Karen Soldatic
Canada Excellence Research Chair in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing Professor Faculty of Community Services School of Disability Studies Toronto, Ontario ksoldatic@torontomu.ca
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Professor Karen Soldatic is a leading international scholar of disability, marginality and global inequality. Her research uses a broad lens to explore how social, cultural and political factors influence health and community well-being.
Joining TMU from Western Sydney University, she h...
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Joining TMU from Western Sydney University, she h...
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Bio/Research
Professor Karen Soldatic is a leading international scholar of disability, marginality and global inequality. Her research uses a broad lens to explore how social, cultural and political factors influence health and community well-being.
Joining TMU from Western Sydney University, she has extensive expertise in collaborating directly with marginalized communities that experience poor health outcomes due to intensive social, emotional, cultural and economic inequality. Over the years, her unique empirical work has helped bridge numerous divides, resulting in diverse communities gaining more equitable access to disability, health and social service institutions across Australia, South Asia and South-East Asia.
Her work is internationally renowned and impactful in informing global disability and inequality policy debates, advocacy and research.
Through numerous projects, she has developed long-term partnerships with industry, public institutions and service providers across scale. These partnerships comprise a wide range of organizations, including:
Large multinational corporations such as Microsoft UK
Global macro policy institutes such as NATO, United Nations and Minority Rights Group
Small, precariously funded service providers such as Diversity Arts Australia, Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association, BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation, and the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence
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Joining TMU from Western Sydney University, she has extensive expertise in collaborating directly with marginalized communities that experience poor health outcomes due to intensive social, emotional, cultural and economic inequality. Over the years, her unique empirical work has helped bridge numerous divides, resulting in diverse communities gaining more equitable access to disability, health and social service institutions across Australia, South Asia and South-East Asia.
Her work is internationally renowned and impactful in informing global disability and inequality policy debates, advocacy and research.
Through numerous projects, she has developed long-term partnerships with industry, public institutions and service providers across scale. These partnerships comprise a wide range of organizations, including:
Large multinational corporations such as Microsoft UK
Global macro policy institutes such as NATO, United Nations and Minority Rights Group
Small, precariously funded service providers such as Diversity Arts Australia, Multicultural Disability Advocacy Association, BlaQ Aboriginal Corporation, and the National Centre for Indigenous Excellence
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