What is the Patient and Partner Advisory Committee (PPAC)?
The PPAC helps ensure that patient and community voices meaningfully shape the project. This includes:
- Working in partnership with patients, families, community organizations, and system partners
- Respecting diverse ways of knowing, healing, and experiencing health
- Supporting inclusive and equitable participation in decision-making
- Ensuring research benefits are meaningful and relevant to communities
- Protecting privacy and supporting responsible, ethical data use
The MOSAIC project is guided by ethics, community voices, and a strong belief that research must be done with communities, not just about them.
The PPAC is a group of individuals from B.C. and the Yukon that includes:
- Patients and family members with lived experience of heart health conditions
- Individuals from diverse communities
- Community partners and advocates
- Individuals with experience in research, health systems, or advisory roles
What the PPAC does
- Promotes cultural respect and safety
- Guides ethical research practices
- Shapes community engagement
- Brings lived experience and community voice
- Supports continuity and leadership
