Right to a healthy city? Examining the relationship between urban space and health inequity by Aboriginal youth artist-activists in Winnipeg

► Critical Hip Hop Pedagogy provides a philosophy of inquiry to examine urban health inequity from the perspectives of youth. ► Youth's mobility is affected at multiple geographic scales owing to internal and external health threats. ► Resolving health inequities can thus benefit from a right to healthy city perspective. ► The research provides insight for community-driven policy action aimed at resolving urban health inequities.