Publications
Card, K., Koenig, B., Moebes, Z., Muratov, M., Jansson, M., Selfridge, M., Korol, K., Benoit, C and the Victoria Youth Foundry Clinic’s Youth and Cannabis Working Group. (2023). Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Youth, by Youth.
Selfridge, M., Card, K., Kandler, T., Flanagan, E., Lerhe, E., Heaslip, A., Nguyen, A., Moher, M., Pauly, B., Urbanowski, K., Fraser, C. (2022). Factors associated with 60-day adherence to opioids prescribed under British Columbia’s interim clinical guidance for health care providers to support people who use drugs during COVID-19 and the ongoing overdose emergency. International Journal of Drug Policy. 105, 103709 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103709
Selfridge, M., Barnett, T., Drost, A., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Fraser, C. (2022). Treating people where they are: Nurse-led micro-elimination of hepatitis C in supported housing sites for networks of people who inject drugs in Victoria, Canada. Public Health Nursing. (39). 1009–1016. DOI: 10.1111/phn.13092
Selfridge, M. & Paquette, N. (2022). “Something is not okay” Bodily expressions of grief for street-involved youth. Medicine Anthropology Theory. 9(2). https://doi.org/10.17157/mat.9.2.5773
Greer, A., Selfridge, M., Watson, T., Macdonald, S., & Pauly, B. (2021). Young people who use drugs views toward the power and authority of police officers. Contemporary Drug Problems.1-22. DOI: 10.1177/00914509211058989
Selfridge, M., Cunningham, E., Barnett, T., Drost, A., Gray-Schleihauf, C., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Milne, R., Grebely, J., Fraser, C. (2021). Reinfection following successful direct-acting antiviral treatment for HCV infection among people attending an inner-city community health centre in Victoria, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.001
Selfridge, M., Robinson, J. & Mitchell, L. (2021). heART space: Curating Community Grief from Overdose. Global Studies of Childhood, 11(1), 69-90. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043610621995838
Greer, A., Card, K., Selfridge, M., Benoit, C., Jansson, M., Lee, Z., Macdonald, S. (2021). Factors contributing to frequent police contact among young people: a multivariate analysis including homelessness, community visibility, and drug use in British Columbia, Canada. Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1872500
Selfridge, M, Card, K, Lundgren, K, Barnett, T, Guarasci, K, Drost, A, Gray-Schleihauf, C, Milne, R, Degenhardt, J, Stark, A, Hull, M, Fraser, C, & Lachowsky, N.J. (2020). Feasibility and Utility of Nurse-Led HIV PrEP in a Community Health Care Clinic. Public Health Nursing, 37(6), 871-879. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/phn.12813
Card, K., Selfridge, M., Greer, A., Hepburn, K., Sorge, J., Urbanowski, K., Pauly, B., Wallace, B., Benoit, C., Lachowsky, N., Macdonald, S. (2020). Event-level outcomes of police interactions with youth in three cities across British Columbia. International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102824
Selfridge, M., Mitchell, L., Greer, A., Macdonald, S., Pauly, B. (2020). “Accidental Intimacies” – Reconsidering bodily encounters between police and young people who use drugs. Contemporary Drug Problems. DOI: 10.1177/0091450920929101
Selfridge, M. & Mitchell, L. (2020). Social media as moral laboratory: Street-involved youth, death and grief. Journal of Youth Studies. 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2020.1746758
Greer, A., Sorge, J., Selfridge, M., Benoit, C., Jansson, M., Macdonald, S. (2020). Police discretion to charge young people who use drugs prior to cannabis legalization in British Columbia, Canada: a brief report of quantitative findings. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2020.1745757
Selfridge, M., Card, K., Healy, P. (2020). Youth Experiences Project: How police interactions impact youth who use drugs. CISUR Bulletin #20, Victoria, BC: University of Victoria.
Selfridge, M. (2020). heART space – A community art show about overdose. Visions: BC’s Mental Health and Substance Use Journal. 15(1).
