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Studying racial and ethnic health inequality in Canada requires a distinctly Canadian approach. A patient and two health-care workers talking in the waiting room of a health clinic

May 11, 2026

Studying racial and ethnic health inequality in Canada: What we need to get right

Chloe Sher, University of Toronto

To effectively address health disparities, research needs to be grounded in Canada’s realities, not simply adapted from models developed elsewhere.

The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

November 7, 2024

The Ontario Science Centre is the perfect site for a multi‑purpose sports complex

Chloe Sher, University of Toronto and Caroline Fusco, University of Toronto

A new sports centre could bring together diverse groups, foster stronger social ties, encourage collaboration, and enhance mutual understanding and respect among Torontonians.

Cyclists ride along Lake Shore Boulevard East as road closures come into effect for the return of the ActiveTO program in Toronto in May, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Yader Guzman

August 18, 2021

Making ActiveTO permanent will make exercise accessible to everyone by providing open and safe space

Chloe Sher, University of Toronto

ActiveTO and programs like it across the country create more urban public space for exercising and can remove a major barrier to physical activity: lack of open and safe space.

World Day for Physical Activity is April 6. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many peoples’ physical exercise routines have been disrupted. (Shutterstock)

April 6, 2021

A year into the pandemic, COVID‑19 exercise slump has hit women harder

Chloe Sher, University of Toronto and Caroline Fusco, University of Toronto

Research shows that the gaps in physical exercise have widened substantially between men and women, whites and non-whites, rich and poor and educated and less educated: especially during the pandemic.

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