Best Pride At Work Canada Podcasts (2025)

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Lori Brotto: Let's talk about sex! 34:47

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Dr. Lori Brotto is internationally recognized as a leader in sexual health research. She has evaluated psychological interventions for sexual dysfunction and genital pain, which collectively impact 1/3 of women. Her work influences practice internationally, with mindfulness now implemented in sexual medicine centres and recommended as front line ca…

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"Sometimes when you share a story it frees the storyteller from stigma": On digital storytelling and stigma reduction with Dr. Mike Lang and Kristy Wolfe 39:14

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This podcast invited Dr. Mike Lang and Kristy Wolfe, digital storytelling experts at Common Language Digital Storytelling to reflect on the power of digital storytelling and stigma reduction. Carmen met Mike and Kristy at the First International Digital Storytelling Festival in Greece in 2024 where she was blown away by their powerful stories acros…

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Heartspeak with Grandmother Kim Wheatley: Part 2 34:42

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In Part 2 of this conversation, Anishinaabe Grandmother Kim Wheatley expands on her mixed feelings about the concepts of decolonization and DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). She delves into the lasting impacts of colonialism, sharing her experiences with systemic and anti-Indigenous racism, and the added burden of educating Canadians to unlea…

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Dr. Angela Kaida: What does it mean to practice allyship in contexts of stigma? 42:03

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Dr. Angela Kaida is a Simon Fraser University Distinguished Professor and the Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute for Gender and Health. Dr. Kaida’s research interests pertain to understanding the impact of expanding access to HIV treatment and prevention services on sexual and reproductive intentions,…

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Heartspeak with Grandmother Kim Wheatley: Part 1 22:08

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Join co-hosts Erin and Jade as they engage in a thought-provoking and heartfelt conversation with Anishinaabe Grandmother Kim Wheatley, delving into the profound themes of healing through ceremony, reclaiming Indigenous identity, and challenging the notion of "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion." In this powerful episode, Grandmother Kim fearlessly e…

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Kim Canady on HIV-related stigma: Make the uncomfortable, comfortable 45:29

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Kim Canady is an HIV/AIDS activist, advocate, mother, and wife born with HIV. Throughout her adolescence, Kimberly became a member of many HIV/AIDS awareness organizations. These organizations include Theo, Heat, UNICEF, YWCHAC, co-chair of YACAC, spokesmodel for New York State Department of Health campaign HIVSTOPSWITHME, and Love Heals. As an Afr…

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Journey to Uncovering Belonging 31:05

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In a captivating twist, Erin Davis (she / her) and Jade Pichette (they / them) turn the tables on themselves and ask each other the thought-provoking questions they usually reserve for their esteemed guests. In this episode, they open up about their serendipitous meeting, the spark that ignited their shared passion for exploring belonging, and the …

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Bridgette Picou: Challenge HIV stigma-Educate Yourself and Get Tested! 35:12

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Bridgette Picou is a nurse with several years of HIV and infectious disease experience and an avid blogger with The Well Project. She also writes a guest column with Positively Aware Magazine called "Being Bridgette." In addition to her LVN license, Bridgette has been certified as an AIDS Care Nurse (ACLPN) and received the 2022 Patrick Kenny Certi…

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Ciarra "Ci Ci" Covin on HIV Stigma: People living with HIV are still human, with the same desires 24:46

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Ciarra “Ci Ci” Covin is a mother, advocate, and lover of all human beings. Diagnosed with HIV at the age of 20, Ci Ci has curated a life of HIV and mental advocacy through both her lived experience and education. Ci Ci is program manager at The Well Project, past Ambassador for the CDC’s Let’s Stop HIV Together Campaign, and Owner of Healing Is Vol…

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Creating Spaces For Us - By Us with Gwenna Kadima 29:06

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How does our sense of self and identity play a part in belonging? And what roles do vulnerability, humility, (and Google) play in accountability? Award-winning, Toronto-based BIPOC Career Activator and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Consultant, Gwenna Kadima (she/her), joins co-hosts Erin and Jade to unpack the nuances of belonging, accounta…

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Lezlie Lowe on Sanitation Stigma: "We are taught that toilets are funny or toilets are gross" 39:38

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Lezlie Lowe began her freelance radio, newspaper, and magazine career in 1996. She has penned and produced pieces on urban rats, roadkill cemeteries and, prominently, public toilets. Lowe has been a finalist and multiple winner at the Radio Television Digital News Association Awards, the Atlantic Journalism Awards, and the Canadian Association of J…

