Lorraine Grieves
Lorraine Grieves Provincial Program Director, TransCare BC change@lorrainegrieves.com Lorraine Grieves, MA, R.C.C., is the Provincial Program Director of Trans Care BC at the Provincial Health Services Authority. Her current work focuses on improving access to gender-affirming care and supports through a community co-designed, multipronged approach. Her general research and publication interests include: peer-based approaches to […]
Lori MacIntosh
Lori MacIntosh, PhD Lecturer Lori received her Ph.D. from UBC in 2013. She has been teaching in the Faculty of Education since 2009, and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice and Critical Studies in Sexuality since 2011. Her research interests include gender and sexuality, youth studies, media studies, and the intersecting realms […]
Linnea Ritland
Linnea Ritland, BFA Video Production and Illustration Linnea Ritland is a half-Asian & queer video person based in Vancouver, BC. She is a settler on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waltuth) first nations lands, aka Vancouver, BC. They hold a BFA in film production from the University of British Columbia (UBC). They currently […]
Kyoung Hwa Joung
Kyoung Hwa Joung, PhD, RN, APN Professor, Department of Nursing, Jeonju University Kyoung Hwa Joung is a Ph.D. at the Yonsei University School of Nursing. Dr. Kyoung Hwa Joung is a registered nurse and advanced pediatric nurse practitioner in South Korea. Since 2012, she has been a professor of nursing in Jeonju University in […]
Kristopher Wells
Kristopher Wells, PhD Associate Professor and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan University Dr. Kristopher Wells (He/Him) is an Associate Professor and the Canada Research Chair (Tier II) for the Public Understanding of Sexual and Gender Minority Youth at MacEwan University. His scholarly work […]
Kenji Maeda
Kenji Maeda East Asian Advisory Coordinator
Elizabeth M. Saewyc
Elizabeth M. Saewyc PhD, RN, FSAHM, FCAHS, FAAN, FCAN Executive Director, SARAVYC Director & Professor, UBC School of Nursing Research Director, McCreary Centre Society she/herelizabeth.saewyc@ubc.ca Dr. Saewyc is a Professor, Distinguished University Scholar, and, since 2017, Director of the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver; she also founded and heads […]
Fall 2022 Lecture Series
Join us for our fall lecture series, a three part webinar selection on our current and past research at SARAVYC. We will cover topics including bullying and its prevention, trans issues, and youth human rights.
Pride @ SARAVYC: A Three-Part Webinar Series
Announcing our 2022 Pride webinar series: Pride @ SARAVYC As part of Pride, SARAVYC is hosting three webinars discussing the results of research at our centre on the experiences of gender and sexual minority youth. Each webinar focuses on a different project and discusses a diverse range of 2SLGBTQ+ youth experiences. Learn more about each […]
Report Launch: Not Yet Equal (the Sequel): Results of the BC Adolescent Health Survey
Not Yet Equal (the Sequel): Results of the BC Adolescent Health Survey provides a profile of the health LGBTQ youth in British Columbia (BC). The report is a collaboration between researchers at SARAVYC and the McCreary Centre Society and uses data from the 2018 BC Adolescent Health Survey (BC AHS), which is one of the […]











