Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them)
Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them) is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Lethbridge as of July 1, 2024. Prior to the faculty appointment, they were the Gender Equity Advisor at CGSHE and postdoctoral fellow at CGSHE/ UBC with Professor Kate Shannon. Their qualitative, mixed-methods and arts-based research explores trans people’s health, wellness and experiences accessing healthcare, with a particular focus on reproductive and sexual health. Dr. Lowik’s work spans menstruation, abortion, perinatal mental health, pregnancy, fertility, sterilization and menopause, alongside substance use and mental health; they are also interested in medical, nursing and midwifery education, addressing the erasure of intersex, trans and Two-Spirit people from formal healthcare curricula. Dr. Lowik leads the CGSHE’s Gender & Sex in Methods & Measurement Research Equity Toolkit. The GSMM toolkit includes nine detailed, open access and self-guided tools for researchers who are…
Pressing Onward: How Migrant Mothers Resist Legal Violence
In this presentation, Dr. CerdeƱa discusses how state failure in Latin America drives migration to the United States, how racist and capitalist policies of immigration enforcement control migrant bodies, and how migrant mothers living in Connecticut demonstrate āimperative resilienceā to build futures for their families. WATCH NOW
Evaluating Inequities in Refugee & Im/migrant Health Service Access
This talk summarizes key findings and recommendations from the IRIS project, which is completing 5 years of mixed-methods data collection and analysis understand the health experiences of immigrants and migrants (im/migrants) in British Columbia. WATCH NOW
Caring for Older People Living with HIV/AIDS in Long-Term Care & Assisted Living
Leah Coppella (she/her) is a PhD student in the SFU Department of Geography, supervised by Dr. Valorie Crooks. Leah is a health services researcher, freelancer and community organizer. WATCH NOW
Relationship Between Eviction & Syndemics Outcomes Among Women Living with HIV
Bea Lehmann (she/her) is a CGSHE Trainee and an MSc student in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia supervised by Dr. Kathleen Deering. She is using data from the SHAWNA project, focusing on eviction amongst women living with HIV. WATCH NOW
Geographic Access to Gender-Affirming Care
In this talk, Dr. Avery Everhart explores geographic access to gender-affirming care. She outlines a case study modeling access to gender-affirming hormone therapy in Texas, and looks at some preliminary data on travel patterns in accessing gender-affirming care. WATCH NOW
Troubling the Taken for Granted: Gender & Sex in Health Research
Dr. A.J. Lowik explores common methodological and measurement missteps when it comes to research on gender and sex. They demonstrate how accuracy, precision and inclusion can facilitate more robust and equitable research praxis. WATCH NOW
Moderated Q&A with the Trainees
Co-hosted by CGSHE in the UBC Faculty of Medicine and SFU Faculty of Health Sciences, the Fall 2023 Trainee Research Symposium took place on October 26 in the UBC SPPH Building. The symposium featured five of CGSHEās trainees. Following their presentations, CGSHE Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. A.J. Lowik led a moderated Q&A with our trainees. WATCH NOW
The AMPLIFY Project: Towards Equitable & Culturally Safe Health
Chelsey Perry (she/they) and Sasha Askarian (she/her) are a part of the AMPLIFY Project. The projectĀ aims to privilege Indigenous community-based voices to directly inform culturally safe and equitable sexual, reproductive health and justice for Indigenous women (cis and trans), Two-Spirit and gender diverse peoples throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. WATCH NOW
Access to Health & Community-based Services Among Asian-racialized Women Sex Workers
Dr. Ran Hu (she/her) is a UBC Postdoctoral Fellow under Dr. Andrea KrĆ¼si and Dr. Shira Goldenberg in the UBC Division of Social Medicine. Ranās scholarship is situated in the field of gender-based violence, primarily focusing on interpersonal and structural violence against sex workers, trafficking, and intimate partner violence. WATCH NOW