MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions has launched 10 collaborative solutions networks with a common goal: to effect real-world social change by co-designing and demonstrating what works to address critical urban health challenges in our communities.

The networks are made up of more than 150 scientists, community partners, policy makers, and people with lived expertise from across the country. Together, network members are working to ensure that solutions are feasible, appropriate, and effective — and that they reflect the goals, priorities, and contexts of the communities they aim to serve.

The result will be 10 evidence-based solutions that are tested and ready for scale-up in cities across Canada.

 

Beyond Housing:
Improving outcomes for people experiencing chronic homelessness
Scientific Lead: Dr. Stephen Hwang
Network Contact: Linh Luong, Linh.Luong@unityhealth.to

 

Breaking the Cycle of Incarceration:
A mobile application to achieve equity and community inclusion for people living with traumatic brain injury
Scientific Lead: Dr. Flora Matheson
Network Contact: Max Ferguson, Max.Ferguson@unityhealth.to

 

Building Roads Together:
A community-based, peer-support walking/rolling program to promote inclusion and reduce health inequities
Scientific Lead: Dr. Farah Mawani
Network Contact: Janisha Kamalanathan, Janisha.Kamalanathan@unityhealth.to

 

Early Interventions Through Integrated Care:
A best start to address childhood socioeconomic adversity and promote a lifetime of health and well-being
Scientific Leads: Drs. Andrew Pinto and Justine Cohen-Silver
Network Contact: Anne Rucchetto, Anne.Rucchetto@unityhealth.to

 

Food Prescription:
Providing people at risk of diabetes complications with healthy food
Scientific Lead: Dr. Nav Persaud
Network Contact: Muhamad Ally, Muhamad.Ally@unityhealth.to

 

Nibi Network:
Decolonizing Indigenous population health assessment and response in urban and related areas
(“Nibi” is an Anishinabek word referring to all waters, including lakes, rivers, and rain)
Scientific Lead:  Dr. Janet Smylie
Network Contact: Genevieve Blais, Genevieve.Blais@unityhealth.to

 

Our Space:
An integrative harm reduction model to support people who use drugs
Scientific Leads: Drs. Michelle Firestone, Ahmed Bayoumi, and Dan Werb
Network Contact: Laura Orozco, Laura.Orozco@unityhealth.to

 

REACHing the Undiagnosed:
Testing for linkages to care for HIV and Hepatitis C
Scientific Lead: Dr. Sean B. Rourke
Network Contact: Michelle Sumner-Williams, Michelle.Sumner-Williams@unityhealth.to

 

Safe at Home:
Housing solutions for women experiencing intimate partner violence
Scientific Lead: Dr. Pat O’Campo
Network Contact: Janisha Kamalanathan, Janisha.Kamalanathan@unityhealth.to

 

Urban Design for Better Health:
Preventing chronic disease through smart, built-environment policy solutions
Scientific Lead: Dr. Gillian Booth
Network Contact: Linh Luong, Linh.Luong@unityhealth.to

 

Registration, Accommodation and Travel-Related Questions: Rachel Coley, Event Manager, Spark Inc.

E-mail: Rachel@sparkinc.net