The Group Sex Project
The Group Sex Project – Canada-wide survey open now!
2SLGBTQ+ Recreational Sport Study
We are a group of health, sport, 2SLGBTQ+ and community-based researchers hoping to better understand the value and impact that 2SLGBTQ+…
Transforming Supports
Despite a need for safe and accessible mental health supports for trans and gender-diverse communities, there remains a scarcity of literature and…
Acceptability, Feasibility, and Bias Assessment in Administrative Health Data Linkage among 2SLGBTQQIA+ Communities
The federal parliamentary Standing Committee on Health called for better data practice to address health inequities among Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay,…
HIV In My Day
Within communities most impacted by the epidemic in Canada (e.g., gay men, Indigenous peoples, people of colour, women, people who use injection…
The Future of PrEP is Now
HIV incidence is not declining in most of Canada, despite Health Canada approval of oral pre- exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in 2017 and embracement of…
Our Health 2022: Canada-Wide 2SLGBTQQIA+ Community Study
Public health actions to reduce transmission of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) may uniquely impact Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans,…
Chronic Health Outcomes
Community-Based Participatory Surveillance of Chronic Health Outcomes and Determinants among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, and Two-Spirit…
Momentum Health Study (Aka Engage Study)
The Momentum Health Study is a sexual health study of gay, bisexual and queer men (inclusive of trans men) in Metro Vancouver. The study has been…
Test Now
Test Now is studying increasing testing options, to enable more guys to be aware of their sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI)…
Blood Donation Study
Currently in Canada, men who have had any sex with men in the past 3 months are not eligible to donate blood. This donor deferral policy has been a…
Disability Equity Through Service Provider Education
The purpose of this community-based participatory research project is to study the process and outcomes of designing and piloting a…
Education and Empowerment of Sub-Saharan African Migrant Women
Social inequalities – created through interactions between social identities, social policies, processes of oppression and privilege, institutional…
Healthy Masculinities Study
The widespread and pervasive problem of sexualized violence in our society calls for all of us to become more aware of the issues and take active…
Connecting Youth Experiences to Action
Led by Dr. Marion Selfridge Police interactions with youth are a salient concern for policy makers and the public, particularly due to the potential…
PrEP Implementation Project (PRIMP)
This PrEP Implementation Project (PRIMP) includes a series of studies that aim to study the implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for…
Our_Community Health Initiative (O_CHI)
What is the state of health for trans people across BC and is it improving? Elsewhere we know trans people have poorer mental health, worse health…
Sex Now Survey
Sex Now is CBRC’s principal community-based research initiative and Canada’s largest and longest running survey of GBT2Q men’s health. Originating…
LGBTQI2S Hospice and Palliative Care Project
Led by Dr. Robert Savage LGBTQI2S Hospice & Palliative Care Project is Participatory Action Research project aimed at evaluating the degree to…
Digital Sexual Health Initiative (DiSHI)
The GetCheckedOnline Implementation Study is an evaluation study of a comprehensive web-based testing service known as GetCheckedOnline (GCO), which…
Completed Projects
Birth Control Study
Led by Dr. Karyn Fulcher The Birth Control Study is a mixed method study being conducted in partnership with Island Sexual Health Society. Using…
Health Impacts of LGBTQ2S Recreational Sports on Sexually and Gender Diverse Communities
LGBTQ2S people face poorer health outcomes compared to their straight and cisgender peers. They are more likely to be diagnosed with depression and…
Serious Legal Issues
Access to justice is recognized as a significant issue facing middle- and low-income Canadians. Contracted by the Department of Justice, we will…
Party n’ Play (PnP) Study
Gay, bisexual, queer, trans, Two-Spirit and other men who have sex with men (GBQT2+) comprise over half of people living with HIV in Canada. From a…