“Students feel safer here, and more included:” Evaluation of SOGI 123 in BC
A new mixed-methods evaluation examines whether SOGI 123 delivers on its promise to create safer, more inclusive schools for 2SLGBTQ+ youth in BC.
The Well-Being Gap: Highlighting challenges and supports for gender-diverse youth health in BC, 2018-2023
New data from 2018–2023 reveals ongoing health challenges for gender diverse youth in BC — and highlights what supports make a difference.
Migration Integration in the mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides – Immigrant Health and Well-Being
To address immigrant health disparities, timely evidence-informed, equity-based, and community-engaged policy solutions are urgently needed. In this project we will be using population-based analyses and mixed methods contextual analyses to explicate preventable health inequities experienced by immigrant communities in Canada. Our consultation with BC, AB, and ON migrant community partners, the national CIHR Youth Health […]
The health and wellbeing of Indigenous adolescents: a global collective for an equitable and sustainable future
A new international collective brings together researchers and communities to advance equitable health outcomes for Indigenous adolescents worldwide.
In This toGether: #TranscendentHealth – Adapting an LGB+ inclusive teen pregnancy prevention program for transgender boys
The project will adapt Girl2Girl (a text messaging-based teen prevention pregnancy program (TPP) program designed for cisgender sexual minority girls) to create #TranscendentHealth, a gender inclusive TPP for transgender boys. The adaptation will build upon our prior success of Girl2Girl by updating the content so that it addresses the important social and structural influences of […]
Adi Ferrara
Adi Ferrara, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Research Fellow she/her/hers Adi Ferrara received her PhD in Health Sciences at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. She previously worked for the HIV Vaccine Trials Network in Seattle, Washington (USA), where her passion for tackling healthcare disparities in the 2SLGBTQ+ population was first ignited. Her PhD study concentrated […]
Yeshvi Mehta
Yeshvi Mehta, BSc Projects Coordinator she/her Yeshvi Mehta (she/her) holds a Bachelor of Sciences in Integrated Sciences with a focus on Global Health & Physiology from the University of British Columbia. With a deep-rooted passion for community health and research, Yeshvi’s professional journey spans diverse experiences in clinical research, project management, and community engagement within […]
