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.
Leading interdisciplinary, community-based, policy and clinical research to better understand and promote gender and sexual health equity among marginalized and under-serviced communities in BC, Canada and globally.
Promoting evidence-based and ethical policy development on gender equity and sexual health to improve health and wellbeing.
Providing leadership in research-to-practice through training opportunities, education and evidence-based best practices for a wide range of practitioners.
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.
Researchers aren’t always working with primary data, they often work with pre-existing, secondary and older data. Sometimes, this means that the data being used was not collected in a way that aligns with recommended practices for measuring gender, sex and sexuality. How should researchers deal with these issues? Tool #6 provides some strategies and tips.