Pam Young
Pam Young pamyoungubc@gmail.com Researcher Peer mentor Areas of Interest: • Aboriginal Health • Access and Resources to Health Care • Addictions • Health Education and Advocacy • Health of Sex Workers Highlighted work: Pam Young works with women leaving prison to help them access health-related resources in the community. She is a research lead for the […]
Anna Foschi
Anna Foschi volunteers@vlmfss.ca Community Organization member Volunteers Management Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • Cultural Safety • Health Education and Advocacy • Housing Highlighted work: Anna Foschi has been working in a counselling agency for the past 20 years. At Vancouver & Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Service Society (www.vlmfss.ca), she […]
Dora Replanski
Dora Replanski amssahealth@amssa.org Researcher Community Organization member Sociologist in Community Health Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • Cultural Safety • Health Education and Advocacy • New Comer Health Highlighted work: Dora Replanski promotes community connections, information and orientation to support newcomers to BC to access health information and services. She has […]
Sarah Dobson
Sarah Dobson sarah.c.dobson@gmail.com Twitter: @sarahcdobson LinkedIn: ca.linkedin.com/in/sarahcdobson Researcher Community Organization member Research administrative staff Population and public health (MSc) Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • Health Education and Advocacy • LGBT • Youth and Children’s Health Inequity • Health professions education Highlighted work: Sarah Dobson has been researching how physicians […]
Jerry Spiegel
Jerry Spiegel jerry.spiegel@ubc.ca Researcher Professor, School of Population & Public Health, UBC Areas of Interest: • Aboriginal Health • Environmental and Occupational Health • Food Security • Health Education and Advocacy • Health Technology • Health, Human Rights, and Liberation Medicine • Global Health Highlighted work: Dr. Spiegel is involved in various Global Health Research […]
Renee Turner
Renee Turner ccphe@familymed.ubc.ca Researcher in Public Health Area of Interest: • Prison Medicine Highlighted work: Renee Turner coordinates 3 community-based prison health projects focusing on preventive health, cancer prevention and HIV at The Collaborating Centre for Prison Health and Education (CCPHE). Opportunities for Involvement: • Mentorship • Educational lectures • Practicum placements • CCPHE offers a prison […]
Susan Strega
Susan Strega sstrega@uvic.ca Researcher Professor, Social Work, UVic Area of Interest: • Health of Sex Workers Highlighted work: Dr. Strega’s research studies street sex workers, families of street sex workers, and transitioning out of street sex work. As well, she studies the demand side of street sex work, including the motivation and attitudes of male customers. Opportunities […]
Andrea Jones
Andrea Jones Twitter: @aajonesy MD/PhD student, UBC Areas of Interest: • Access and Resources to Health Care • Addictions • Health Education and Advocacy Highlighted work: Andrea Jones’s doctoral research is in the field of addictions and mental illness and is located in Downtown Eastside, Vancouver. She is also the founder of the UBC Chapter for […]
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC
Coalition of Child Care Advocates of BC Description: CCCABC supports the development of a high quality, comprehensive, accessible and affordable non-profit child care system in BC and across Canada. CCCABC’s vision for a high quality child care system is supported by a growing body of research which confirms that the quality of care that children receive during their […]
Collaborating Center for Prison Health Education (CCPHE)
Collaborating Center for Prison Health Education (CCPHE) Areas of Interest: • Prison Health • Aboriginal Health • Access and Resources to Health Care • Addictions • Women’s Health Inequity Description: CCPHE is conducting preventive health research in order to promote and improve holistic and preventative health practices of incarcerated individuals in the areas of mental health […]