Meet the Team

(names in alphabetical order)

Youth Co-Researchers

The 15 Youth Co-Researchers bring diverse geographic representation and lived experience, and the majority identify within historically excluded communities, including, 2S/ LGBTQIA+, racialized, and new immigrant persons. Many of the youth co-researchers sit on the National Youth Advisory Board for Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights; while other youth bring experience with various youth sexual health programs including Wellness Within (Halifax), FOXY- Fostering Open eXpression Among Youth (Yellowknife) and Estelle (Québec). To protect youth’s identities, the YCRs decided to include their first names and broad geographic locations.

Principal Investigators

  • Dr. Carmen Logie (she/her), co-PI

    Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work; Canada Research Chair in Global Health Equity & Social Justice for Marginalized Populations, University of Toronto

  • Dr. Charlotte Loppie (she/her), co-PI

    Professor Emerita, School of Public Health and Social Policy, founding director, Centre for Indigenous Research & Community Engagement, University of Victoria

  • Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them), co-PI

    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology - Trans and Critical Health Studies, University of Lethbridge; President, Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada

  • Dr. Kate Shannon (she/her), co-PI

    Professor, Social Medicine; Associate Faculty, School of Population & Public Health; CIHR Sex & Gender Science Chair, University of British Columbia

Affiliated Staff

  • Geneviève Allaire-Stacey (she/her)

    Research Assistant, Sexual & Reproductive Health, Policy & Social Justice Research Lab, University of British Columbia

    Masters in Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences. Research interests include women, sexuality and health around psychology & gender, as well as feminist and behavioural science lenses.

  • Aryssa Hasham (she/her)

    Workshop Co-Facilitator; Research Coordinator, University of Toronto (supervisor: Dr. Logie).

    Masters degree in Sociology. Research interests include Indigenous and racialized women’s sexual and reproductive rights and health, with a particular emphasis on abortion attitudes and access.

  • Frannie MacKenzie (she/her)

    Workshop Co-Facilitator; Research Coordinator, University of Toronto (supervisor: Dr. Logie)

    Research interests in intersections of climate justice, sexual and reproductive health equity, access, and stigma.

  • Carlie McPhee (she/they)

    Project Coordinator - Youth Sexual Health & Reproductive Justice

    Sexual & Reproductive Health, Policy & Social Justice Research Lab, University of British Columbia; Sexual Health Educator

Affiliated Students

  • Navita Dhillion (she/her)

    4th Year MD Sexual Health Research Elective Student / Research Assistant, University of Northern British Columbia

    Research focuses on intersections of youth sexual and mental health and gaps in sexual health care, particular for racialized, immigrant, and queer youth.

Knowledge Users & Co-Investigators

  • Dr. Brittany Bingham (she/her), co-I

    Member of Shíshálh Nation; Assistant Professor, Social Medicine, University of British Columbia; research interests Indigenous health equity and arts-based research

  • Frédérique Chabot (she/her), Lead Knowledge User

    Acting Executive Director, Action Canada for Sexual Health and Rights

  • Nicole Pasquino (she/her), Knowledge User

    Clinical Policy Director/ Practice Consultant, Options for Sexual Health; Sexual Health Faculty Lead, BC Institute of Technology (BCIT)

  • Dr. Andrea Krüsi (she/her), co-I

    Assistant Professor, Criminology, Simon Fraser University; research interests in criminalization of sexuality, qualitative and participatory arts-based research methods

Partners & Funders