Selfridge, M., Greer, A., Card, K., Macdonald, S., Pauly, B. (2020). “It’s like super structural” – Overdose experiences of youth who use drugs and police in three non-metropolitan cities across British Columbia. International Journal of Drug Policy, 76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.102623
Selfridge, M., Card, K., Greer, A., Ferencz, S., Lachowsky, N., Macdonald, S. (2019). RDS with youth who use drugs: a mixed method assessment. Contemporary Drug Problems, 46(4), 363–378. https://doi.org/10.1177/0091450919885412
Selfridge, M, Cunningham, E, Milne, R, Drost, A, Barnett, T, Lundgren, K, Guarasci, K, Grebely, Fraser, C. (2019). Direct-acting antiviral treatment for hepatitis C, reinfection and mortality among people attending an inner-city community health centre in Victoria, Canada. International Journal of Drug Policy, 72; 106-113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.03.001
Selfridge, M. (2017). Grieving online: Street-involved youths’ use of social media after a death (Doctoral dissertation). University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada. https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8932
Mitchell, L. & Selfridge, M. (2017). “Because that’s what we do… we sit and we drink and we talk”: Stories and storytelling among street involved youth. Jeunesse: Young People, Text, Cultures, 9(2); 91-111.http://jeunessejournal.ca/index.php/yptc/article/view/390/299
Matous-Gibbs, I., Mitchell, L., Selfridge, M., Gabriel, M., Ignatescue, M., & Planomania, M. (2017). More than one street. In M. Emme & A. Kirova (Eds.) Good question: Arts-based approaches to collaborative research with children and youth. (pp.163-169). Victoria, BC: CSEA Publications.
Selfridge, M. (2016). Living online on the street: Street-involved youth negotiating online access on the street. Journal of Technologies in Society, 12(3); 35-48.
More Than One Street Collective. (2015). More Than One Street – Stories, art, photographs, poetry & more. Victoria, BC: First Choice Books. (Supported youth in design and editorial process to produce book)
Selfridge, M., Wallace, B., & Pauly, B. (2014). Victoria Cool Aid Society Community Health Centre: Social, political, and historical context. EQUIP Healthcare: Research to equip primary healthcare for equity, in partnership with Victoria Cool Aid Community Health Centre. University of British Columbia, Vancouver & University of Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2014). Review of chapter 6. It’s complicated – the social lives of networked teens. A Collaborative Book Engagement. Eds. Iskandar Zulkarnain, Megan Farnel and Fiona Barnett. HASTAC. Web. August 2014.
Selfridge, M. (2014). Book review of Nancy Lesko’s Act your age! A cultural construction of adolescence. International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies. 5(4.2), 878-884. https://journals.uvic.ca/index.php/ijcyfs/article/view/13395
Presentations
Guarasci, K, Selfridge, M, Lundgren, K, Barnett, T, Boothman, F, Fraser, C. (2023). Impact of COVID-19 on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Nurse-led HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Initiation and Retention at Cool Aid Community Health Centre for Men who have sex with men (gbMSM). STI & HIV 2023 World Congress. July 23-27. Chicago, USA.
Barnett,T., Boothman, F., Drost, A., Ferguson, K., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., MacInnis, S., Selfridge, M., Stavely, D., Fraser, C. (2023). Next Steps in Micro-elimination: Peer Point of Care Hepatitis C Testing in Victoria, British Columbia. Global Hepatitis Summit 2023. April 25-28. Paris, France.
Selfridge, M., Barnett,T., Boothman, F., Drost, A., Ferguson, K., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., MacInnis, S., Stavely, D., Fraser, C. (2023). Next Steps in Micro-elimination: Peer Point of Care Hepatitis C Testing in Victoria, British Columbia. Joint CDDW-CLM Conference. Feb 28 – March 5. Halifax, Canada.
Selfridge, M., Barnett,T., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Drost, A., Fraser, C. (2022). “I just never wanted them to feel uncomfortable” – Barriers to Pharmacy-based Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Victoria, British Columbia. AASLD Liver Meeting. Nov. 4-8. Washington, USA.
Selfridge, M., Barnett,T., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Drost, A., Fraser, C. (2022). “We all lost our steam” – Barriers to Pharmacy-based Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Victoria, British Columbia. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). October 19-21, 2022. Glasgow, Scotland.
Selfridge, M., Gudiño Perez, D., Beck-McGreevy, P., Hutchison, A., Kalicum, J., McCall, J., Macevicius, C., Urbanoski, K., Pauly, B. (2022). Implications of Using Current Mechanisms of Opioid Agonist Treatment (OAT) Provision to Access ‘Safer Supply’ in British Columbia. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). October 19-21, 2022. Glasgow, Scotland.