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Chelsea Wald on Sanitation Stigma: Potty Talk with the Author of 'Pipe Dreams' 39:28

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Chelsea Wald has repeatedly plunged into the topic of toilets since 2013, when editors first approached her to write about the latent potential in our stagnating infrastructure. Since then she has traveled to Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, and Haiti, as well as throughout the Netherlands and the United States, in search of the past and future of t…

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Dr. Caetano Dorea on Sanitation Stigma: It's More Than Just a Toilet 39:21

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Dr. Caetano Dorea is a Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, at the University of Victoria. His interests and expertise are at the crossroads of environmental and public health engineering. You can learn more about his Public Health & Environmental Engineering (PH2E) Lab research here, his publications here, and follow him on Twitter here. We…

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Empathy in EDI with Jefferson Darrell 22:39

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Jefferson Darrell (he/him), the founder and CEO of Breakfast Culture, joins co-hosts Erin and Jade to share some of his “Secret Sauce” when it comes to inclusion and belonging including the roles and impacts of self-reflexivity and Racial Battle Fatigue in the workplace, and how EDI consulting work can be a solutions-focused way to survive and thri…

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History to inform DEI today with Dr. Melissa Horne 31:05

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Are histories of oppression repeating themselves and if so, what role does DEI have in breaking the cycle? Co-hosts Erin and Jade are joined by PhD, DEI advocate, historian and host of the Just One Q podcast, Dr. Melissa Horne, who shares how learning about Black History and the Civil Rights Movement shaped her journey towards Diversity, Equity and…

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Rethinking Masculinity One Conversation at a Time with Jake Stika 22:02

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What stake do men and boys have in addressing the harms caused by patriarchy? Jake Stika, Next Gen Men’s Executive Director, joins our cohosts Jade Pichette and Erin Davis in rethinking how we address misogyny, patriarchy, and toxic masculinity to create a culture of inclusion and build towards a future where boys & men experience less pain, and ca…

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Conversation Across Difference with David Lewis-Peart 36:28

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How can we create belonging when we can’t talk to one another? David Lewis-Peart (he/him), community worker, corporate trainer, writer and playwright, joins our cohosts Erin Davis (she/her) and Jade Pichette (they/them) in discussing how we can talk across differences. David addresses how we can work in right relationship with one another. Audio tr…

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Abundance Mentality with Sithara Fernando 30:22

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Co-hosts Erin and Jade are joined by Environmental Professional, Writer, Speaker, and Trekkie, Sithara Fernando, who shares her journey of finding herself and happiness within. During the discussion, she shares the power of stories to shape how we see and engage with the world around us.By Pride At Work Canada

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Dr. David Brennan: GB2M Stigma, HIV, Blood Donation Bans, Monkeypox and Pride 47:42

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Professor David J. Brennan is the Associate Dean, Research at Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. He is the founder and director of the CRUISElab, an interdisciplinary, community-based social work research lab dedicated to addressing the sexual, mental, physical, and emotional health of gay, bisexual, two-spirit, cis- an…

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Being a Social Justice Worker with Deepak Kashyap 28:59

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Join Jade & Erin in the series premiere episode of Uncovering Belonging, launched on the 2022 International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. Featuring our guest, Deepak Kashyap (he/him), as he shares his experiences in making the shift from a Social Justice Warrior to a Social Justice Worker, the Canadian immigration system, belong…

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Uncovering Belonging: Land Acknowledgements 2:21

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Co-hosts Jade Pichette (they/them) and Erin Davis (she/her) share Land Acknowledgements.By Pride At Work Canada

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Uncovering Belonging: Trailer 2:41

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Welcome to Uncovering Belonging! Tune in to meet the show's co-hosts and hear some of the questions that they'll explore while Uncovering Belonging.By Pride At Work Canada

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Dr. Steffanie Strathdee: Stigma and why phage therapy was forgotten 36:06

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Dr. Steffanie Strathdee is Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences and Harold Simon Distinguished Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. She co-directs UCSD’s new center for Innovative Phage Applications and Therapeutics (IPATH), Global Health Institute and the International Core of UC…

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Jessica Lynn Whitbread: Challenge stigma & #LovePositiveWomen 56:18

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As a community organizer, artist, activist, academic and at times a “professional”, Jessica Lynn Whitbread is interested in doing work that creates spaces for dialogue about social justice and social change. She does this through public installations, consciousness raising, workshop development and facilitation, engaging in direct action, policy re…

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Sabby Duthie & John E. Johnson: Stigma & Elder Abuse 41:39

