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Thank you, @IsisIntrepid! On this International Sex Worker Rights Day, let's join together to fight the unjust stigma surrounding sex work. I look forward to hearing from sex workers across Canada.
SWAP Hamilton has signed on as the community partner for a forthcoming sex work musical production and research project, via @GBCollege Please see the attached poster for more details.
Summary:
In Canada, the stigma directed towards sex workers affects their occupational health and safety (OHS). This stigma is amplified in the media, TV shows, films, and the theatre, yet these media rarely ask sex workers about their lives and working conditions. This research project aims to counteract these portrayals and assist in dispelling the stigma surrounding sex work by incorporating the results of the interviews and focus group discussions into lyrics and incorporating the lyrics into a musical play. Sex workers have a long history of using art as a form of activism, ranging from performance to poetry and in their day-to-day experiences they employ what might be called ‘the erotic arts’. As with other oppressed and marginalized communities, sex workers’ artistic capacities are utilized as a form of resistance against systemic stigma and structural violence. This study will be conducted in partnership with SWAP (Sex Worker Action Project) Hamilton. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) have provided funding for the study.
If you would like to participate in the musical, please email Thérèse Bernier, PMP, MSc, PhD (@InformaticsChic) at [email protected] at your earliest convenience.
Warmly,
Jelena Vermilion
I am honoured that our abstract got accepted! Looking forward to co-presenting with @IsisIntrepid and Kathleen Cherrington later this year.
We’re honored to feature Dr. Thérèse Bernier (@GBCollege) at the 9th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies!
📢“Canadian sex workers discuss the effects of stigma on their work & health.”
📅Nov 3–4, 2025 | Vancouver
Register: genderstudycongress.com/edit…
It's a pleasure to collaborate with @IsisIntrepid and Kathleen Cherrington on this presentation! Looking forward to November.
Jelena Vermilion (@swaphamilton, Canada) highlights the toll of stigma on sex workers’ health, safety & well-being.
Hear her insights at the 9th Global Summit on Feminist & LGBTQ+ Studies!
🗓️Nov 3–4, 2025 | Vancouver, Canada
genderstudycongress.com/edit…
#GSFLS2025 #SexWorkRights
It's a pleasure to collaborate with Kathleen and @IsisIntrepid on this presentation! Looking forward to November.
Excited to feature Kathleen Cherrington (York Univ., Canada) at #GSFLS2025!
“Canadian sex workers discuss stigma, health, & safety at work”
Join us in Vancouver, Nov 10–11, for powerful #feminist & #LGBTQ research.
Register now: genderstudycongress.com/edit…
#SexWorkersRights
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“All of us at SafeSpace believe in the power of community care,” “We’re proud of our impact and R hopeful that the local community will support us in our efforts to continue our deeply important work /in our community.”
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Our latest data shows that 3 out of 4 adults living with HIV have a suppressed viral load.
Why is this good news?
People with a suppressed viral load have a near-zero risk of transmitting HIV to their sexual partners!
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ALT In 2023, almost 3 in 4 adults living with HIV globally had a suppressed viral load.
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The world’s 500 richest people are seeing the biggest two-day loss ever recorded by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index as fallout from Donald Trump’s tariff announcement continues to roil global markets
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@PeopleFirstCA is inviting people to be part of their research project about federal financial services like the #DTC & #RDSP. Fill out the survey by April 14 to contribute to this meaningful work!
More info: youtu.be/o_JcbNF223U
Survey link: forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
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Salient warning ⤵️⤵️ from Dr. Drummond. If that rumour is true it will be catastrophic.
Indeed, good news but if the rumours are true, and the @fordnation government plans on April 1st of ending financial support for rural ER staffing then you will probably end up with more closed ERs than you ever thought possible.
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Remembering Magic Sam, born on this day in 1937 in Grenada County, Mississippi. Here he is performing "All Your Love" in 1969.
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“This exhibit focuses on gay HIV-positive sex worker activist Daniel Charles Cockerline (1960-1995), who was involved in the founding of numerous sex workers’ rights organizations in Toronto, Ontario, from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.”
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Emergency departments had a record no. of closures last yr, even worse than the 1,199 closures of emerg departments, urgent care centres & more in 2023. Before 2018 when the Ford govt took power, emerg department closures were almost unheard of.
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This is one of the images deleted from the @CDCgov historical archive, by the way. I downloaded it this morning and can't access it anymore. We are ready to repeat the past.
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Your voice matters! First Peoples’ Wellness Circle is interested in hearing from Indigenous scholars, graduate students, and Inuit working in the mental health sector.