Gudiño, D., Macevicius, C., Beck-McGreevy, P., Selfridge, M., Hutchison, A., Kalicum, J., McCall, J., & Pauly, B. (2022). Pushing harm reduction through a medicalized model: Health policy planners’ perspectives on the Covid-19 Risk Mitigation Guidance in British Columbia, Canada/Implementación de reducción de daños a través de un modelo sanitario: perspectivas de los planificadores de políticas publicas de salud sobre la Guía de Mitigación de Riesgos (RMG) en BC, Canadá. 13th National Harm Reduction Conference, Puerto Rico, USA.
Selfridge, M., Barnett, T., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Drost, A., Fraser, C.. (2022). “Like what? You think I have that?” – Impact of Stigma on Pharmacy-based Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Victoria, British Columbia. European Liver Meeting. June 22-26. London, England
Barnett, T., Selfridge ,M., Drost, A., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Fraser ,C. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on EPIC: Evaluation of Pharmacy-based Identification and Treatment of Hepatitis C in Victoria, British Columbia. Canadian Liver Meeting Conference, May 13-15, Ottawa, Canada.
Selfridge, M., Barnett, T., Drost, A., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Roy, H., Fraser, C. (2022). Closing the Loop: Ongoing Nurse-led Hepatitis C (HCV) Micro-elimination projects in Supportive Housing Sites and Shelters for People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) in Victoria, Canada. Canadian Liver Meeting Conference, May 13-15, Ottawa, Canada.
Selfridge, M., Barnett ,T., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Roy, H., Fraser, C. (2022). Impact of COVID-19 on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Nurse-led HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Initiation and Retention at Cool Aid Community Health Centre for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). Canadian Association for HIV Research Conference, April 27-29. Online.
Javier Pico-Espinosa, O., Hull, M., Mohammed, S., Tengra, Z., Chris, A., Clarke, B., Selfridge, M., Fraser, C., Lundgren, K., El-Helou, P., Bannar-Martin, S., Stark, W., Grennan, T., MacPherson, P., Bogoch, I., Hall, D., Junek, K., Woodward, K., Tran, K., Tan, D.H.S. (2022). PRIMP PrEP Cascade Results: Only a minority of healthcare encounters among PrEP-eligible gbMSM lead to PrEP initiation. Canadian Association for HIV Research Conference, April 27-29. Online.
Javier Pico-Espinosa, O., Hull, M., Fisher, K., Mohammed, S., Tengra, Z., Chris, A., Clarke, B., Selfridge, M., Fraser, C., Lundgren, K., El-Helou, P., Bannar-Martin, S., Stark, W., Grennan, T., MacPherson, P., Bogoch, I., Hall, D., Junek, K., Woodward, K., Tran, K., Tan, D.H.S. (2021). PrEP cascade among HIV-negative gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Ontario and British Columbia. Baseline data from the PrEP implementation Project (PRIMP). European AIDS conference, Oct 27-30, Online.
Barnett, T., Guarasci, K., Lundgren, K., Roy, H., Selfridge, M., Fraser, C. (2021). Treating People in COVID-19 Sheltering Sites: Nurse-led Hepatitis C (HCV) Micro-elimination Project during Dual Public Health Emergencies for People who Inject Drugs (PWID) in Victoria, Canada. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). Oct 12-15, Online.
Selfridge, M., Cunningham, E., Barnett, T., Drost, A., Gray-Schleihauf ,C., Guarasci ,K., Lundgren, K., Milne, R., Grebely, J., Fraser, C. (2021). Reinfection following successful direct-acting antiviral therapy for HCV infection among people attending an inner-city community health centre in Victoria, Canada. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). Oct 12-15, Online.
Urbanoski K, Burmeister C, Beck McGreevy P, Thomson E, Hogan K, Card K, Selfridge M, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Pauly B. (2021). A mixed methods evaluation of risk mitigation measures to address the dual public health crisis of COVID-19 and overdose. Oral presentation at the 2021 Annual CAHSPR Conference. May 19-21, 2021.
