• McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Ph.D. in Social Work (2017)
• University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, M.A. in Sociology (2003)
• University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, B.A. in Social Science (1994)

Recent Graduate Supervision

LGBTQ+ resilience

Selected Publications

Peer-reviewed

Benoit, A., Jaworsky, D., Price, R., Whitebird, W., Benson, E., Nowgesic, E., Nicholson, V., Ranville, F., Loutfy, M., Beaver, K., Zoccole, A., Nobis, T., Kellman, C., Jackson, R., O’Brien-Teengs, D., Walsh, T., Keshane, M., Tom, J., Tynes, T., Brennan, E., Giles, S., Hanuse, B., Campbell, D., Paul, D., Samji, H., Masching, R. (2020). Building Bridges: Describing a process for Indigenous engagement in epidemiology. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action. Vol. 14 (No. 4): 461-470. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2020.0051.

de Bie, A., Chaplin, J., Vengris, J. Dagnachew, E., & Jackson, R. (2020). Not “everything’s a learning experience”: Racialized, Indigenous, LGBTQ2S, and disabled students in social work field placements. Social Work Education. Doi: 10.1080/02615479.2020.1843614.

Flicker, S., Wilson, C., Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Monchalin, R., Restoule, J-P., Mitchell, C., Larkin, J., Prentice, T., Jackson, R., Oliver, V. (2020). The Impact of Indigenous Youth Sharing Digital Stories about HIV Activism. Health Promotion Practice. Vol. 21 (No.5): 802-810. doi: 10.1177/1524839918822268.

Ryan, C., Jackson, R., Gabel, C., King, A., Masching, R., Thomas, EC. (2020). Successful Aging: Indigenous Men Aging in a Good Way with HIV/AIDS. Canadian Journal of Aging. Vol. 39 (No. 2): 305-317. doi: 10.1017/S0714980819000497.

Flicker, S., Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Wilson, C., Monchalin, R., Oliver, V., Prentice, T., Jackson, R., Larkin, J., Mitchell, C., Restoule, JP. (2019). “Stay strong, stay sexy, stay Native”: Storying Indigenous youth HIV prevention activism. Action Research. Vol. 17 (No. 3): 323-343. doi: 10.1177/1476750317721302.

Jackson, R. (2019). Indigenous knowing in HIV research in Canada: A reflexive dialogue (pp. 109-125). In Mykhalovskiy, E. & Namaste, V. (Eds). Critical Social Science and HIV/AIDS: Theory, Critique and Engagement. Vancouver, British Columbia: UBC Press.

Ion, A., Greene, J., Masching, R., Poitras, M., Brownlee, P., St. Denys, R., Greene, S., Jackson, R., Worthington, C., Amirault, M., Nyman, S., Anaquod, J. (2018). Stable Homes, Strong Families: Reimagining Housing Policies and Programs for Indigenous Peoples Living with and Affected by HIV and AIDS in Canada. Housing and Society. Vol. 45, No. 2, 118-138.

Jackson, R. (2018). A Thunder’s Wisdom. Journal of Indigenous HIV Research. Vol. 9, 38-56.

Chambers, L., Jackson, R., Worthington, C., Wilson, C., Tharao, W., Greenspan, N., Masching, R., Pierre-Pierre, V., Mbulaheni, T., Amirault, M., Brownlee, P. (2018). Dialoguing with the tensions: Decolonizing scoping review methodologies for literature with, for and by Indigenous peoples and the African diaspora. Qualitative Health Research. Vol. 28 (No. 2): 175-188.

Gabel, C., Jackson, R. & Ryan, C. (2018). Do it in a Good Way: Recommendation for research and policy in Indigenous Communities Aging with HIV/AIDS (pp. 257-276). In Hindmarch, S., Orsini, M., Gagnon, M. (Eds.). Seeing Red: HIV/AIDS and Public Policy in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press.

Jackson, R. & Masching, R. (2017). Knowledge Translation in Indigenous Communities: A Review of the Literature. Journal of Indigenous HIV Research. Vol. 8: 81-104.

