The RADIUS Health Equity Lab aims to centre health-equity while fostering the creation and incubation of equity-based models, ventures, partnerships, and interventions by those from communities disproportionally impacted by health inequities.
Through our current Lab programs including, Reimagine Health and Trampoline — we support individuals and ventures at their various stages of exploration, ideation, and action, through cohort-based, equity-centred learning and mentorship.
What we are working towards by addressing the unfair and avoidable health differences shaped by the social determinants of health that are deeply rooted in systems and institutions.
The conditions in which we live in that contribute to one’s vulnerability to preventable chronic diseases and health challenges.
A term first coined by Kimberlee Crenshaw- we apply this concept in our work to achieve health equity by centring the lived experiences of impacted communities to understand the health differences among communities and how it’s influenced by the interconnectedness of social identities.
A collaborative space for focused learning discovery and action, focused on systemic change.
The Reimagine Health Program is a free six-month cohort-based program that supports community members and leaders explore health-equity issues in their communities and build ideas to create positive change Through Reimagine Health, we support participants to produce innovative and improved initiatives that address the systems that actively influence health disparities.
We are not currently accepting applications for Reimagine Health. To receive email notifications about Reimagine Health, add yourself to the mailing list.
The Trampoline Business Model Validation Program is a two to three-month pre-accelerator for very early-stage ventures or individuals with a health promoting solution. Through Trampoline’s validation program, we test your business model for alignment in three key areas, highlight critical gaps, and give you the confidence you need to move forward.
We are not currently accepting applications for Trampoline. To receive email notifications about Trampoline, add yourself to the mailing list.
Program Manager
Ilhan is a Somali-Canadian whose parents’ migration journey brought her to these unceded Coast Salish Lands at a very young age. Stemming from her family’s experience of being racialized newcomers, Ilhan has been passionate in addressing social and health inequities and developed a commitment to social justice. Having spent some time in community activism, youth work and health promotion in the Lower Mainlands of Vancouver, Ilhan then moved to Toronto to pursue her Masters in Public Health and gain a critical intersectional analysis on what promotes vulnerability to health inequities. She has recently returned to BC and is ecstatic to get involved in health equity and community work. When she’s not working, you can find her embarking on solo travels somewhere in the world.
Coordinator, Health Promotion Lab
Halah is a graduate student in clinical counselling with a keen interest in the biopsychosocial and spiritual aspects of addiction and recovery. She’s spent the past few years in the biotech startup world as well as working in her communities to lower barriers to epistemologically relevant mental health care.
Halah is grateful to live on the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ / sel̓íl̓witulh nations. Halah always makes time to read, cultivate her love of languages and be near the ocean.
Khalid was inspired to innovate after his first trip to Somalia, where he met his grandmother for the first time and had a firsthand encounter with the condition of healthcare services in the country. Since then, his innovative solution has gone on to win global innovation challenges and is backed by: IDEO, Google, Global Affairs Canada and Gates Health. The OGOW Health platform has been adopted by leading international organizations and Governments to strengthen maternal, newborn and child health interventions.
In 2021, Khalid was shortlisted as a Semi-Finalist for the Global Citizen Prize: Leadership Award and in 2020 was recognized by Alberta Council for Global Cooperation on their “30 under 30” list featuring 30 exceptional recipients for their inspiring work.
The Reimagine Health program team held a reflections session to capture their thoughts and learnings after three years of running the program supporting 62 participants and their initiatives.
Over the past few years, the RADIUS Health Promotion Lab has embarked on a journey to centre equity in how we show up and collectively participate in health work. In
Twenty-two inspiring participants have been selected for RADIUS’ Health Promotion Lab’s third cohort of the Reimagine Health program. We are honoured to welcome them to the RADIUS community and look
What happens when health systems are designed with lived experiences as a foundation? They respond better. We can see ourselves in them. Our community members are more likely to engage
Brave envisions a world where every overdose is reversed. They build tools with people who use drugs to make overdose detection accessible to everyone, especially those most at risk. RADIUS’
If you still have questions about Health Equity Lab, email Ilhan Abdullahi at iabdullahi@radiussfu.com.
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Thank you to our funders who have made the Health Promotion Lab possible over the years: Health Sciences Association of British Columbia, RBC Future Launch, Public Health Agency of Canada, and Definity Insurance Foundation.
