology, exploring how women with disabilities in South Africa navigate safety, risk, and wellbeing online. Read more here: buff.ly/dTbRdaZ #16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DigitalSafety

Day 11 of the 16 Days of Activism Today, we highlight the Head Health and Healing project, an ongoing initiative addressing violence-related traumatic brain injury (TBI) among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Read more here: buff.ly/r64tw1h #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV

Our recent op-ed, “We Must Create Safer Online Spaces for Women with Disabilities,” by Eunice Tunggal, Babalwa Tyabashe-Phume, Karen Soldatić, and Lieketseng Ned. Read here: buff.ly/uv2rYyc #DigitalInclusion #WomenWithDisabilities #OnlineSafety #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #SafeSpaces

Day 9 of the 16 Days of Activism More clips from Bytes and Barriers, the symposium on technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities. Explore the roadmap here: buff.ly/CbRbbE5 #16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety #EndGBV

This International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we’re highlighting the barriers women and gender-diverse people with disabilities face in primary care. If you're 18+, in Canada, and identify as a woman or gender-diverse person with a disability, please take our survey: buff.ly/QIQnNU9

Day 8 of the 16 Days of Activism Today, we highlight an ongoing project at CERC HECW: AI-Powered Technology-Facilitated Violence, an interdisciplinary initiative developing context-aware AI to detect and address online abuse targeting disabled women. 🔗 Learn more: buff.ly/Zny0rbw #16Days

📢 Now Launched: Diverse Disability Identities: Gender and Sexuality, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Indigeneity – A Summary of Key Findings Read the full report here: buff.ly/CT1CGoU #DisabilityStudies #Intersectionality #DiverseIdentities #DisabilityResearch #CulturalNavigation

Day 7 of the 16 Days of Activism Featuring moments from Bytes and Barriers. Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped create space for awareness, connection, and action. Explore the roadmap here: buff.ly/CbRbbE5 #16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety #EndGBV

Gender-based violence is a reality experienced by one in three women worldwide. A crisis that demands collective action, awareness, and accountability. Source: UN Women #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #StopGBV #ActNow

Day 5 of the 16 Days of Activism: A peer-reviewed article by Michelle S. Fitts, Yasmin Johnson & Karen Soldatic explores how hospital staff support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women experiencing traumatic brain injury (TBI) from family violence. Read the article here: buff.ly/MocyrGH

Day 4 of the 16 Days of Activism: The Bytes and Barriers Roadmap centres the experiences of women and girls with disabilities and provides guidance for meaningful change in digital safety. Discover the full roadmap: buff.ly/CbRbbE5 #16DaysOfActivism #EndGBV #DigitalSafety #TFGBV

Your path, your voice, your impact. This survey is part of a national effort to better understand the experiences of equity-deserving youth in Canada. Your perspective helps create meaningful change. 📢 Share your story: buff.ly/GY3Q0xI #CommunityResearch #YouthLeadership #HealthEquity

Day 3: #16DaysAgainstGBV Highlighting an ongoing project: Transnational Policy Responses — learning from the experiences of women and girls with disabilities to support safer, more inclusive policies. Learn more: buff.ly/5t3yjG6 #16DaysAgainstGBV #EndGBV #DisabilityJustice #EndViolence

Join us for From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Disability Supports in Canada, featuring Dr. Christine Sheppard, Hubert Van Niekerk, and Dr. Nadia Carvalho. 📅 Wednesday, December 3, 2025 ⏰ 2:30–4:00 PM EDT 📍 Hybrid — DCC-705, 288 Church St, Toronto & Online Register here: buff.ly/3UbpOkg

On Day 2 of the 16 Days of Activism Highlighting Bytes and Barriers: a symposium addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities. Check out the roadmap here: buff.ly/kt9PTbz.. #16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety

On Day 2 of the 16 Days of Activism Highlighting Bytes and Barriers: a symposium addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence against women and girls with disabilities. Check out the roadmap here: buff.ly/kt9PTbz.. #16DaysOfActivism #TFGBV #DisabilityJustice #DigitalSafety

💜 The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence begins today, raising awareness about the impact of domestic and gender-based violence. Purple symbolizes strength, courage, and a shared commitment to safety, dignity, and respect.

