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Women, ART and the Criminalization of HIV (WATCH HIV)

Faculty of Social Sciences

Resources

Research Papers and Summaries

Prevalence and predictors of facing a legal obligation to disclose HIV serostatus to sexual partners among people living with HIV who inject drugs in a Canadian setting: a cross-sectional analysis

Sophie Patterson MBChB, Angela Kaida PhD, Paul Nguyen PhD, Sabina Dobrer MA, Gina Ogilvie MD, Robert Hogg PhD, Thomas Kerr PhD, Julio Montaner MD, Evan Wood MD, M.-J. Milloy PhD

Awareness and understanding of HIV non-disclosure case law among people living with HIV who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting

Sophie Pattersona, Angela Kaida, Gina Ogilvie, Robert Hogg, Valerie Nicholson, Sabina Dobrer, Thomas Kerr, Jean Shoveller, Julio Montaner, M.-J. Milloy

The impact of criminalization of HIV non-disclosure on the healthcare engagement of women living with HIV in Canada: a comprehensive review of the evidence

Sophie E Patterson, M-J Milloy, Gina Ogilvie, Saara Greene, Valerie Nicholson, Micheal Vonn, Robert Hogg, and Angela Kaida

How women living with HIV react and respond to learning about Canadian law that criminalises HIV non-disclosure: ‘how do you prove that you told?’

Saara Greene, Apondi J. Odhiambo, Marvelous Muchenje, Alison Symington, Jasmine Cotnam, Kristin Dunn, Margaret Frank, Shelly Glum, Rebecca Gormley, Allyson Ion, Valerie Nicholson, Krista Shore & Angela Kaida For a copy of this paper, please contact a WATCH research coordinator.

Learning, Doing and Teaching Together: Reflecting on our Arts Based Approach to Research, Education and Activism with and for Women Living with HIV

Saara Greene, Marvelous Muchenje, Jasmine Cotnam, Kristin Dunn, Peggy Frank, Valerie Nicholson, Apondi J. Odhiambo, Krista Shore, Angela Kaida

Publication Factsheet: How women living with HIV react and respond to learning about Canadian law the criminalises HIV non-disclosure: 'How Do You Prove That You Told?'

Plain language summary created by the WATCH Team

Presentations and Posters

Awareness of HIV non-disclosure case law among women living with HIV in Canada

Valerie Nicholson and Angela Kaida presented on "Awareness of HIV non-disclosure case law among women living with HIV in Canada" at the 26th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research in Montreal, Quebec Canada | April 6-9, 2017.

Integrating Indigenous Approaches to Using Body Mapping as a Form of Arts-Based Research

Saara Greene and Krista Shore presented "Integrating Indigenous Approaches" at the Society for Applied Anthropology in Santa Fe in March, 2017.

Taking Responsibility:How Women Living with HIV Understand and Experience Criminalization of HIV Non-Disclosure

Jasmine Cotnam and Alison Symington presented at the 27th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | April 29th 2018 On behalf of the WATCH Team.

Mapping Criminalization's Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with HIV in Canada

Jasmine Cotnam, Saara Greene, Allyson Ion, Lydia Birungi, Kristin Dunn, Peggy Frank, Shelly Glum, Rebecca Gormley, Marvelous Muchenje-Marisa, Valerie Nicholson, Judith Odhiambo, Krista Shore, Alison Symington, Angela Kaida

Scales of (In)Justice: Visual representations of women’s experiences in light of the aggressive criminalization of HIV non‐disclosure in Canada

Kristin Dunn and Shelly Glum presented at the 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada | May 12, 2019 On behalf of the WATCH Team.

“I found my voice”: Acts of Resilience and Resistance to the Criminalization of HIV Non-­‐Disclosure among women living with HIV in Canada

Krista Shore and Valerie Nicholson presented at the 28th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | May 12, 2019 On behalf of the WATCH Team.

Mapping Criminalization’s Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with HIV in Canada

Poster Presentation at the 22nd International AIDS 2018 Conference in Amsterdam, Netherlands | July 23-27, 2018

Developing a Feminist Participatory Approach for Analyzing Arts-Based and Narrative Data

Mary Vaccaro presented at the Qualitative Health Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | October 27th, 2019

Integrating Indigenous Worldviews into a Community Arts-based Research Project with women living with HIV across Canada

Valerie Nicholson & Allyson Ion presented at the Qualitative Health Research Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada | October 27th, 2019

WATCH Presents at the 2018 BC Support Unit Conference, in Vancouver BC!

WATCH Team members and partners organized a panel titled, “Don’t categorize me or my sexual choices”: Lessons learned for patient-oriented sexual health research by, with, and for women living with HIV at the 2018 BC Support Unit Conference Putting Patients First: Lessons Learned for Patient-Oriented Research. The panel included PRAs, researchers, and a clinician who spoke to the various roles that they occupy in community-based research, and share successes, challenges, and lessons learned; and the life-changing research that accompanies efforts to centre women's voices.

WATCH presents at the 2019 BC Support Unit Conference in Vancouver, BC!

WATCH PRAs and researchers organized a panel at the 2019 BC Support Unit Conference, Putting Patients First: Working Together Throughout the Research Life Cycle titled: “Reach out, and never stop speaking out” - Women living with HIV mobilizing knowledge to action to fight the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada. The panel included WATCH PRAs and researchers who discussed leadership in community-based research focused on gendered impacts of criminalizing HIV non-disclosure, and how meaningful collaboration with women transforms not only research, but lives and laws.