The Transformative Health and Justice Research Cluster is a peer-led, interdisciplinary, and cross-sectoral research network catalyzing equity-oriented studies at the interface of health and justice. We apply strength-based research approaches for decolonizing, anti-stigmatizing, and culturally safe engagement, policy development, and community advocacy for and with people who are impacted by the criminal legal system.
We acknowledge with gratitude and respect that our activities are held as uninvited guests on the stolen, traditional and unceded ancestral lands of the səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), Stz'uminus, and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) peoples.
Our logo has many different elements to represent our interconnected community and the cross-sectoral work that we do. The medicine wheel is for transformative health, outlining the need for mental, physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. The caterpillar sitting on the piece of cedar represents our cluster’s Elder Roberta Price and her nation. The figure with the butterfly wings and their hands in the air resembles freedom, growth and healing; a caterpillar to a butterfly.
Banner image created by Corrina Keeling of Love Letters for Everybody. Logo created by Mo Korchinski. Indigenous territorial acknowledgement informed by native-land.ca.
