Welcome to Centre Talks! We are a group of researchers, scientists, clinicians and allied health care workers from the Centre for Urban Health Solutions (C-UHS) and different parts of St. Michael’s Hospital. Contact us at centrelist@smh.ca for more information.
Our mandate is to explore the context for health research, health care provision and social services.
Centre Talks aims to create a safer and welcoming environment for conversations about health care and well being. We work towards providing a space that respects everyone. We work to be aware of how the language we use and examples we share challenge or reinforce stigma, stereotypes and power dynamics.
All our talks are free and are generally open to the public, although some are specifically for people who work at St. Mike’s. For a list of past talks, click here. For upcoming talks, visit the events page here. To sign up for our email list or to suggest a talk, please contact: centrelist@smh.ca.
We are currently working on a series of papers exploring and challenging the use of terms such as ‘vulnerable’ in the context of public health.
Aisha Lofters – Physician, SMH Family Health Teams + Scientist, MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Amy Katz – Knowledge Translation, MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Anne Rucchetto – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Billie-Jo Hardy – Scientist, Well Living House, MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Cian Knights – Patient Experience and Community Engagement
David Absalom – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Kate Francombe-Pridham – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Kimberly Devotta – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Leonard Benoit – Indigenous Patient Navigator
LLana James
Kate MacWilliams – Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department, Inner City Health Programs
Michelle Firestone – Scientist, Well Living House, MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Nadha Hassen – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Nancy Agbaje – Research staff w/ Injury Prevention Research
Nishan Zewge-Abubaker – Research staff w/ MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Sue Hranilovic – Nurse Practitioner, SMH Family Health Teams
Susan Shin – Registered Social Worker
Tatiana Aratangy Pluciennik – Lead, Survey Research Unit, MAP/Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Tracey Jastinder Mann