Barrett, L., Rosati, D., Garcia-Retortilla, M., Wedemeyer, H., Teti, E., Hernanedez, F., Selfridge, M., Wong, A., Rodriguez-Tajes, S., Morano, L., Brixko, C., Mulioa, E., O’Loan, J., Milella, M., Campanale, F., Macedo, g., Veloz, M., Maida, I., Ranier, R., Martins, A., Bascia, A., Buti, M., Fernandez-Rodriguea, C., Conway, B., Foucher, J., Fagiuoli, S., Ranji, A., Fenech, M., Ryan, P., Borgia, S., Mangia, A., Ntalla, I., Hernandez, C., Merens, M., Vanstralen, K., Calvaruso, V. (2020). HCV Elimination in active PWID: Sof/vel as a simple tool to implement a test and treat approach in this vulnerable population. The Liver Meeting Digital Experience™ 2020, 13-16 Nov, 2020
Greer, A., Selfridge, M., Pauly, B., Watson, T. (2020). (Un)bounded authority: the limits and uses of police authority in encounters with young people who use drugs from British Columbia, Canada. International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) Conference. Online.
Barrett, L., Rosati, D., Garcia-Retortilla, M., Wedemeyer, H., Teti, E., Hernanedez, F., Selfridge, M., Wong, A., Rodriguez-Tajes, S., Morano, L., Brixko, C., Mulioa, E., O’Loan, J., Milella, M., Campanale, F., Macedo, g., Veloz, M., Maida, I., Ranier, R., Martins, A., Bascia, A., Buti, M., Fernandez-Rodriguea, C., Conway, B., Foucher, J., Fagiuoli, S., Ranji, A., Fenech, M., Ryan, P., Borgia, S., Mangia, A., Ntalla, I., Hernandez, C., Merens, M., Vanstralen, K., Calvaruso, V. (2020). Global real-world evidence of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir (SOF/VEL) as a highly effective treatment and elimination tool in underserved patient populations experiencing mental health disorders, incarceration or homelessness. EASL 2020 International Liver Conference. April 16; London, UK.
Selfridge, M., Bing, O., Hamilton, S., Kennedy, M. (2020). Should I call 911? Youth, overdose and police. University of Victoria’s Ideafest. March 5; Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2020). heART space: Compassion building around overdose. University of Victoria’s Elder Academy. January 25; Victoria, BC.
Robinson, J., & Selfridge, M. (2019). heART Space: Curating Community Grief from Overdose. Joint meeting of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) and the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA). November 23; Vancouver, BC.
Pighin, S. & Selfridge, M. (2019). Know your rights with police. Two Spirit Gathering – Victoria Native Friendship Centre; November 6 & 7; Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M., Lundgren, K., Barnett, T., Guarasci, K., Drost, A., Gray-Schleihauf, C., Degenhardt, J., Selfridge, M., Card, K., Fraser, C. (2019). Nurse-led Models in Men’s Testing: Opportunities for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) at Cool Aid Community Health Centre (CHC) for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). Canadian Sex Research Forum Annual Meeting. October 17; Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M., Mitchell, L., Greer, A., Pauly, B. (2019). “Accidental Intimacies” – Reconsidering perceptions of police through their bodily encounters with youth who use drugs. Contemporary Drug Problems Conference; September 6; Prato, Italy.
Lundgren, K, Barnett, T, Guarasci, K, Drost, A, Gray-Schleihauf, C, Degenhardt, J, Selfridge, M, Fraser, C. A Nurse-Led HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program at Cool Aid Community Health Centre (CHC) for Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM). Oral presentation at Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR); 2019 May 10; Saskatoon, Canada.
Stark, AJ, Lachowsky, NJ, Selfridge, M, MacDonald, S. The Experiences of LGBTQ2S+ Youth in Three Cities Across British Columbia: Substance Use, Discrimination, Police and the Law. Oral presentation at the Gay Men’s Health Summit; 2018 Nov. 9; Vancouver, Canada.
Stark, AJ, Lachowsky, NJ, Selfridge, M, MacDonald, S. The Experiences of LGBTQ2S+ Youth in Three Cities Across British Columbia: Substance Use, Discrimination, Police and the Law. Oral presentation at the University of Victoria Chair in Transgender Studies Speaker Series; 2018 Oct. 25; Victoria, Canada.
Selfridge, M, Milne, R, Drost, A, Barnett, T, Lundgren, K, Guarasci, K, Cunningham, E, Grebely, J, Fraser, C. (2018). Direct-acting antiviral therapy for HCV infection in people with recent injecting drug use attending an inner-city community health centre in Victoria, Canada. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). Sept 19-21, Cascais, Portugal.
