PhD. Criminology + Epi. Systems researcher focused on the intersections of health and justice. Settler on Coast Salish land. All views my own.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined June 2018
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Rare job opportunity! This is an ideal position for an established researcher / leader engaged in Correctional health research and committed to advancing policy and practice, knowledge translation, collaborating with PWLLE and Indigenous experts. You will…lnkd.in/g8Wg3A78
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The BCFNJC has confirmed partnerships with access to justice specialists CALIBRATE and Indigenous capital projects design firm Reimagine Gathering to support the opening of five Indigenous Justice Centres (Vancouver, Victoria, Kelowna, Surrey and Nanaimo). bit.ly/3JULHsn
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Tonight on A Little More Conversation: 7-10pmPT
@IFSD_IFPD's Kevin Page dissects the federal budget
@AmandaButler__ random acts of violence and how to try to stop them
@FTMcAndrew when and why we stop liking new music
@JoshKurlantzick China's interference playbook
+much more
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Next week on Monday! Amazing panel with amazing speakers - all welcome! Time is ADT. @SchulichLaw @dalprisonlaw @Schulich_CrimJ @ElJonesPoet @DebraParkes @ArdathJean @MarthPaynter
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“You really realize that there are a million different stories and a million different reasons, and a lot of people are trying really hard to better themselves and house themselves” timescolonist.com/local-news…
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“This study demonstrates that incarceration is heavily concentrated among young Black men who come from economically marginalized neighbourhoods”
So maybe we should improve these neighbourhoods & communities?
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Please read my new essay in @TheLancet — When dignity meets evidence: thelancet.com/journals/lance…
There's a kind of knowledge practice we may call 'dignity-based practice'. It respects the dignity of marginalised knowers. It's been slow to take off, unlike 'evidence-based practice'.
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Congratulations to SFU Criminology professor emerita Margaret Jackson for being awarded the Meda Chesney-Lind Award yesterday during the @WSCriminology conference. Revisit our story on professor emerita Jackson's award win: bit.ly/3JHR006
#SFUCriminology #WSCVAN23
Amanda Butler retweeted
Is it really manuscript "central" if there is a separate site for each journal that requires you to register?
Amanda Butler retweeted
How to privatize public healthcare:
Step 1: Underfund the public system.
Step 2: Make people frustrated with the public system.
Step 3: Introduce private for-profit options so people have no other choice.
This is what’s happening right now in Ontario.
It must be stopped.
Amanda Butler retweeted
Dr. Kathy Georgiades is seeking a full-time Research Associate to join her inter-disciplinary team, which is focused on designing, implementing and analyzing large-scale, epidemiologic studies of child and youth mental health. Please Share!
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CMHA BC is #hiring for a Senior Policy Advisor. The Senior Policy Advisor provides significant leadership in the design and execution of research, #PolicyAdvocacy & #communications that will impact #PublicPolicy in BC. Interested? Learn more: buff.ly/3VkbPRc
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Apply now to the 2023 BCCHR Summer Studentship! This studentship gives undergraduate & medical students an opportunity to work under the supervision of our world-class investigators on a basic science or clinical research project. Apply by January 27: bcchr.ca/ssrp
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We're hiring! 📣
At the BCFNJC, we really believe that people are everything. We're growing rapidly and are seeking determined, hardworking, intelligent and ambitious Indigenous people from across our territories known as British Columbia.
Apply now at the link in our bio! ⬆️
ALT bcfnjc.com/careers
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The BCFNJC is seeking proposals from an experienced project manager, planning firm or consultancy to facilitate the successful opening of five Regional Indigenous Justice Centres in 2023.
Link for more info: bcfnjc.com/request-for-propo…
#RFP #ProjectManagers #PMP
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The longer I work in psychiatry, the more & more I'm reminded that poverty is one of the most harmful factors (if not the most harmful factor) affecting peoples' mental health.
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***Drug Alert - VANCOUVER - December 20, 2022***
VCH has issued a drug alert after white crystals sold as METH tested positive for FENTANYL and BENZOS in Vancouver.
Use at an OPS/SCS: vch.ca/overdose
Check your drugs: vch.ca/drugchecking
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EFry is hiring support workers & senior workers at Mazarine! Mazarine in New West is transitional housing for women experiencing homelessness. Staff provides awake management of the site & case planning to help residents transition to permanent housing. efry.com/careers
