About Dr. Tamara Daly, Professor

Dr. Tamara Daly is a feminist political economist and health services researcher, a Professor at York University, the Director of the York University Centre for Aging Research and Education, and the Director of the SSHRC Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities in Communities.  She held a CIHR Research Chair in Gender, Care Work and Health (2013-2018). Her scholarship highlights gender and health access and outcomes; advances working, living and visiting conditions in long term residential care; and promotes promising practices, principles and policies to improve access and health equity for older adults and for those who provide their care.  She has authored more than 100 academic and plain language publications, is the recipient of teaching and research awards, and actively supervises students’ research and towards publication.  As an expert in care work, community supports, home care ageing and long-term care, Dr. Daly is frequently featured in the media on health care topics and at research and policy conferences.

Current Roles:

• Professor in the Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy & Management at York University.
• Director of the York University Centre for Aging Research and Education (YU-CARE).
• Project Director of the SSHRC Partnership for Age-Friendly Communities in Communities.
• Nominated Principal Investigator the project What’s Past is Prologue: Comparing Long-term Care Workers and Working Conditions Between Canada and Nordic Countries 10 Years Later.
• Principal Investigator the project Invisible Women
• Nominated Principal Investigator on a project to adapt the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) to South Asian communities in York Region
• Professor in the Faculty of Health, School of Health Policy & Management at York University.
• Co-investigator and Theme leader on the project Seniors-Adding Life to Years (SALTY).
• Co-investigator and Co-theme leader in an international 7 year, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MCRI) project entitled Re-imagining Long Term Residential Care: an International Study of Promising Practices.
• Dr. Tamara Daly held a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Chair in Gender, Work and Health (2013 – 2018)

Dr. Tamara Daly was awarded the 2014/15 Faculty of Health Dean’s Research Award in the Established Career Category. She is a 3x recipient of a York University Special Recognition for Research Leadership (2013, 2014, 2018); a CIHR and Mental Health Commission of Canada People’s Choice Award (2017); the Faculty of Health Dean’s Teaching Award – Early Career (2012); and the McMaster University / CHEPA 19^th Annual Labelle Lectureship (2010). She has held a CIHR Research Chair, A CIHR / CHSRF Postdoctoral Fellowship Award; and a CIHR / NHRDP Doctoral Scholarship.