A5010374389- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Voice and Speech Disorders
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Adult and Continuing Education Topics
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Stuttering Research and Treatment
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
- Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- American Constitutional Law and Politics
- Critical Race Theory in Education
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Religious Freedom and Discrimination
- Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
MacEwan University
2018-2025
Google (United States)
2021
University of Alberta
2003-2018
ECW Press (Canada)
2015
University of Toronto
2015
Many clinical sites shifted towards digital delivery of mental health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is still much to learn regarding tailoring digitally delivered interventions for trauma-affected populations. The current study examined perceptions Canadian clinicians who provided psychotherapies utilized Specifically, we explored shift use, what changed with this rapid shift, needs, problems, and solutions arose, important future considerations associated delivering...
The digital delivery of mental health services became increasingly common following the onset COVID-19 pandemic. There is still much to learn regarding tailoring interventions for trauma-affected populations (military members, Veterans, public safety personnel). Through current pilot study, we explored perceptions digitally delivered psychotherapies utilized populations, as reported by Canadian military and personnel who completed such interventions. Quantitative data were collected from 11...
The purpose of this study was to describe the pretreatment acoustic characteristics individuals with male-to-female gender identity (IMtFGI) and investigate ability measures predict ratings gender, femininity, vocal naturalness.This retrospective descriptive included 2 groups participants. Speakers were IMtFGI who had not previously received communication feminization treatment (N = 25). Listeners members lay community 30). Acoustic data retrospectively obtained from recordings, recordings...
This empirical research explores the conditions, challenges, and lived experiences of how four diverse Canadian educators transcended heteronormative gender-normative educational environments to become activist-educators for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer inclusion in their K–12 schools communities. The co-creation ethnographic counter narratives reveal impetus conditions that drove these teachers schools, motivations coming out environments, ensuing backlash they experienced...
Purpose The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to identify a set communication-based predictors (including both acoustic and gestural variables) masculinity–femininity ratings (b) explore differences in between audio audiovisual presentation modes for transgender cisgender communicators. Method voices gestures group men women ( n = 10 each) 20) communicators were recorded while they recounted the story cartoon using motion capture recording systems. A total 17 variables measured from...
Background: This cross-sectional study explored variation of the prevalence perceived stress, depression and anxiety among different self-identified gender identity groups in Canadian population during early stages COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Anxiety, depression, stress were assessed using Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7-item (GAD-7) scale, Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) respectively. Data analyzed one-way analysis variance. Results: There 8267...
Background: Public safety personnel experience various mental health conditions due to their work’s complex and demanding nature. There are barriers seeking support treatment; hence, providing innovative cost-effective interventions can help improve symptoms in public personnel. Objective: The study aimed evaluate the impact of Text4PTSI on depression, anxiety, trauma, stress-related symptoms, resilience after six months supportive text message intervention. Methods: subscribed received...
The authors work in the intersection of theorizing, experience, and research this article as they explore a critical social model that created to guide an informal, arts-informed, community education project for sexual-minority youth young adults. As consider influence arts-informed Freirean pedagogy indignation or just ire framing model, possibilities informing transforming adult field study practice.
First responders are confronted with traumatic events in their work that has a substantial toll on psychological health and may contribute to or result posttraumatic stress injuries (PTSIs) for many responders. Persons PTSI usually seek management therapies. Evidence indicates digital delivery of these therapies is an innovative, efficient, effective way improve symptoms as adjunct in-person delivery.This project aims implement provide accessible, convenient, economical SMS text messaging...
This empirical research study examines the experiences of three male-to-female transgender teachers who transitioned genders, in different decades (1980s, 1990s, 2000s) while actively teaching within Canadian K-12 public schools. I utilize poststructural storylines to explore how these navigated personal, pedagogical, and political survival transition strategies they developed become intelligible their Their illustrate counternarratives challenge traditional discourses trans invisibility,...
Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, many clinical sites shifted towards digital delivery of mental health services. However, there is still much to learn regarding using digitally delivered psychotherapies in trauma-affected populations, including military members, Veterans, and public safety personnel. This study examined perceptions utilized for trauma-maffected as reported by Canadian personnel who completed such interventions clinicians provided them. Specifically, we explored imposed...
Following the initial outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, mental health clinicians rapidly shifted service delivery from in-person to digital. This pivot was instrumental in maintaining continuity care and meeting increased demands. Many services have continued be offered via digital delivery. The long-term implications delivering media remain unclear need addressed.
ABSTRACT Educators concerned with diversity, equity, and human rights in schools share their personal professional narratives as impetus for developing suggestions strategies designed to help teachers, students, administrators deepen understandings of gender identity educational issues an effort support transitioning teachers K-12 schools.
Abstract This paper considers how three Canadian high‐school students—Ryan, Jeremy, and Bruce—engaged in queer critical praxis intended to free lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans‐identified, (LGBTQ) students from the silence, exclusion, symbolic physical violence that heterosexism homophobia provoke schools. We, authors, construct students' biographical ethnographies help us explore their lived learned experiences relation cultures of schools communities contextualize these experiences. In this...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to describe the assessment and treatment communication in male-to-female transsexual individuals, within context World Health Organization's International Classification Functioning Disability (ICF) framework. Structural functional impairments, activity limitations, participation restrictions specific are discussed, as well environmental personal factors that facilitate or prevent communicative success. Further, individuals described ICF framework,...
In 2002 Marc Hall’s principal denied him permission to take his boyfriend Catholic high‐school prom. examining the politicization of ensuing prom predicament, we critique Catholicized education and what perceive be Church’s efforts privatize queerness as it segregates being religious from sexual. We situate this privatization failure Church treat vulnerable queer youth with dignity integrity church sets untenable limits queer. Examining Canadian case law regarding individual rights, argue...
Public safety personnel (PSP) are exposed to traumatic events due their work environments, which increases the risk of mental health challenges. Providing effective and evidence-based interventions, such as SMS text messaging programs, can improve PSP's overall well-being with high user satisfaction rates.This study aims evaluate users' satisfaction, receptiveness, perceptions a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)-based supportive intervention (Text4PTSI).Participants self-subscribed...
Purpose Client-based subjective ratings of treatment and outcomes are becoming increasingly important as speech-language pathologists embrace client-centered care practices. Of particular interest is the value in understanding how these related to aspects gender-affirming voice communication training programs for transgender gender-diverse individuals. The purpose this observational study was explore relationships between acoustic gestural variables communicator-rated measures femininity,...
In presenting an example of reflexive autoethnographic research, this paper investigates researchers’ positionalities and how researchers mediate LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified queer) research as a situated practice. It uses narratives four co-researchers’ identity positions experiences to explore each researcher’s self-reflexive personal, which is term we use name our engagement with issues presence, place, acting, trust, rapport, authority authenticity in the...
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