Ali Tatum

As Equity and Community Strategist, Ali Tatum provides strategic direction and expertise to the Birth Place Lab on justice in community-centered, health services research and knowledge translation. She designs and leads implementation of best practices for inclusive excellence in BPL activities, including community engagement, participatory action research, and knowledge translation.  She advises on strategies to ensure equity and respectful community partnerships across the program of research. Ali has provided her expertise on anti-racist action to the University community through various roles, including serving on the inaugural Black Caucus Executive team, serving on the Academic Advisory Council of the Peter Wall Institute.  She designed and implemented the first Black Mental Wellness program at UBC, where culture matched counselling services were provided for Black UBC students, faculty and staff. Ali Tatum is also founding director of Colour Wave Consulting, which provides reproductive justice and equity training, culturally appropriate engagement strategies and knowledge translation for research groups and community organizations. Through Colour Wave, Ali works to facilitate change management to build more inclusive and equitable teams.