Benoit, A., Younger, J., Beaver, K., Jackson, R., Loutfy, M., Masching, R., Nobis, T., Nowgesic, E., O’Brien-Teengs, D., Whitebird, W., Zoccole, A., Hull, M., Jaworsky, D., Rachlis, A., Rourke, S., Burchell, A., Cooper, C., Hogg, R., Klein, M., Machouf, N., Montaner, J., Tsoukas, C., Raboud, J., Building Bridges, & the Canadian Observational Cohort Collaboration. (2017). A Comparison of Virologic Suppression and Rebound between Indigenous and non-Indigenous persons initiating combination antiretroviral therapy in a multisite cohort of individuals living with HIV in Canada. Vol. 22: 325-335. doi: 10.3851/IMP3114.

Benoit, A., Younger, J., Beaver, K., Jackson, R., Loutfy, M., Masching, R. et al (2017). Increased mortality among Aboriginal persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Vol. 108. (No. 2): e169-e175.

Monchalin, R., Flicker, S., Wilson, C., Danforth, J., Konsmo, E., Prentice, T., Oliver, V., Jackson, R., Larkin, J., Mitchell, C., Restoule, JP. (2016). “When your follow your heart, you provide that path for others”: Indigenous models of youth HIV leadership. International Journal of Indigenous Health. Vol. 11 (No. 1): 135-158.

Wilson, C., Flicker, S., Danforth, J., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Larkin, J., Restoule, J-P., C. Mitchell. (2016). “Culture” as HIV Prevention: Indigenous Youth Speak Up! Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement. Vol. 9 (No. 1): 74-88.

Jackson, R. & Masching, R. (2015). Working with diverse populations: A focus on Aboriginal communities in Canada (pp. 89-108). In Mill, J. & Caine, V. (Eds). Essentials of Community-Based Research. Walnut Creek, California: Left Coast Press.

Jackson, R. & Masching, R. (2015). Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research as an Ethical Engagement Model with Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Benefits and Continuing Challenges (pgs. 159-184). In Otis, J. (Ed.) La recherché commnauitaire VIH/sida. Quebec: Presses de l’Université du Québec.

Jackson, R., Ryan, C., Masching, R., Whitebird, W (2015). Towards an Indigenous Narrative Inquiry: The Importance of Composite, Artful Representations (pgs. 135-158). In Sinding, C. & Barnes, H. (Eds.), Social Work, Beyond Borders, Social Work Artfully. Waterloo, Ontario: Wilfrid Laurier University Press.

Oliver, V., Flicker, S., Danforth, J., Konsmo, E., Wilson, C., Jackson, R., Restoule, JP., Prentice, T., Larkin, J., Mitchell, C. (2015). “Women are supposed to be the leaders”: Intersections of gender, race and colonisation in HIV prevention with Indigenous young people. Culture, Health and Sexuality. Vol. 17 (No. 7): 906-918.

Flicker, S., Danforth, J., Oliver, V., Wilson, C., Konsmo, E., Larkin, J., Restoule, J-P., Mitchell, C., Jackson, R., Prentice, T. (2014). “Because we have Really Unique Art”: Indigenous Youth Arts-Based HIV Prevention. International Journal of Indigenous Health. 10 (1): 16-34.

Scheim, AI., Jackson, R., James, L., Dopler, TS., Pyne, J., & Bauer, G. (2013). Barriers to Well-Being for Aboriginal Gender-Diverse People: Results from the Trans PULSE Project in Ontario. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care. Vol. 6 (No. 4): 108-120.

Flicker, S., Danforth, J., Konsmo, E., Wilson, C., Oliver, V., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Larkin, J., Restoule, J-P., Mitchel, C. “Because we are Natives and we stand strong to our pride: Decolonizing HIV prevention with Aboriginal Youth in Canada using the arts. Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research. 5: 4-23.

Cain, R., Evan, C., Bereket, T., George, C., Jackson, R., Li, A., Prentice, T., Travers, R. (2013). Challenges to the Involvement of People Living with HIV in Community-based HIV/AIDS Organizations in Ontario, Canada. AIDS Care. Vol. 26 (No. 2): 263-6.

Cain, R., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Collins, E., Mill, J., Barlow, K. (2013). The Experience of HIV Diagnosis Among Aboriginal People Living With HIV/AIDS and Depression. Qualitative Health Research. Vol. 23 (No. 6): 815-824.

