Birth Place Lab

The Birth Place Lab (BPL) in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia is located on the traditional and unceded lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Tsleil-waututh Nations. Our lab facilitates community-based participatory research, and knowledge translation around equitable access to high quality perinatal services. We are focused on four domains of collective action: (1) person-centred measurement of equity, quality, and safety; (2) designing and implementing accountability tools and systems; (3) improving health professional education on anti-oppression, anti-racism, and cultural safety; and (4) expanding representation in the perinatal research and clinical workforce. All of our projects aim to reduce or eliminate systems that reinforce marginalization, and to amplify the voices of service users. Our mission is to promote reproductive justice through inclusive, participatory research and transform policy, practice, and experience of care through knowledge transfer.