The RADIUS Health Promotion 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.
Health Equity: 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
Social Determinants of Health: the conditions in which we live in that contribute to one’s vulnerability to preventable chronic diseases and health challenges
Intersectionality: a term first coined by Kimberle Crenshaw- we apply this concept in our work to achieve health equity by centering the lived experiences of impacted communities to understand the health differences among communities and how it’s influenced by the interconnectedness of social identities
Lab: A collaborative space for focused learning discovery and action, focused on systemic change
The Reimagine Health Program is a six-month cohort-based program that supports community members and leaders to explore health equity issues in their communities and build ideas to prevent chronic diseases. Through Reimagine Health, we support you to produce new and better initiatives that address the systems that actively influence health disparities.
The Slingshot Accelerator Program is a six-month program that supports early stage, social impact ventures that are ready to grow. Through Slingshot’s unique combination of cohort based learning, individualized mentorship, and equity investment, RADIUS supports ventures to become investment, market, and growth ready.
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, daylight critical gaps, and give you the confidence you need to move forward.
Ilhan Abdullahi
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.
Halah Zumrawi
Coordinator
Halah is gradute student in clinical counseling with a keen interest in the biopsychosocial and spiritual aspects of addiction and recovery. She’s spent the last few years in the biotech startup world as well as working in her communities to lower barriers to epistemologically relevant mental health care. She 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.
Shikhank Sharma
Activator
Dal Sohal
Associate Director, Labs
Dal is an educator, learning strategist, facilitator and leadership coach. She has worked at SFU for many years in a variety of roles supporting student success and student engagement. As an independent consultant, she has provided training and coaching to organizations and individuals in the areas of leadership, interpersonal communication and team building.
Dal immigrated to Canada as a small child with her parents. Her lived experience as a South Asian woman growing up on unceded Coast Salish Lands has helped shape her perspective and commitment to creating inclusive spaces and improving access for people from historically marginalized groups. Her guiding leadership philosophy embodies caring connection, reflective thinking and listening, and promotion of continuous learning. In addition to her current role at RADIUS as the Associate Director – Labs, Dal teaches interpersonal business communication in SFU Continuing Studies. Dal has a MA in Leadership and Training from Royal Roads University and a BA from SFU.
From the RADIUS Health Promotion Lab, meet the 2021 Trampoline cohort! We are thrilled to introduce our latest Trampoline program cohort, part of the RADIUS Health Promotion Lab! What is
RADIUS is incredibly excited to introduce its second Reimagine Health cohort! The following 22 participants were selected for the 2021 program because of their unique, individual experience and passion for
Photo credit: Doaa Jamal RADIUS is excited to introduce Halah Zumrawi, who steps into the role of Coordinator of the Health Promotion Lab! Halah is a graduate student in clinical
We are so thrilled to introduce this year’s Health Promotion Lab, Trampoline cohort! RADIUS’ Trampoline program is an eight-week business model validation program for early stage ventures (startups and nonprofits).
If you still have questions about Health Promotion Lab, email Ilhan Abdullahi at iabdullahi@radiussfu.com.