Peltier, D., Jackson, R. Prentice, T., Masching, R., Monette, L., Fong, M., Shore, K. (2013). When Women Pick Up Their Bundles: HIV Prevention and Related Service Needs of Aboriginal Women in Canada. In Gahagan, J. (Ed.), HIV Prevention and Women in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Scholars’ Press.

Mill, J.E., Wong, T., Archibald, C., Sommerfeldt, S., Worthington, C., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Myers, T. (2012). AIDS is Something Scary: Canadian Aboriginal Youth and HIV Testing. Pimatisiwin. Vol. 9 (No. 2): 277-299.

Prentice, T., Mill, J., Archibald, C., Sommerfeldt, S., Worthington, C., Jackson, R., Wong, T. (2011). Aboriginal Youth Experiences of Accessing HIV Care and Treatment. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services. Vol. 10 (No. 4): 395-413.

Cain, R., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Mill, J., Collins, E., Barlow, K. (2011). Depression among Aboriginal People Living with HIV in Canada. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health. Vol. 30 (No. 1): 105-120.

Mill, J., Edwards, N., Jackson, R., MacLean, L., Chaw-Kant, J. (2011). Stigmatization as a Social Control Mechanism for Persons Living with HIV and AIDS. Qualitative Health Research. Vol. 21 (No. 5): 1469-1483.

Lakhani, A., Oliver, V., Yee, J., Jackson, R. Flicker, S. (2010). “Keep the Fire Burning Brightly”: Aboriginal Youth Using Hip Hop to Decolonize a Chilly Climate. In L.A. Sandberg and T. Sandberg (Eds.), Climate Change-Who’s Carrying the Burden? (pgs. 205-216). Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives.

Worthington, C., Jackson, R., Mill, J., Prentice, T., Myers, T., Sommerfeldt, S. (2010). HIV Testing Experiences of Aboriginal Youth in Canada: Service Implication. AIDS Care. Vol. 22 (No. 10): 1269-1276.

Mill, J. Edwards, N., Jackson, R., Austin, W., MacLean, L, Reintjes. (2009). Accessing Health Services While Living with HIV: Intersections of Stigma. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research. Vol. 41 (No. 3): 168-185.

Ricci, C., Flicker, S., Jalon, O., Jackson, R. & Smilie-Adiarkwa, C. (2009). HIV Prevention with Aboriginal Youth: A Global Scoping Review.  In F. Handy & M. Bunch (Eds). Sense & Sustainability: Interdisciplinary Research in Environmental Studies. Toronto, Ontario: York University.

Masching, R., Archibald, L. & Jackson, R. (2009). Capacity-Building as a Component of Aboriginal Community-Based Research.Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based HIV/AIDS Research.  Vol. 2: 5-24.

Barlow, K., Loppie, C., Jackson, R., Akan, M., MacLean, L., & Reimer, G. (2008). Cultural Competent Service Provision Issues Experienced by Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS. Pimatisiwin. Vol. 6 (No. 2): 155-180.

Mill, J., Jackson, R., Worthington, C., Archibald, C., Wong, T., Myers, T., Prentice, T. & Sommerfeldt, S. (2008). HIV Testing and Care in Canadian Aboriginal Youth: A Community-Based Mixed Methods Study. BMC Infectious Diseases. Vol. 8: 132.

Patterson, M., Jackson, R., Edwards, N. (2006). Ethics in Aboriginal Research: Comments on Paradigm, Process and Two Worlds.Canadian Journal of Aboriginal Community-Based Research. Vol. 1: 47-56.

Selected Presentations at Meetings

Invited

Mavritsakis, J., Amirault, M., Jackson, R., Mellor, A., Pooyak, S., Duddy, J. (2020). Navigating Allyship: What does it mean to work together in service to the community? Vancouver, British Columbia: Pacific AIDS Network in partnership with the AHA Centre (Invited Panel).

Jackson, R. (2020). Social Justice During COVID-19: Jack Layton Shorts Series. Toronto, Ontario: Ryerson University.

Jackson, R. (2019). Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Indigenous Students Health Sciences Office, Hamilton, Ontario: Understanding Health Issues for Two-Spirited and Indigenous LGBTQ+ People—Resiliency and Social Determinants of Health.

