Jim Dunn, Ph.D. is the Senator William McMaster Chair in Urban Health Equity and Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University. In 2020, he established the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative (CHEC), a knowledge mobilization and research capacity-building hub funded by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Trained in urban health geography and social epidemiology, he has published in geography, public health, urban planning and epidemiology and has worked closely with governments at all levels to address issues related to the effects of income security, affordable housing and urban development on health and healthy child development.