Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship

Health and Wellbeing

Informing ethical and equitable policies and practices that support health and wellbeing in at each stage of life.

It is well documented that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families experience health inequities throughout their lives.

This research cluster aims to highlight social, political and structural factors that contribute to these inequities. This research will help to inform ethical and equitable policies and practices that support health and wellbeing in each stage of life.

Two men smiling and laughing at each other. One has Down's syndrome.

Health and Wellbeing Research Leads

Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch

Dr. Lise Olsen

Projects

Parents with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

We acknowledge that UBC’s campuses and learning sites are situated within the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh and in the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation and their peoples.