Axis director: Dr. Thuy Mai Luu and Adèle Salin-Categrel

The inclusion and valuing of diverse perspectives and knowledge is essential to gain a more accurate picture of the early determinants of health, and to ensure more equitable scientific outcomes. Our overall vision is to promote a research ecosystem that appreciates and respects the value of the experiential knowledge of patients, their families and their communities, and that is guided by principles of equity, diversity, inclusion and indigenization, enabling universally applicable studies on the developmental and intergenerational origins of children’s health and development.

Objectives :
1. Bringing together expertise in patient-family-community partnerships and EDI-A applied to parent-child research.
2. Knowing and valuing experiential knowledge and indigenous know-how to integrate their holistic vision into the study of the developmental and intergenerational origins of health.
3. To ensure equitable and inclusive access for different groups of students, trainees, research staff, researchers and community partners to a research environment that values diversity and promotes success.
4. Train the next generation in partnership and EDI-A.
5. Provide a consulting and support infrastructure for researchers to integrate the concepts of partnership and EDI-A into all aspects of research.
6. Promote equitable and inclusive access to research projects and scientific knowledge generated by the Network for patients, families and the public.
7. Promote a frame of reference for governance and standards in data collection on Aboriginal identity, race and ethnicity, language, gender identity and sexual orientation in relation to periconception, pregnancy and childhood.