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+ people feel unsafe accessing health services, particularly due to fear of mistreatment during health encounters, leading to reticence to access essential health services altogether. To enhance safe and meaningful health services for 2SLGBTQIA+ people, the Island Health Authority has launched a revolutionary role: the 2SLGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse – the first of its kind nationwide. The potential for this role to support the health of 2SLGBTQIA+ people is immense and thus our team has been collecting data to capture how the role is conceptualized, practiced and experienced. In this brief presentation, Ingrid and Allie will share emerging insights from the Liaison Nurse project with the vision for implementation of this role in settings across British Columbia and beyond.
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Bios:
Dr. Ingrid Handlovsky [she/her] is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Victoria. Her research is informed by a commitment to health equity with an emphasis on situating discrimination (structural and interpersonal) as a determinant of health. In particular, she examines how complex and multi-faceted social environments-inclusive to historical, political and cultural dynamics – inform health practices, perspectives and experiences for 2SLGBTQ+ groups and other equity-owed groups. Her work is informed by social justice and critical perspectives to from the strengths and capacities exhibited by individuals, groups and communities in the wake of adversity. She is the co-founder of the AdJust Research Collective with Dr. Allie Slemon, which aims to lead collaborative research to address inequities and advocate for justice through embedding insights into community and systems.
Dr. Allie Slemon [she/they] is an Assistant Professor in Nursing at the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on enhancing equity within health services, towards remediating structural inequities – in particular, among 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and people who experience structural inequities. Additional research interests include: stigma and discrimination, nursing education, critical perspectives on safety and risk, discourse analysis, and social media research. She is the co-founder of the AdJust Research Collective with Dr. Ingrid Handlovsky, which aims to lead collaborative research to address inequities and advocate for justice through embedding insights into community and systems.
