Partner with us
We work with community organizations, advocacy groups and patient networks to co-create research and education in accessibility in biomedicine. Every partnership starts with a conversation.
Ways to work together
Partnerships can take many forms. These are some of the ways community organizations work with us.
Co-create research
Shape the questions, methods and interpretation of studies through participatory, co-created approaches.
Co-design learning
Help develop case studies, course content and guest sessions for graduate education in accessibility in biomedicine.
Share stories
Bring lived experience into research, teaching and public engagement that shape more inclusive systems.
Propose a student project
Bring an accessibility challenge your community faces to graduate students, whose research projects can help address it.
Mobilize knowledge
Co-produce plain-language summaries, workshops and resources so findings reach the people they affect.
How a partnership works
Connect
We meet to learn about your organization, your community and its priorities.
Co-design
Together we agree on goals, roles, timelines and access needs.
Create
We build the research, course content or resources side by side, checking in along the way.
Share back
Results return to your community in formats that work for everyone.
Our commitments to partners
Good partnerships take care. Here is what you can expect from us.
Lived experience is expertise
Community knowledge sits alongside academic knowledge, from the first conversation to the final report.
Accessible from the start
We ask about access needs early and plan meetings, materials and timelines around them.
Shared decisions, shared credit
Partners help set goals and are recognized for their contributions.
Results come back to you
What we learn together is shared with your community in plain, accessible language.
Relationships, not one-off projects
We aim for partnerships that grow over time and serve your priorities as well as ours.
Start the conversation
There is no fixed format and no application. Send us a short email and we will set up a time to talk, in person, by phone or online, in English or French.
It helps to tell us
- The name of your organization and the community you serve
- What you hope to explore, create or change
- How and in which language you prefer to meet
- Any access needs, so we can plan around them
Not sure if your organization is a fit? Write to us anyway. Many partnerships begin with a single conversation.