📣 Meet Our Panelists! We’re thrilled to welcome Mary Ajayi, Michelle Forde, and Elvis Oliphant to our public panel, Tracking Pathways: Black Youth Leading Change. 🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025 🕒 3:00 – 4:30 PM (ET) 🏛️ Hybrid (In-person + Online) 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA #TMU

📢 One Week Away! Tracking Pathways: Black Youth Leading Change Join us to explore how Black youth navigate education and work, and how they push for systemic change. 🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025 l 3:00 – 4:30 PM (EST) 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA #YouthLeadership #EquityInEducation #TMU

📢 Upcoming Public Panel From Surviving to Thriving: Reimagining Disability Supports in Canada 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2025 🕒 Time: 2:30 – 4:00 PM (EDT) 📍 Location: Margaret Laurence Room (Second Floor), 55 Gould Street, Toronto, ON M5B 1E9 💻 Online: Via Zoom 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/HeoOi3w

📣 Report Release - From Access to Wellbeing: Framework Development and Health Impact Evaluation of Attending Inclusive Performative Arts Events Our new report examines the health and wellbeing benefits of attending accessible, sensory-friendly concerts. 📖 Read the full report: buff.ly/pm83AY4

📢 Upcoming Public Panel Tracking Pathways: Youth Leading Change 🗓️ Wednesday, November 26, 2025 🕒 3:00 – 4:30 PM (ET) 🏛️ Hybrid (In-person + Online) 🌍 Free & open to the public 🔗 Register now: buff.ly/6FxsERA #YouthLeadership #CommunityDrivenChange #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #TMU

What does care in a crisis really look like? Thank you to Jessica Evans and Susan Davis for sharing their insights on what community-led, trauma-informed crisis response can look like. ▶️ Listen now: buff.ly/QlLylrX

⏰ Tomorrow’s the deadline! TMU PhD students researching health equity or community wellbeing, apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship before it’s too late. Apply now: buff.ly/dAUhL1N #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #AcademicResearch #PhDStudents #PhDCompletion #ScholarshipOpportunity

📝 New editorial published "Novel sociological methods and practices of engagement across disability communities" By Danielle Landry, Temba Middelmann, Robel Abay, Hannah Morgan & Karen Soldatić 🧠 Shared in recognition of #WorldMentalHealthDay 🔗 Read more: doi.org/10.3389/fsoc...

📢 New Publication Alert! We’re excited to announce the article “Intersectional‑Agency: Choosing Who I Am as a Ticket to Opportunities” by Line Melbøe & Karen Soldatić, now published in the Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research. 📝 Read more: buff.ly/YtVYJ8l #DisabilityStudies #Research

📣 We want to hear your voice! Do you: ✅ Identify as a person with a disability? ✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse? ✅ Live in Canada and are 18+? 📝 Take our national survey: buff.ly/9M9VHeY #AccessibleHealthcare #Healthcare #DisabilityJustice #GenderEquity #HealthEquity

🚨 Scholarship deadline extended! $6,000 for TMU PhD students doing research in health equity or community wellbeing 🌍 📅 Apply by Oct 17 → buff.ly/dAUhL1N 📌 Use Fall Study Week to finalize your application! #HealthEquity #CommunityWellbeing #Research #PhDStudents #ScholarshipOpportunity #TMU

📢 We want to hear from you! Do you: ✅ Identify as a person with a disability? ✅ Identify as a woman or as gender-diverse? ✅ Live in Canada and are 18+? Your experience with primary healthcare matters. 📝 Take our national survey (max 45 minutes): buff.ly/Aa6qqMq #HealthEquity

🚨New Roadmap Released: Addressing TFGBV Against Women and Girls with Disabilities Built from powerful conversations at our Symposium, this roadmap charts the path forward in addressing tech-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) against women and girls with disabilities. 👉 buff.ly/ooeAd3d

✨ Deadline Extended! ✨ You now have until September 26 to apply for the PhD Completion Scholarship and secure $6,000 in funding!