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Sabby Duthie and John E. Johnson are authors of 'Elder Abuse: You have a role to play'. This first-of-its-kind book undertakes the uncomfortable conversation that elder abuse is widespread and very real. John E. Johnson, a retired lawyer, and Sabby Duthie, a former retirement-home owner, share real stories from families of different generations and…

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Annie Philpott: Stigma, Sex and the Pleasure Revolution 50:38

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Annie Philpott is a public health professional, pleasure propagandist and ‘guerrilla girl’ of HIV prevention. She founded The Pleasure Project in 2004, an international education and advocacy organization working to eroticize safer sex. The Pleasure Project builds bridges between the public health world and the pleasure and sex industry, and help t…

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Dr. Keosha Bond: Gendered Racism & Changing the Narrative 47:21

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Dr. Keosha T. Bond is an Assistant Medical Professor in the Department of Community Health and Social Medicine at the CUNY School of Medicine. She is a trained behavioral scientist and sexual health educator who has centered her work on the complex intersections of race, sexuality, social justice, and health equity among individuals of marginalized…

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Dr. Steve Bell: Seek to be surprised 46:24

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Associate Professor Steve Bell is a Principal Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at the University of Queensland. He is an applied health and social researcher with 20 years’ experience of qualitative, participatory and ethnographic research on sexual, reproductive and maternal health, HIV and other infectious diseases. He…

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Calvin Hudson Hwang: Anti-Asian Racism & COVID-19 53:10

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Calvin Hudson Hwang is an award winning Taiwanese Canadian director, producer and founder of SUPRE. SUPRE aims to empower underpowered voices and present often unheard points-of-view with insight, vulnerability and authenticity. They find unconventional ways to produce films to make them openly accessible for everyone to watch. Calvin's directorial…

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Dr. Laura Ferguson: Dismantling hierarchies of power & knowledge 45:04

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Laura Ferguson is an assistant professor of preventive medicine at the University of Southern California, the director of the Program on Global Health & Human Rights and the director of research at the USC Institute on Inequalities in Global Health. Her research focuses on understanding and addressing health system and societal factors affecting he…

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Elder Valerie Nicholson: We are the voices behind the numbers 50:51

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Elder Valerie Nicholson, of Mi’kmaq, Haida, Gypsy and English descent, is a storyteller and researcher, an advocate and an artivist. She works at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS as a co-principal investigator and community-based researcher, and brings her knowledge back to her communities. She is an HIV Older for the Weaving Our Wisdom (WO…

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Dr. Ayden Scheim: Finding your place to plug in to challenge stigma 42:21

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Dr. Ayden Scheim is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health. He is also an Affiliate Scientist in the Centre on Drug Policy Evaluation and Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael’s Hospital (Toronto) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology…

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Dr. Nitika Pant Pai: The elephant in the room was stigma 55:13

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Dr Nitika Pant Pai is Associate Professor at McGill University’s Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Epidemiology and a Physician Scientist at the MUHC Research Institute. She has been working in diagnostics for 20 years in the United States, Canada, South Africa, and India, with a focus on point of care diagnostics for HIV, Hepatitis C, H…

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Dr. Amrita Daftary: Stigma, tuberculosis & 'nothing about us, without us!' 39:05

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Dr. Amrita Daftary is an Assistant Professor of Global Health at York University and a social and behavioural global health researcher. Dr. Daftary examines health care seeking and caregiving practices for tuberculosis (TB) and HIV. Her projects are based in a number of global settings, particularly South Africa, India, and Canada. Learn more about…

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Dr. Patrick Sullivan: Dialing in from a small town- PrEP, HIV and sexual stigma 43:28

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Dr. Patrick Sullivan, Professor of Epidemiology at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health, has spent two decades investigating HIV. He implements innovative technology – mobile phones, tablets, text messaging, and online tools – into HIV and AIDS care and research. Find out more about Patrick's work at PRISM Health and learn more about his researc…

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Dr. Julie Pulerwitz: We need more than information to address stigma 46:23

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Dr. Julie Pulerwitz is the director of the Population Council’s HIV and AIDS program, where she provides leadership for a portfolio of research that generates evidence to inform HIV programs and policies around the world. Among her contributions, Dr. Pulerwitz is known for her conceptual and methodological work developing tools to measure power in …

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Dr. Chris Beyrer: Nobody should be excluded from our compassion 43:40

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Chris Beyrer MD, MPH, is the Desmond M. Tutu Professor of Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a Professor of Epidemiology, International Health, Health, Behavior and Society, and Nursing. He serves as Director of Johns Hopkins Training Program in HIV Epidemiology and Pr…

