Applications open to join the Patient and Community Engagement in Research Committee (PCERC)

Call for Applications

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Are you someone with a strong interest in helping to improve how health research is done?

Do you want to bring patient and community voices to health research?

Join the Unity Health Toronto’s Patient and Community Engagement in Research Committee (PCERC)

We are looking for patients, caregivers and/or community members to use their lived experience to help us improve how we:

• bring patient and community voices to research and

• share research information with the community

Note: Prior experience as a research participant or giving advice for research projects is an asset.

Lived experience refers to personal and/or first-hand experience of living with a health condition, or caring for someone with a health condition, or a community member.

We encourage expressions of interest from Black and Indigenous peoples, racialized persons, individuals with disabilities, women, members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, and others with lived experiences that could bring valuable perspectives to this work.

PCERC aims to improve how researchers at Unity Health Toronto engage patients and community partners. We also work to build equity into our research frameworks.

As a patient and community partner, you will be compensated ($40/hour) for the time you contribute to this committee. The expected monthly commitment is 4-6 hours.

For more information, please read the PCERC Terms of Reference.

Interested in joining? Submit this application form to PCERC@unityhealth.to by Nov 24, 2025.

If you need help to complete this form, please email PCERC@unityhealth.to or call (416) 864-6060 ext. 49358.

All candidates will be notified as to whether they will proceed to the interview stage of the process.