{"id":19,"date":"2025-03-18T23:12:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T23:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2025-12-22T22:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:04:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"min-height:139px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"937\" height=\"983\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-256 size-full\" alt=\"Photo of quilted blanket with greens, blues, purples, and reds. \" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/UU-Quilt2-cropped.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/UU-Quilt2-cropped.png 937w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/UU-Quilt2-cropped-286x300.png 286w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/UU-Quilt2-cropped-768x806.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 937px) 100vw, 937px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#673c57\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\"><strong>The U&amp;U Lab.<\/strong> Unlearning &amp; Undoing White Supremacy and Indigenous-Specific Racism in Population &amp; Public Health<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">We are an action-oriented research collaboration of First Nations, M\u00e9tis, and settler health scholars, leaders, and practitioners.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">We work to advance the rights and health of Indigenous Peoples by dismantling Indigenous-specific racism and white supremacy within population and public health systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-75012026 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-47c06fe3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\">Our Research Aims:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol style=\"line-height:1.75\" class=\"wp-block-list is-style-checkmark-list\">\n<li class=\"has-open-sans-font-family has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Mapping patterns of white supremacy and Indigenous-specific racism in population and public health structures, policies, practices, norms, and values.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Building, testing, and sharing evidence-based tools to advance true reconciliation in population and public health.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);margin-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40)\">Asking &#8220;is what we are doing working?&#8221; so that we can adapt and improve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/projects\/\">Our research <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-top is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1664\" height=\"1646\" src=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1.jpeg\" alt=\"Blue, amber, and green quilted square, with a star pattern in the centre. \" class=\"wp-image-356\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1.jpeg 1664w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1-300x297.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1-1024x1013.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1-768x760.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/Quitsquare1-1536x1519.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1664px) 100vw, 1664px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Learn More:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-bottom is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-0148032c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/about-us\/guiding-frameworks\/\">guiding frameworks<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/about-us\/leadership-accountability-circle\/\">leadership &amp; accountability circle<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-50 is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-contrast-3-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/about-us\/team\/\">Meet the U&amp;U team<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-256 size-full has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/unlearningundoinglab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9436\/2025\/08\/UU-Quilt2-cropped.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-e4fd886c wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:500px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U&amp;U Lab. 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