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Dr. Daniel Buchman: Stigma and the importance of believing people 53:49

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Dr. Daniel Buchman is a Bioethicist and Independent Scientist in the Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute at CAMH. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto, a member of the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, and an Affiliate Scientist in the Krembil Research …

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Dr. Kenneth Mayer: In it from the beginning to promote LGBT health 34:24

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Dr. Kenneth Mayer is Medical Research Director and Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute. He is also a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; a Professor, Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard School of Public Health; and an Editor-in-Chief at the Journal of the International AIDS Society. Find out more about Dr. Mayer's work h…

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Dr. Charlotte Loppie: Understanding the roots of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black racism 46:51

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Dr. Charlotte Loppie is a Mi’kmaq/French Acadian scholar. She is a Professor in the School of Public Health and Social Policy and the Associate Dean Research in the Faculty of Human and Social Development. Dr. Loppie’s guiding principle is to be of service to Indigenous communities, collectives and organizations. To that end, she has made it her li…

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Ina Park: Ever had an STI? Congratulations, it means you are human! 30:26

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Dr. Ina Park is an associate professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, Medical Consultant at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD Prevention, and Medical Director of the California Prevention Training Center. Check out her new book Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Scien…

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Gareth Henry: Moving beyond stigma to lift each other up 51:47

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Gareth Henry is the Executive Director of the Black Coalition for AIDS Prevention (Black CAP) with leadership roles in the non-profit and HIV sectors for almost twenty years. He has worked at Jamaica Forum for Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG), The 519 Church Street Community Centre and the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation (PWA). Gareth ha…

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Dr. Marija Pantelic: Challenging stigma with radical kindness 39:27

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Dr. Marija Pantelic is a Lecturer in Public Health at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Marija is an associate member of the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, Oxford University; member of the International Scientific Advisory Board for the AIDS Impact Conference; and member of the Technical Working Group of the Global Partnersh…

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Marvelous Muchenje: HIV stigma and A.I.D.S. (Am I Doing Something?) 35:47

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Marvelous Muchenje is a PhD student at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and the Manager, Community Relations and Communications at ViiV Healthcare Canada. With a professional and activist background in sexual and reproductive rights, Marvelous is passionate about seeking social justice in all its forms by cha…

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Dr. Judith Auerbach: Social Sciences & Disciplinary Stigma 42:03

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Dr. Judith Auerbach is an independent science, policy consultant, and Professor in the School of Medicine at UCSF. She recently served as Vice President, Research & Evaluation at the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, where she was responsible for developing, leading, and managing research and evaluation-related activities. Dr. Auerbach has taught, pre…

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Changing the world by linking arms: Dr. Bernice Pescosolido on mental health stigma 46:50

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Dr. Bernice A. Pescosolido is distinguished professor of Sociology at Indiana University and director of the Indiana Consortium for Mental Health Services Research. Pescosolido's research agenda addresses how social networks connect individuals to their communities and to institutional structures, providing the "wires" through which peoples attitud…

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Dr. Emily Mendenhall: Stigma, Syndemics and Diabetes 33:30

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Dr. Emily Mendenhall is the Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor in the Science, Technology, and International Affairs Program in the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Her books, Rethinking Diabetes: Entanglements with Trauma, Poverty, and HIV (2019, Cornell) and Syndemic Suffering: Social Distress, Depressi…

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Dr. Mark Tyndall: Drug use stigma & opiod vending machines 37:43

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Epidemiologist, physician and public health expert Dr. Mark Tyndall has dedicated his career to studying HIV, poverty, and drug use in multiple places around the world, starting with Nairobi, and now in Vancouver. An early advocate for harm reduction programs, Mark was at the forefront of North America’s first legally sanctioned supervised injectio…

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Dr. Millicent Atujuna and Youth Living with HIV from the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation: Celebrating World AIDS Day & Challenging HIV Stigma 20:02

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Dr. Millicent Atujuna is a sociologist/population scientist with a focus on issues relating to social and behavioral aspects of health. Currently working as a social behavioral scientist at the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Millicent’s current research interests are on understanding the macro and micro factors that drive health-seeking behavior a…

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Dr. Susan Sherman: Stigma toward sex work, drug use, and the importance of looking people in the eye 28:53

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Dr. Susan Sherman is a Professor in the Department of Health, Behavior, and Society at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. Her work focuses on improving the health of marginalized populations, particularly that of people who use drugs and sex workers. Dr. Sherman is interested in the structural drivers of health and r…