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Grounded in the Faculty of Health Sciences' commitment to social justice and its distinctive non-departmentalized structure, the Social Justice and Health Research Cluster brings together scholars whose work is unified by a shared conviction: social group-based differences in health (often called disparities or inequities) are unjust and avoidable. We understand social disparities in health to fundamentally be expressions of injustice. The Social Justice and Health Research Cluster provides a home from which we can leverage our thought and scholarship to contribute to a radically different future.

What makes this cluster distinctive in the Canadian research landscape is the integration of theory (critical race theory, decolonial frameworks, feminist political economy, intersectionality) with methodological pluralism (quantitative and qualitative epidemiology, ethnography, participatory action research, creative arts-based methods) and an unwavering commitment to ensuring that our research serves equity-denied communities and populations. 

Our members span diverse disciplines including epidemiology, medical anthropology, public health, Indigenous health sciences, and policy research, and our expertise spans the full scope of inequities, including racism and discrimination measurement; colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty; gender, sexual, and reproductive justice; economic and environmental determinants of health; health systems governance and power.

Our collective track record (as of 2025) of over $60 million in research funding, 600+ publications, 4 books, direct influence on federal policy and provincial health systems, demonstrates that justice-oriented research produces robust, rigorous, consequential knowledge.

KEY THEMES ACROSS THE CLUSTER

• Theoretical sophistication: Theory-forward research grounded in critical social theory, intersectionality, decolonial frameworks, structural analysis
• Accountability: Community-engaged, participatory research; knowledge co-production; accountability to equity-deserving communities and partners
• Impact: Research explicitly designed to inform and transform policies, systems, and practices toward equity
• Transdisciplinary: Integration of public health, epidemiology, anthropology, sociology, arts, Indigenous knowledge systems
• Methodological diversity: Quantitative epidemiology, qualitative research, Indigenous methods, arts-based methodologies, participatory and community-based approaches