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Professor Caroline Tait is affiliated with the University of Alberta, holding dual appointments as Professor in the Faculty of Social Work and as Professor in the Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences. She also serves as the Indigenous Lead for the Indigenous Platform at the Canadian Donation and Transplantation Research Program and as a Child Health & Wellness Researcher at the Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute.
Her research program is community-based, highly applied, and critically examines historical and present-day discrimination against Indigenous peoples. Key focus areas include addressing structural racism across human service sectors, entrenching First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) research sovereignty, supporting Indigenous leadership in research, advancing understanding of social suffering's political economy, and developing practical knowledge translation with community partners.
Research interests encompass:
- Addictions
- Ethics
- Health Service Research
- Policy
- Transplantation
- Indigenous Research Methodologies
- Data Sovereignty
- Social Determinants of Health
Professor Tait is actively involved in the University of Alberta's Child Health and Wellness strategic initiative (2020-2025), working to integrate Indigenous perspectives into child health research frameworks.
She maintains an office at MacKimmie MK302 with contact information including cell: 306.280.4968 and office: 403.220.6857.