Jackson, R. & Benoît, A. (2017). Panel on “Conquering HIV Vulnerability Among Indigenous Peoples.” Hamilton, Ontario: Annual HIV/AIDS Health Care, Research and Ethics Conference, CANFAR McMaster University.

Jackson. R. (2017). The Power of Western Scientific Language on Indigenous Peoples: Reclaiming N’ginaajiwimi. Vancouver, British Columbia: 2017 Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council Policy Engagement Conference.

Jackson, R. (2016). A Personal Story of HIV Engagement. Montreal, Quebec: Canadian Aboriginal Nurses Association—2016 Annual General Meeting.

Jackson, R., Hokowhitu, B., Anderson, K., Benjoe, D. (2015). Masculinity: A Roundtable. Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario: Beyond Gender and Decolonization: A Resurgent Gathering.

Jackson, R., Yac Huix, J., Monsall, T., Danforth, J. (2014). Decolonizing HIV: Responses of Indigenous People in Getting to Zero. Melbourne, Australia: 20th International AIDS Conference.

Jackson, R. & O’Brien-Teengs, D. (2014). Ethics in Aboriginal Community-Based Research: Reflecting on Experience towards Bridging Two Worlds. Toronto, Ontario: Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council.

Jackson, R. & Chambers, L. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies: Indigenous and African Diasporic HIV Research. Hamilton, Ontario: McMaster University Indigenous Speakers’ Series.

Jackson, R. (2013). Exploring Resiliency and Wellness among 2-Spirit Men Living Long-Term with HIV in Ontario. Hamilton, Ontario: Gilbrea Centre Speakers’ Series.

Jackson, R. (2012). North American Regional Session (Respondent). Washington, DC: XIX International AIDS Conference.

Jackson, R. (2012). Five Critical “Cs” for Mental Health Services: A Focus on Aboriginal People in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: 7th International Policy Dialogue: HIV/AIDS and Mental Health. (Also invited to re-present presentation in Washington, DC at the XIX International AIDS Conference).

Jackson, R. (2012). A Personal Story of HIV Engagement. Toronto, Ontario. Opening Doors 2012 Conference.

Jackson, R. (2012). Five Critical “Cs” for Mental Health Services: A Focus on Aboriginal People in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario: 7th International Policy Dialogue: HIV/AIDS and Mental Health.

Jackson, R. (2011). “Mino-Bimaadiziwin” and the Way of the Good Life in Research: Reflecting on Using Indigenous Approaches to HIV Research. Canberra, Australia. Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference.

Ristock, J. & Jackson, R. (2010). Meeting Trickster and Learning Community-Based Research Practice. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Canadian Association of HIV Research.

Desbiens, M., Jackson, R., Watson, J., & Chieza, L. (2009). Panel - Shaping the Research that Affects Us: Experience of People with HIV in Research. Toronto, Ontario. Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Conference.

Jackson, R. (2008). Our Lives – Our Voices: History, Current Trends and the Future of Community-Based Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Research in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Wise Practices II – Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network.

Peer-Reviewed

Jackson, R., Lopez Ricote, C., Bauer, G., Churchill, S., Dopler, S., Gareau, F., Masching, R., Merasty, C. & Scheim, A. (2020). Exploring the Health Experiences of Indigenous Trans, Two-Spirit, and Gender Diverse Communities: A Scoping Review. Hamilton, Ontario: Indigenous Community Health and Research Conference.

Jackson, R., Lambert, S., Cotnam, J., Parson, M., Peltier, D., Stratton, T., Turner, D., Beaver, K., Haight, J., Nenakawekapo, P., Boucher, R., Bilsborrow, P., Wahpoosewyan, D., Masching, R., Amirault, M., LaRose, T., Prentice, T., Loppie, C., Li, A., Gooding, W. (2020). Embodied and Evolving Indigenous HIV Leadership: An example from GIPA Homefire. Quebec City, Quebec: 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. (&)

Jackson, R. & Lopez Ricote, C. (2020). A Scoping Review: Exploring the Health Experiences of Indigenous Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diverse Communities. Quebec City, Quebec: 29th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. (&)

Lopez Ricote, C. & Jackson, R. (2020). Exploring the Health Experiences of Indigenous Trans, Two-Spirit and Gender Diverse Communities: A Scoping Review. San Francisco, California: 8th International Indigenous Pre-Conference on HIV & AIDS. (&)

Jackson, R., Smith, J., Anderson, K., & Innes, R. A. (2019). Indigenous Masculinities, Health and Community Well-Being. Hamilton, New Zealand: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.

