Ray Jewett

Ray Jewett (he/him)

PhD Candidate
Dr. Kathi Wilson, supervisor

Research and Professional Interests

Ray is a community health geographer born in Oakville, Ontario. Ray’s family is white- European, from Belgium and France and settled in Canada 3 generations ago in rural Ontario and Saskatchewan. Ray currently lives in Hamilton and has lived in Calgary and Squamish. Ray co-founded and is the Chair of the GeoHealth Network, a student-focused organization that builds capacity for health geography through free geography education, resources and community events. Ray was a 2019 - 2020 CIHR Health System Impact Fellow with the Canadian Institute for Health Information and a 2020 Queen Elizabeth II Science and Technology Scholar. Ray contributed to the CIHR-IPPH lead project United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery and has written policy on built and natural environmental indicators of community health that was presented at the 75th World Health Organization General Assembly. Ray’s research program integrates spatial information systems and geography theory into community health service planning and policy. Ray’s doctoral research measures the accessibility and utilization of primary care across Ontario. 

Honours and Awards

  • 2023 University of Toronto – Dept of Geography, John D. Barnes Geodetic Sciences Fellowship
  • 2021 University of Toronto, Dept of Geography and Planning, Research Award
  • 2020-2021  Esri Canada, University of Toronto, Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology
  • 2020  UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Conference – Poster Award 2020
  • 2019-2020  University of Toronto, Dept of Geography and Planning, Research Award
  • 2019-2020  Canadian Institutes for Health Research – IPPH, Health System Impact Fellowship – Doctoral Award
  • 2018  Canadian Urban Environmental Health Research Consortium (CANUE),  Travel Award (IMGS 2019)
  • 2018  University of Toronto – Dept of Geography, John D. Barnes Geodetic Sciences Fellowship
  • 2016  Canadian Institutes for Health Research – IHSPR, Travel Award (Canadian Stroke Congress 2016)
  • 2016  University of Calgary, School of Graduate Studies, Graduate Student Fellowship
  • 2014  McMaster University, Experiential Education Grant Travel Award (CASPHR 2014)
  • 2013  Canadian Stroke Network, Travel Award (Canadian Stroke Congress 2013)
  • 2011-2014 Population Health Research Institute/McMaster University, Summer Studentship Grant (4x)

Teaching

Course Instructor/Sessional Instructor

  1. Geographic Information and Mapping II (GGR273), Summer 2024, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto – St. George
  2. Geography of Canada (GGR202), Spring 2024, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto 
  3. Population and Society (SOC312), Summer 2023, Summer 2024, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto 
  4. Geospatial Analysis for Public Health (HLSC 3Q90), Fall 2022, Department of Health Sciences, Brock University
  5. GIS for Population Health (GGR322), Winter 2022, Department of Geography, Geomatics and Environment, University of Toronto Mississauga
  6. Geospatial Analysis for Public Health (HLSC 3Q90), Fall 2021, Department of Health Sciences, Brock University
  7. Introductory Analytical Methods (GGR270), Fall 2020, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto – St. George
  8. Health Geography (GGR 340), Spring 2020, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto – St. George
Education
PhD Candidate - University of Toronto, 2017 - Present
Master of Geography Information Systems (MGIS) - University of Calgary, 2017
BS Life Sciences - McMaster University, 2012

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Paper

  1. Friesen, E. L., Kurdyak, P., Jewett, R., Smith, B., Hobin, E., Tanuseputro, P., & Myran, D. (2022). Associations between the physical availability of alcohol and alcohol use: Regional variation across 15 major cities in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, jsad-21.
  2. Jewett R, Mah SM, Howell N, Larsen MM. (2021). Social Cohesion and Community Resilience During COVID-19 and Pandemics: A Rapid Scoping Review to Inform the United Nations Research Roadmap for COVID-19 Recovery. International Journal of Health Services. Doi: 10.1177/0020731421997092. Available online.
  3. SPOR Evidence Alliance (Atlantic). “The implementation of rapid point of care testing in non-traditional settings”. Halifax, NS. A rapid review for the Health Canada COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel. February 2021. Available on their website (https://sporevidencealliance.ca/) and at this link. 
  4. United Nations (UN). “United Nations Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery”. New York, NY. November 2020. Available from: https://www.un.org/en/pdfs/UNCOVID19ResearchRoadmap.pdf. Contribution: scoping review for Pillar 5: Social Cohesion and Community Resilience during COVID-19 and Pandemics.
  5. Greenwood-Lee J, Jewett R, Woodhouse L, Marshall DA. A categorisation of problems and solutions to improve patient referrals from primary to specialty care. BMC Health Services Research. 2018 Dec;18(1):986.
  6. Jewett R, Harroud A, Hill MD, Côté R, Wein T, Smith EE, Gubitz G, Demchuk AM, Sahlas DJ, Gladstone DJ, Lindsay MP. Secondary stroke prevention services in Canada: a cross-sectional survey and geospatial analysis of resources, capacity and geographic access. CMAJ open. 2018 Feb;6(1):E95-102.
  7. Holodinsky JK, Patel AB, Thornton J, Kamal N, Jewett R, Kelly PJ, Murphy S, Collins R, Walsh T, Cronin S, Power S. Drip and ship versus direct to endovascular thrombectomy: The impact of treatment times on transport decision-making. European Stroke Journal. 2018 Feb 14:2396987318759362.
  8. Jewett R, Mirian A, Connolly B, Silver FL, Sahlas DJ. Use of Geospatial Modeling to Evaluate the Impact of Telestroke on Access to Stroke Thrombolysis in Ontario. Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2017 Jul 1;26(7):1400-6.
  9. Barber CE, Jewett R, Badley EM, Lacaille D, Cividino A, Ahluwalia V, Averns H, Baillie C, Ellsworth J, Pope J, Levy D. Stand up and be counted: measuring and mapping the rheumatology workforce in Canada. The Journal of Rheumatology. 2016 Dec 1:jrheum-160621.

Organization White Papers

  1. Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. (2022). Global Monitoring of Upstream Determinants of Health Emergencies. Presented to the World Health Organization 75th General Assembly. May 2022. Contribution: Indicators of health emergencies in the built and natural environment. Available at https://www.gpmb.org/home Fall 2022.
  2. SPOR Evidence Alliance (Atlantic). “The implementation of rapid point of care testing in non-traditional settings”. Halifax, NS. A rapid review for the Health Canada COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel. February 2021. Available on their website (https://sporevidencealliance.ca/) and at this link. 
  3. United Nations (UN). “United Nations Research Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery”. New York, NY. November 2020. Available from: https://www.un.org/en/pdfs/UNCOVID19ResearchRoadmap.pdf. Contribution: scoping review for Pillar 5: Social Cohesion and Community Resilience during COVID-19 and Pandemics.

 

Research

Research Supervisor / Mentor
Dr. Kathi Wilson