Barnett, T, Lundgren, K, Milne, R, Drost, A, Selfridge, M, Fraser, C. (2018). Treating people where they are: Lessons from outreach HCV treatment for networks of people with recent injecting drug use in Victoria, Canada. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). Sept 21, Cascais, Portugal.
Selfridge, M. (2018). “Something is not okay”: Bodily experiences of grief for street-involved youth. CASCA-Cuba. May 17, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba.
Milne, R, Drost, A, Grebely, J, Selfridge, M, Fraser, C. (2017). DAA therapy for HCV infection among people with a substance use history attending an inner-city community health centre – Victoria, Canada. International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users (INHSU). Sept, New York, USA.
Selfridge, M. (2017). “Poetry Captures the Essence” – Holding Space for Narratives of Grief and Trauma from Street-Involved Youth. Let’s CHAT – Social Dimensions of Health Conference. April 6, Victoria, BC.
Milne, R., Drost, A., Lundgren, K., Selfridge, M., & Fraser, C. (2016). Improved access to HCV treatment for substance users: The impact of on-site transient elastography in an inner city community health centre. 5th International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users. Sept 7-9, Oslo, Norway.
Selfridge, M. (2016). “And we screamed at the sky” – Holding space for narratives of grief and trauma from street-involved youth. Narrative Matters Conference. June 23, Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2016). “Is that how you want their family to find out?” Exploring the “rules‚” of grieving online. #YTHLive, the youth + tech + health conference. April 24, San Francisco, CA.
Selfridge, M. (2016). Paper dissolves or dies, but Facebook is always there: Street-involved youth and digital technology. CARBC-sponsored public lecture, Greater Victoria Public Library. April 7, Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2016). Grieving online. 2016 Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology, April 1, Vancouver, BC.
Milne, R., Drost, A., Selfridge, M., Fraser, C. (2016). The impact of onsite transient elastography in an inner city community health centre. 2016 CDDW™ Meeting. February 27, Montreal, Que.
Selfridge, M., Gabriel, M., Ignatescue, M., Roos, M. (2015). More Than One Street – The crazy ride of collaborative research. The Art of Resistance and Liberation: A radical celebration of social and environmental change. Oct. 24, University of Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2015). #*%$# My youth worker is on Facebook! Social media’s impact on today’s youth work. HYPE – Helping Youth Programs Excel. October 2, Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2015). Working with street-involved and other vulnerable youth. Victoria Youth Service Provider Network Meeting. May 27, Victoria, BC.
Mitchell, L. & Selfridge, M. (2015). “Because that’s what we do… we sit and we drink and we talk”: Stories and storytelling among street-involved youth. CASCA. May 14, Quebec City, Que.
Selfridge, M. (2015). Making my way to knowing: Street-involved youth’s use of digital technology to access information on-line. Connecting the Conversations – Social Dimensions of Health Conference. April 23, Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2015). Living online on the street: Street-involved youth negotiating online access on the street. Technology, Knowledge & Society Conference. Feb. 23-24, Berkeley, CA.
Selfridge, M. & Boc, M. (2014). Uh oh… Client-friend requests on Facebook: Social media’s impact on today’s youth work. AT-CURA Youth Strengths Conference, July 23-25, Vancouver, BC.
Selfridge, M. & Matous-Gibbs, I. (2014). Negotiating collaborative research methods. Descending the Ivory Tower: Connecting Theory and Practice in a Changing Social World. UBC Graduate Students’ Association Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2014). Nuancing the digital divide: Street-involved youth’s use of social media and digital technology. Mobilities: Flows, Ruptures, Intersections: U of A Sociology Graduate Students’ Association Conference, Edmonton, AB.
Flett- Daniels, A., Gabriel, M., Ignatescue, M., Matous-Gibbs, I., Mitchell, L., Selfridge, M., Werdel, T. (2013). “I want a roof and then I want another roof”. Affordable Housing for Low Income for Low Income People: Solutions and Challenges. Pacific Housing Research Network Housing Research Symposium. Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M., Matous-Gibbs, I., Mitchell, L. (2013). Shaping new roles: Doing research with youth who know the streets. CIHR Cafe Scientifique series on housing and homelessness, Victoria, BC.
Selfridge, M. (2013). Research ethics with street-involved youth. Centre for Youth and Society Research Showcase. Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria, BC.