Our work seeks to address systemic racial and hierarchical power imbalances by encouraging understanding, compassion, and respect of the healthcare experiences of all patients and equity-deserving communities.
Our Guiding Principles
- Creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive health knowledge generation, research, and innovation community.
- Committing to humility, continuous learning, compassion, and scholarship.
- Dismantling power structures that are rooted in racial inequity and clinical hierarchy to improve care.
- Honouring the power and experiences of patients and centering the work on their needs.
- Community-Informed Persona of Community-Based Health Navigator
By Tasmira Mohib How do newcomers learn about the healthcare system and navigate through it in their newly adopted country? A new healthcare system navigation may involve understanding the process of applying for healthcare cards, finding information on healthcare structure, understanding the access of family physician and walk-in physicians, searching for family physicians, making appointments… Read more: Community-Informed Persona of Community-Based Health Navigator
- Treating Hypothyroidism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Quality Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using AGREE II and AGREE-REX
Stacy Kozak, Julie Babione, Diane Lorenzetti, Sana Ghaznavi, Doreen Rabi PROSPERO 2026 CRD420251131419. Available from https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/view/CRD420251131419. Review title Treating Hypothyroidism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Quality Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using AGREE II Condition or domain being studied Hypothyroidism; Guidelines This review will focus on clinical guidelines and consensus statements related to the use of combination therapy for… Read more: Treating Hypothyroidism in Adults: A Systematic Review and Quality Appraisal of Clinical Practice Guidelines Using AGREE II and AGREE-REX - Exploring limitations in the current standard of care for thyroid hormone replacement therapy in thyroid cancer survivors
Members of the C4 team with lived experience of thyroid cancer are working with thyroid cancer specialists to learn about thyroid cancer patient experiences, treatment satisfaction, and opportunities to improve thyroid cancer care for future patients. This work is the first step in a multi-step program of research, design, and evaluation based on the observation,… Read more: Exploring limitations in the current standard of care for thyroid hormone replacement therapy in thyroid cancer survivors