Jackson, R., Li, A., Cotnam, J., Masching, R., Turner, D., Amirault, M., Parson, M., Prentice, T., LaRose, T., Stratton, T., Peltier, D., Beaver, K., Nenakawekapo, P., Haight, J., Wahpoosewyan, D., Bilsborrow, P., & Boucher, R. (2019). Indigenous HIV Leadership: Preliminary Findings From a Scoping Review. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research.

Jackson, R. (2019). Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Indigenous Students Health Sciences Office, Hamilton, Ontario: Understanding Health Issues for Two-Spirited and Indigenous LGBTQ+ People—Resiliency and Social Determinants of Health.

Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Chambers, L., Elm, J., Lambert, D., Jollivette, A. (2018). We’re all in this Together: Using Indigenous and Decolonizing Approaches in Mainstream PhD Programs in Canada and the US. Los Angeles, California: Native American and Indigenous Studies Association.

Chaplin, J., Vengris, J., de Bie, A., Jackson, R. (2018). Just Hours and Placements: Enhancing Accessibility, Inclusion, and Justice in Field Education for Students in Equity Seeking Groups. Regina, Saskatchewan: Congress 2018 of the Humanities and Social Sciences.

Byce, L., Jackson, R., Masching, R., (2017). Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network’s Research and Policy Unit: A Critical Appraisal of a History of Involvement. Calgary, Alberta: Wise Practices VI, Skills-Building, and AGM Gathering.

Chaplin, J., de Bie, A., Jackson, R., Vengris, J. (2017). Faculty-student field collaborations to enhance accessibility and inclusion in social work placements. Hamilton, Ontario: 2017 Research on Teaching and Learning Conference, McPherson Institute, McMaster University. Note: Oral Presentation.

Prentice, T., Peltier, D., Greene, S., Shore, K., Nyman, S., Jackson R. (2017). Indigenous Approaches to Arts-Informed Community-Based Participatory Research. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Society of Applied Anthropology: 75th Annual Meeting—Trails, Traditions and New Directions.

Flicker, S., Wilson, C., Prentice, T., Oliver, V., Jackson, R., Mitchell, C., Restoule, J-P, and the Native Youth Sexual Health Nework. (2017). Storying change: The impacts of Indigenous youth sharing HIV prevention digital stories in community. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Oral Presentation.

Chaplin, J., Dagnachew, E., Vengris, J., Jackson, R., de Bie, A. (2017). Just hours and place-ments: Enhancing accessibility, inclusion, and justice in field education for students from equity seeking groups. Toronto, Ontario: 2917 CASWE-ACFTS Conference.

Georgievski, G., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Brennan, D., Jackson, R. (2016). “Our gifts are the same:” The resilient journeys of long-term HIV-positive two-spirit men in the 2-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS) in Ontario, Canada. HIV Endgame: Closing the Gaps in the Care Cascade. Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Toronto, Ontario. Note: Oral Presentation.

Ryan, C., Jackson, R., King, A., Masching, R., Gabel, C. (2016). Positive Aging: Indigenous People Aging with HIV/AIDS. 21st International AIDS Conference. Durban, South Africa. Note: Poster Presentation.

Ryan, C., Gabel, C., Jackson, R., (2016). Positive Aging: Indigenous Peoples Aging with HIV/AIDS. Native American & Indigenous Studies Association, 8th Annual Meeting. Honolulu, Hawai’i. Note: Oral Presentation.

Amirault, M., Anaquod, J., Brownlee, P., Greene, S., Hill, C., Ion, A., Jackson, R., Nyman, S., Worthington, C. (2016). Housing and Health for Indigenous People Living with HIV in Canada: Preliminary Findings from the Stable Homes, Strong Families Community-Based Research Study. 25th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Note: Oral Presentation.

Ryan, C., Jackson, R., Masching, R., King, A., Gabel, C. Positive Aging: Indigenous Peoples Aging with HIV/AIDS. 25th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Winnipeg, Manitoba. Note: Oral Presentation.

