Dr. Melissa D. Giesbrecht Valorie A. Crooks Susan J. Elliott, JD. MEd.
Although health equity and diversity-focussed research has begun to gain momentum, there is still a paucity of research from health geographers that explicitly explores how geographic factors, such as place, space, scale, community, and location, inform multiple axes of difference. Such axes can include residential location, age, sex, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, socio-economic status, marital status, sexual orientation, education level, and immigration status. Specifically focussing on Canada's rapidly changing society, which is becoming increasingly pluralized and diverse,...
Although health equity and diversity-focussed research has begun to gain momentum, there is still a paucity of research from health geographers that e...