Eugenia Canas Memorial Award in Health Equity
Eugenia Canas, BA’96, PhD’19, was a passionate advocate for marginalized populations and focused her research endeavors on the design and implementation of youth mental health policy and programs and supporting those impacted by trauma, violence and inequities.
A respected member of Western’s Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion, she worked tirelessly to educate health and social service providers, and organizations, to practice in a trauma- and violence-informed way and co-led the development of a knowledge mobilization project to share findings about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on services for women experiencing violence.
In all her activities, she was a deeply valued friend and colleague, a source of strength, a wonderful mentor, and a role model to diverse populations of youth
Established by a generous donation from Helene Berman & Mark Flink, Nadine Wathen & Family, and many generous friends of Eugenia Canas, this award will be provided annually to a student enrolled full-time in a graduate program in Health Information Science. Preference will be given to a student from an equity-deserving group and/or a student who is conducting research in health equity with a preference for students conducting research involving youth.