Ray Jewett

Ray Jewett (he/him)

PhD Candidate
Dr. Kathi Wilson, supervisor

Research and Professional Interests

Ray is a PhD Candidate in the Spatial Information Systems program at the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto. Ray's doctoral thesis designs a spatial index and accompanying measurement framework to assess gaps in equitable access to public health services across Ontario. Ray's work integrates Critical GIS, mixed methods, health services and policy research, and institutional ethnography to improve measurement of the social environment in health service planning and funding.
 
Ray currently leads spatial data infrastructure design and equitable access measurement for the Northern Regions Business Intelligence and Analytics Unit with Ontario Health. Ray teaches Health Geography and GIS for Population Health, as well as Population and Society (Dept of Sociology).
 
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.

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

Master of Geographic Information Systems (UCalgary, 2017)
BSc (McMaster, 2012)
 

Administrative Service

Co-Founder and Chair, GeoHealth Network (2018 - Present)
Advisor, Infectious Disease Working Group, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
 

Publications

  1. Cheng, I., Rosychuk, R. J., Yeom, D. S., Jewett, R. L., Bielska, I. A., Hayward, J., ... & Canadian COVID-19 Emergency Department Rapid Response Network (CCEDRRN) Investigators. (2024). The association between neighbourhood marginalization and SARS-CoV-2 outcomes in patients presenting to emergency departments. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 1-12.
  2. Global Preparedness Monitoring Board. (2023). Global Monitoring of Upstream Determinants of Health Emergencies - Annual Reports. https://www.gpmb.org/reports/m/item/global-monitoring-of-upstream-determ.... Contribution: Indicators of Health Emergencies Across the Built and Natural Environments and Policy Options.
  3. 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.
  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.

Research

Field of Study

Economic Geography
GIS, Spatial Analysis & Modelling
Health
Policy & Planning
Rural
Social & Political Geography
 

Area of Interest

Spatial Data Infrastructure, Critical GIS, Digital Democracy, Open Data, Equitable Resource Allocation, Human Centered Design, Science Communication

Research Supervisor / Mentor
Dr. Kathi Wilson