A national collaboration of scholars addressing vaccination mis/disinformation, public trust, and equitable access — with health equity at the centre.
The Bridge Research Consortium (BRC) is a collaboration of scholars designed to increase knowledge of and strategies to address challenges related to vaccination mis/disinformation, public trust, and equitable access. Co-led by Dr. Kelley Lee (Simon Fraser University) and Dr. Ève Dubé (Laval University), health equity is a central focus throughout.
The BRC prioritizes learning about the needs of priority populations including Indigenous, racialized, and rural and remote communities — not as an afterthought, but as an orienting question.
This contribution builds on Equity Science Lab leadership including the SOLVE study, which re-imagined governance for a more equitable future in COVID vaccine responses — and on our deep expertise in governance, public engagement, and deliberative dialogue.
Katrina Plamondon and team lead BRIIDGE — Building Relational Immune-based Innovations DialoGuE — a complementary platform within the BRC designed to ignite conversation and build capacity where it's needed most.
Convening people affected by or connected to priorities within the nexus of vaccine equity, accessibility, and acceptability in Canada — centring those most impacted in conversations that shape policy.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025Supporting researchers, regulators, life scientists, and industry partners connected to BRC and the Immuno-Engineering and Biomanufacturing Hub with evidence-informed equity principles for everyday work.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025Mis/disinformation takes hold where institutions have failed communities, where access is unequal, and where voices have been excluded from the decisions that affect them most.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025Vaccine hesitancy is rarely about a lack of information. It's about a lack of trust in systems that have historically excluded, harmed, or ignored particular communities.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025Spaces where researchers, community members, regulators, and industry can meet across difference — not to broadcast, but to listen, question, and build shared understanding.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025When equity is designed in from the start — in funding, in governance, in who gets to be in the room — public health systems become more resilient, more trusted, and more just.
Bridge Research Consortium · 2025We collaborate with researchers, community organisations, and health institutions. If the BRC's work resonates with yours, we'd love to hear from you.