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Proposed Research Projects

Below is a summary of the projects that were identified as priorities by people at the symposium. Some individuals volunteered to take the lead on developing the idea into a proposal. Others merely volunteered to coordinate a group of people who would like to pursue the idea.

Current Projects	Lead person
Inventory of research resources, trainers, workshop skills posted on our website and available to all members	Dr. Theresa Healy, UNBC, Prince George mthealy@shaw.ca or healy@unbc.ca
Mapping of queer women's uses, and experiences, of the internet with a specific focus on cyberspaces and issues of marginality, identity, sexuality, and agency.	Dr. Mary Bryson, UBC, Vancouver mary.bryson@ubc.ca http://www.queerville.ca
A capacity building set of tools for making community institutions queer friendly	Emilie Adin, Fort Nelson adin_planning@lycos.com
Aboriginal Issues	Carlene Dingwall, Prince George cdingwall@pgweb.com
Community mapping	Dr. Ali Grant, Vancouver aligrant@shaw.ca
Intake process as a barrier to accessing appropriate physical and mental health care	Teresa Wood, UBC onmybicycle@yahoo.com
Queer youth	Erin Bentley, UBC cheeringsquad@hotmail.com
Intergenerational conversations on gender	Dr. Lyn Davis, Victoria lyndavis1@earthlink.net
Stories of older lesbians	Karen Gallagher, Victoria Karen.Gallagher@gems5.gov.bc.ca
Sex education in the schools	Teresa Wood, UBC onmybicycle@yahoo.com

Research Gaps/Areas of Interest (in relationship to lesbian, trans, bi, two-spirited and queer women)	Possible Research Topics
Community Building	Fancy-Dancing: The intersection of race and sexuality: Alliance and allegiances. Relationship between research and community organizing Construction of community Capacity building Municipal planning Feminist geography Equality rights and coalition building Film, art, writing, theatre and social action Homophobia in Aboriginal communities Politics in the lesbian community
Queer, Lesbian, Bi, Trans Women's Relationships	Parenting by lesbians Partner abuse Butch/femme BDSM, Adoption
Construction of Identity	Trans issues: polarizing the polarized Butch identity Gender identity Lesbians in uniform Two-Spirited traditions and values Gender outlaws in the Justice system
History	Of queer identity Post war women’s sports
Psychological	Body image Being out Depression Psychiatry Trauma and addictions Suicide and youth
Physiological	Hormones Aging Cancer and homophobia Sex Health
Spirituality	Traditions, roles and ceremonies for Two-Spirited people
Queer pedagogy	Queer identity and cyberspace

Community Inventory

Interested in networking with other lesbian researchers in BC? Eager to share your skills or acquire new ones? Then please complete the form below and return it to Theresa Healy, Matrix mistress, at mthealy@shaw.ca or by fax to 250-962-2679 or to 9033 Neilson Rd, Prince George, BC V5T 5T6. The information will be shared only with other researcher members of the network.

Please feel free to share the form with other potential members, including interested researchers located outside of BC but interested in BC related topics.

Important note: Membership in the researcher network is not restricted to only academic or educational institutional based researchers.

Community Inventory Form

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Proposed Research Projects

Current Projects

Lead person

Research Gaps/Areas of Interest (in relationship to lesbian, trans, bi, two-spirited and queer women)

Possible Research Topics

Community Inventory

Community Inventory Form