Oct. 18 – Becoming Young Parents on the Streets of Vancouver B.C.
Dr. Fast will discuss factors that impact decisions about pregnancy and early parenting among young people who use drugs in the context of unstable housing and homelessness in Vancouver, B.C.
Sep. 20 – Intersections Between HIV Status Disclosure, Consent & Sexual Health
Aligning with the focus of this year’s World Sexual Health Day, Dr. Kathleen Deering will speak to the intersections between disclosure of HIV status, consent and sexual health in the context of discriminatory laws and practices in Canada.
Nov. 15: Troubling the Taken for Granted: Gender and Sex in Health Research
Dr. A.J. Lowik will explore common methodological and measurement missteps when it comes to gender and sex, and demonstrate how accuracy, precision and inclusion can facilitate more robust and equitable research praxis.
May 17 – Queer Worldmaking in Mental Health
Dr. Meera Dhebar will discuss the centering of queer of colour cultural knowledge within the professional practice of mental health systems to move beyond the current models of LGBT competencies and affirming therapy to a practice called “queer worldmaking”.
Gender/Sex/ual Diversity: Towards More Liberatory Theory & Measurement
Many scientific approaches to gender/sex/uality rely on binaries, and are limiting, inaccurate, and a cause of harm, especially to marginalized groups. In this talk, Dr. Sari van Anders discusses new research about gender/sex/uality that is built for and from gender/sex/ual diversity.
Mar. 28 – CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium
We proudly present the CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium! The symposium will showcase ten-minute presentations by CGSHE trainees from UBC and SFU on intersectional approaches to gender equity and sexual health, followed by a Q&A session moderated by UBC Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. A.J. Lowik.
Mar. 15 – Beyond the Binaries: Detransition in Sexual & Gender Minority Communities
In this presentation, Dr. Kinnon R. MacKinnon will provide a brief overview of the state of the research on detransition. He will share key insights learned from the Re/DeTrans Canada research study which was the first national, qualitative study into the experiences of shifting or reversing a gender transition and related care needs.
Vancouver Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Change Efforts (SOGIECE) Dialogue
This dialogue event was co-hosted by the CGSHE in partnership with the BCCDC, CBRC & SFU. CGSHE faculty member Dr. Travis Salway and Drawing Change’s Sam Bradd organized the dialogue. This event gathered key figures to address the impacts of these harmful practices, support survivors of SOGIECE and develop a community-led research agenda.
Community-Based Assessment of LGBTQ/2S Education & Research in BC
CGSHE co-hosted this event with Qmunity. The event was funded by a Convening Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR).
Interdisciplinary Migration and Refugee Research Workshop
CGSHE and SFU International’s Refugee and Newcomer Program co-hosted this one-day workshop for SFU researchers to work on refugee and migration issues, foster a community and catalyze related work with community partners and stakeholders.