Brennan, D., Nobis, T., Jackson, R. (2016). Indigenizing Research to Examine Resilience among HIV-Positive Two-Spirit Men: Findings from the 2-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Because LGBTQ Health Matters-Rainbow Health Ontario. London, Ontario.

Jackson, R., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Georgievski, G., Brennan, D. (2015). Indigenizing scholarship to examine resilience among HIV-positive two-spirit men: the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS), Ontario, Canada. Wise Practices V—Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network: Vancouver, British Columbia. Note: Oral presentation

Brennan, D., Jackson, R., Zoccole, A., Nobis, T., Georgievski, G. (2015). The Seven Truths of Resilience: Findings from the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS), Ontario, Canada. 3rd International Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in HIV: Stellenbosch, South Africa. Note: Oral presentation.

Jackson, R., Brennan, D., Zoccole, A., Nobis, T., Georgievski, G. (2015). The Seven Paths of Resilience: Findings from the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Oral presentation.

Brennan, D., Jackson, R., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Georgievski, G., Understanding the Seven Truths of Resilience: Findings from the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS), Ontario, Canada. (2015). New Orleans, Louisiana: 2015 Society for Social Work and Research Conference. Note: Oral presentation.

Benoit, A., Raboud, J., Masching, R., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Nowgesic, E., Keshane, M., Jackson, R., et al (2015). Increased mortality among Aboriginal persons in a multi-site cohort of people living with HIV in Canada. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Benoit, A., Younger, J., Masching, R., Raboud, A., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Nowgesic, E., Keshane, M., Jackson, R., et al (2015). Differences in time to virologic suppression and rebound between Aboriginal Peoples and other ethnic groups among individuals initiating combination antiretroviral therapy in a multisite cohort of individuals living with HIV in Canada.  Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Benoit, A., Jaworsky, D., Masching, R., Raboud, J., Hogg, R., … Jackson, R. et al (2015). Building Bridges: A Model for Community Engagement in Epidemiology Research. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Amirault, M., Anaquod, A., Brownlee, P, Greene, S., Hill, C., Ion, A., Jackson, R., Masching, R., Nyman, S., Paul, P., Stonechild, S. (2015). Using Digital Storytelling to Understand Aboriginal Constructions of Housing and Home: Stable Homes, Strong Families. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Jackson, R., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Brennan, D, Georgievski, G., (2015). Using the Medicine Wheel in Symbol-based Inquiry: An Indigenizing Approach used in the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Amirault, M., Anaquod, J., Brownlee, P., Greene, S., Hill, C., Ion, A., Jackson, R., Masching, R., Nyman, S., Paul, P., Stonechild, S. (2015). Engaging Aboriginal Communities and Organizations in Research: Lessons Learned from Stable Homes, Strong Families. Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research. Note: Poster presentation.

Masching, R., & Jackson, R. (2014). Reflecting on the Meanings of Research Process. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian-International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development.

Mashing, R., Jackson, R. (2014). Sharing the Lay of the Land: Understanding Leadership by and for Aboriginal People Living with HIV and AIDS. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Canadian-International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development.

Wilson, C., Flicker, S., Danforth, J., Konsmo, E., Oliver, V., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Larkin, J., Restoule, J-P., Mitchell, C. (2014). Culture as Prevention: Indigenous Youth Speak up! Melbourne, Australia: 20th International AIDS Conference.

Zoccole, A., Brennan, D., Nobis, T., Jackson, R., Georgievski, G. (2014). Indigenizing Research Collaboration: An Example from the Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Sydney, Australia: Our Story, Our Time, Our Future—International Indigenous Pre-Conference on HIV/AIDS.

Chambers, L.A., Jackson, R., Masching, R., Tharao, W., Wilson, C., Worthington, C., Mbulaheni, T., Greenspan, N.R., Brownlee, P., Amirault, M., Pierre-Pierre, V., Smillie-Adjarkwa, C. (2014). Exploring Decolonizing, Indigenous and African Diasporic Knowing: A Video Sharing Circle. Sydney, Australia: Our Story, Our Time, Our Future—International Indigenous Pre-Conference on HIV/AIDS.

Rosenes, R., Brennan, D., Jackson, R. (2014).  Gay and 2-Spirit Men Aging with HIV: Leaders in Health … Again. Toronto, Ontario: World Pride Human Rights Conference.

