Research Events

Trainee Research Symposiums

Spring 2024 Symposium

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Time

Presentation

Speaker

12:30 pm Arrival, Snacks & Welcome Dr. A.J. Lowik
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
12:45 pm “Come Back with a Dead Baby”: Arts-based Analysis of 2741 Service User’s Narratives of Obstetric Violence Dr. Kaveri Mayra
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
1:00 pm Lunch N
A
1:25 pm Prevalence & Social-structural Correlates of Eviction among Women Living with HIV in Vancouver Bea Lehmann
UBC MSc Student
1:40 pm Caring for Older People Living with HIV/AIDS in
Long-Term Care & Assisted Living
Leah Coppella
SFU PhD Student
1:55 pm Moderated Q&A Session Dr. A.J. Lowik
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Fall 2023 Symposium

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Time

Presentation

Speaker

12:30 pm Arrival, Snacks & Welcome Dr. A.J. Lowik
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
12:50 pm Drug & Sex Work Criminalization in the Context of Evolving Police Policies & Strategies Emma Stirling-Cameron
UBC PhD Student
1:05 pm Gendered & Racial Experiences of Moral Distress:
A Scoping Review
Alice Murage
SFU PhD Student
1:15 pm Lunch N
A
1:25 pm Equitable & Accessible Contraception Care
for Rural Vancouver Island Youth
Bronte Johnston
UBC PhD Student
1:40 pm Access to Health & Community Services Among
Asian-racialized Women Sex Workers
Dr. Ran Hu
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
1:55 pm The AMPLIFY Project: Towards Equitable &
Culturally Safe Health
Chelsey Perry
& Sasha Askarian
2:10 pm Moderated Q&A Session Dr. A.J. Lowik
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

Spring 2023 Symposium

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Time

Talk Title

Speaker

12:30 pm Arrival, Snacks & Welcome Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them)
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow
12:50 pm Investigating the Impact of Violence on
Health & HIV Care
Mika Ohtsuka (she/they)
UBC MPH Student
1:03 pm Barriers to Mental Health Services Access Among Women Living with HIV in Metro Vancouver, BC Parisa Kabir (she/her)
UBC BSc Student
1:15 pm Lunch N
A
1:35 pm Two(Spirit)-Eyed Seeing for Autistic Wellbeing Milo Ira (they/them)
SFU MSc Student
1:47 pm

The Experiences of Non-Binary Youth in
Organized Team Sport in Canada

Martha Gumprich (they/them)
SFU MSc Student
2:00 pm Exploring Cannabis Use Amongst Transgender,
Non-Binary & Gender Non-Conforming Youth
Christian Barborini (they/them)
UBC MSc Student
2:12 pm Moderated Q&A Session Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them)
UBC Postdoctoral Fellow

2021 Symposium

 

Watch the Recording

Our inaugural symposium featured lightening style talks by CGSHE-affiliated UBC and SFU trainees on a variety of topics, ranging from impact of the pandemic on sex workers to the experiences of non-binary youth in Canadian sports. Presenters include Martha Gumprich (they/she), Brett Koenig (they/he), Alexander Korzuchowski (he/him), Niki Oveisi (she/her), Jennie Pearson (she/her),  Amrit Tiwana (she/her). The event was moderated by CGSHE trainee and SFU Research Fellow Alice Murage (she/her). WATCH NOW

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Time

 

Talk Title

Speaker

12:00 pm  

Moderator welcome & land acknowledgement

 

Alice Murage (she/her)
SFU Research Fellow
12:05 pm  

Geographic distribution of conversion therapy in Canada

 

Amrit Tiwana (she/her)
SFU BSc Student
12:15 pm  

The experiences of nurses during COVID-19 in British Columbia, Canada

 

Niki Oveisi (she/her)
UBC PhD Student
12:25 pm  

Sex workers’ access to Government Relief Funds during COVID-19: results of a community-based cohort in Metro Vancouver

 

Jennie Pearson (she/her)
UBC PhD Student
12:35 pm  

Investigating the experience of Canadian non-binary individuals in organized sport

 

Martha Gumprich (they/she)
SFU MSc Student
12:45 pm  

Experiences of women working in long-term care facilities in British Columbia during COVID-19

 

Alexander Korzuchowski (he/him)
SFU Research Assistant
12:55 pm  

Gender, violence, and sex work: Barriers to reporting violence among men and non-binary sex workers under end-demand criminalization

 

Brett Koenig (they/he)
UBC MSc Student
1:05 pm  

Moderated Q&A Session

 

Alice Murage (she/her)
SFU Research Fellow