Sep. 22, 2025 | Emergency department violence involving patients who use unregulated substances: A systemic perspective
Abstract This paper examines emergency department staff perspectives of patient violence in the context of care provision for people who use unregulated substances. Study findings demonstrate that disconnects between what patients need and what staff can offer create conditions that contribute to staff-patient conflict and violence – disconnects situated within constrains produced by system structures. […]
Cancelled and new date TBD for “I do my own research”: COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories and the QAnon Pipeline
Date: September 25, 2025 from 12-1pm PST Presented by: Asia Tyson Room: Online on Zoom Meetings QAnon, once a fringe online movement, is increasingly crossing into offline life, where it is acquiring an unprecedented political power. The January 6 Capitol Riots in 2021, the 2022 Freedom Convoy, and the building of the Richmound School Compound […]
Aug. 19 2025 | Capacity Director Dr. Bungay Appointed as Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Applied Science
We would like to congratulate the Director of Capacity, Vicky Bungay, on her recent appointment as the Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Applied Science at UBC. In the words of the Faculty Dean, James Olson, “she brings a wealth of research experience, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record […]
Aug. 8 2025 | New student opportunity at Capacity
Capacity is hiring a Graduate Student Academic (GAA) position to start in September 2025 to support a newly funded SSHRC IDG project titled “Do current instruments to assess housing security consider gender-based violence? A scoping review through a structural lens of housing justice.” Deadline for Application: August 25, 2025 For more details on the position […]
Jul. 31 2025 | Reconceptualizing biomedical paradigms for contraceptive care through feminist poststructuralism
Abstract In the specificities of contraceptive care, sexual health is comprehensively defined as overall physical, emotional, mental, and social well-being related to sexuality, including experiences that are safe, pleasurable, and free of coercion. However, due to the predominance of biomedical paradigms that promote and espouse ‘unbiased’ and ‘objective’ contraceptive care practices, comprehensive, inclusive, and safe […]
Apr. 10 2025 | Navigating fragmented services: a gender-based violence (GBV) critical feminist analysis of women’s experiences engaging with health and social supports in three Canadian cities
Authors: Katherine Rudzinski1 , Lara F. Hudspith, Adrian Guta, Scott Comber, Linda Dewar, Wendy Leiper, Kim Hawkins, Lady Laforet, Rajwant Raji Mangat, Phoebe M. Long, Ingrid Handlovsky and Vicky BungayPublication: BMC Public HealthVolume: 25 What we know Gender-based violence (GBV) remains a pervasive public health crisis with devastating impacts on women’s health and well-being. Women […]
Apr. 8 2025 | Recording Posted: Emerging insights from a novel 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse role
Presented by: Dr. Ingrid Handlovksy and Dr. Allie Slemon, University of Victoria
Apr. 8 2025 | (Competition Closed) Research Associate at Capacity
Capacity is hiring a Research Associate for a twelve-month position. Working directly with Dr. Vicky Bungay, Director of the Capacity Research Centre, the Research Associate will assume a leadership role in the recently funded project “Understanding and Enhancing System-Level Drivers of Community Services with Women Experiencing Gender-based Violence in British Columbia.” The key objectives of […]
Feb. 12 2025 | (Competition Closed) Community Research Coordinator – Terrace, BC
Dr. Bungay (Capacity Research Centre in the UBC School of Nursing) is co-leading a community-based research project with community partner organizations in Terrace, BC. and we are seeking a highly motivated Community Research Coordinator who will be a key contact for the project.
Feb. 11 2025 | Emerging insights from a novel 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse role
Date: February 11, 2025 from 12-1pm PST Presented by: Dr. Allie Slemon, Dr. Ingrid Handlovsky Room: Online on Zoom Meetings It is well known that Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, and asexual (2SLGBTQIA+) people experience discrimination in their day-to-day lives that greatly contributes to poorer health outcomes and diminished well-being. Indeed, many 2SLGBTQIA+ […]