Brennan, D., Georgievski, G., Jackson, R., Nobis, T., Zoccole, A. Lessons Learned in Two-Spirit Research: Two-Spirit HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study (2-SHAWLS). Toronto, Ontario: World Pride Human Rights Conference.

Nobis, T., Zoccole, A., Brennan, D., Jackson, R., Georgievski, G. (2014). Creating Change in Two-Spirit Research: An Example from the Two-Spirit Longevity Study (2SHAWLS). Toronto, Ontario: Rainbow Health Ontario 2014 Conference.

Rosenes, R., Brennan, D., Jackson, R. (2014). Gay and 2-spirit Men Growing Older With HIV: Leaders in Health … Again.  Toronto, Ontario: Rainbow Health Ontario 2014 Conference.

Chambers, L., Jackson, R., Mbulaheni, T., Worthington, C., Smillie-Adjarkwa, C., Greenspan, NR., Wilson, C., Masching, R., Tharoa, W., Brownlee, P. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies—Indigenous and African Diasporic HIV Research: Findings from a Scoping Review. Toronto, Ontario: OHTN 2013 Research Conference.

Worthington, C., Tharao, W., Brownlee, P., Jackson, R., Wilson, C., Chambers, L., Pierre-Pierre, V., Smillie-Adjarkwa, C., Amirault, M. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies—Indigenous and African Diasporic HIV Research: Reflections on a Scoping Review Process. Toronto, Ontario: OHTN 2013 Research Conference.

Masching, R., Pierre-Pierre, V., Amirault, M., Tharao, W., Brownlee, P., Mbulaheni, T., Greenspan, NR., Jackson, R., Worthington, C., Smillie-Adjarkaw, C. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies—Indigenous and African Diasporic HIV Research: Engaging the Literature. Toronto, Ontario: OHTN 2013 Research Conference.

Worthington, C., Chambers, L., Wilson, C., Jackson, R., Tharao, W., Masching, R. (2013). Decolonizing Methodologies: Indigenous and African Diasporic HIV Research. Paris, France: 2nd International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference.

Nobis, T., Jackson, R., Zoccole, A., Brennan, D., Brett, C. (2013). Lessons Learned: 2-Spirit Men Living with HIV/AIDS Wellness and Longevity Study. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Wise Practices IV: The Role of Research in Getting to Zero.

Peltier, D., Jackson, R., Nowgesic, E. (2012). N’ginaajiwimi: An Indigenous Framework for Resisting the Language of HIV in Research from a Place of Strength. Toronto, Ontario: Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Conference.

Dassinger, J., Jackson, R., Idems, B., Furlotte, C., Lo, W., O’Neill, L., Plante, C., van Berkel, C. (2012). Occupy! The Year of Protest as a Teachable Moment in Social Work Education (Oral). Waterloo, Ontario: CASWE Conference, Social Work Education at the Crossroad? No Borders?

Cain, R., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., Mill, J., Collins, E., Barlow, K. (2011) Meaning of Depression among Aboriginal People Living with HIV/AIDS and Depression (Oral).Toronto, Ontario: Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Conference.

Prentice, T. and Jackson, R. (2011). Arts and Aboriginal HIV-related Research: Is Photovoice a Culturally-Relevant Research Methodology? (Oral). Durban, South Africa:  1st International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference.

Peltier, D., Jackson, R., Prentice, T. et al (2011). Supporting Aboriginal Women’s Involvement: An Example of Writing Using Participatory Action Research Principles (Oral). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research.

Flicker, S., Yee, J., Jackson, R., et al. (2011). Taking Action! Building Aboriginal Youth Leadership in HIV Prevention Using Arts-Based Methods (Oral). Toronto, Ontario: Canadian Association of HIV Research.

Masching, R., Dell, C.A., Jackson, R., Prentice, T., McGee, A. (2010). Decolonizing Methodologies Across Cultures: Building Indigenous and Allied Research Capacity (Oral). Suquamish Nation, Poulsbo, Washington State. International Network of Indigenous Health Knowledge and Development Conference.

Community Connections

Ontario HIV Treatment Network (CBR Grant Writing Workshop Series/Organizing Committee), 2012 - Present

Canadian Treatment Action Council (Aboriginal Working Group), 2011 – Present

Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy (Board of Directors), 2011 - Present