Jerry Maniate
MD, M.Ed, FRCPC, FACP, CCPE, CPC(HC), EMBA(C)
Affiliate Investigator
Founding Director
Equity in Health Systems Lab
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Innovation in Medical Education, University of Ottawa
About:
Dr. Jerry Maniate is a clinician-educator at The Ottawa Hospital, an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa and a researcher at the Bruyère Health Research Institute, the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and the uOttawa Music and Health Research Institute. After his medical school and residency training at the University of Manitoba, Dr. Maniate completed his Master of Education at the University of Toronto and joint fellowship at the Wilson Centre for Research in Education and the Centre for Faculty Development.
He then took on the role of a community-based clinician educator and served as the inaugural Chief of the Department of Medical Education, Research & Scholarship at St. Joseph’s Health Centre in Toronto before taking on the role of Vice President of Education for The Ottawa Hospital in 2017. His role expanded to the inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Education where he led the establishment of the organization’s Diversity & Inclusion Council and its initial EDI Strategic Plan.
In 2021, Dr. Maniate founded the Equity in Health Systems Lab (EqHS), an international transdisciplinary team of researchers, health care professionals, educators, policymakers, learners, and patients who are seeking to make an impact on our community and health system with the work they are engaged with through a unique approach. His academic work and that of the EqHS Lab has been focused on understanding and addressing inequities, racism, and injustice in our health systems through collaborative partnerships.
He is actively engaged and recognized nationally and internationally for furthering the dialogue on these important topics and was invited to serve as the EDIA Cross-Cutting Theme Lead for the $45 million federally funded national Team Primary Care Project led by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. He is currently pursuing his Executive MBA and has been enjoying being a student again.
Research Interests:
Health equity, accessibility, social justice, higher/medical education, leadership.
Select Publications:
Osei-Tutu K, Duchesne N, Barnabe C, Richardson L, Razack S, Thoma B, Maniate JM. (2023). Anti-racism in CanMEDS 2025. Canadian Medical Education Journal.
Barnabe C, Osei-Tutu K, Maniate JM, Razack S, Wong BM, Thoma B, Duchesne N. Equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice in CanMEDS 2025. (2023). Canadian Medical Education Journal.
Do V, Maniate JM, Sultan N, Sonnenberg L. (2023). The 4C’s of influence framework: fostering leadership development through character, competence, connection and culture. Leadership in Health Services.
Olivier S, Bell C, Jones C, Maniate J. (2022). When healthcare leadership and philanthropy lead to an improved patient experience: The Paul Lepsoe Music Initiative. Patient Experience Journal.
Sukera J, Richardson L, Maniate JM, Chan MK. (2020). A framework for inclusive leadership in health care. Canadian Journal Physician Leadership.
Contact:
jmaniate@toh.ca
Learn more at www.eqhslab.com