Conference Presentations

  • “The tastiness of being alive”: Sexual expression in Alberta’s continuing care homes. 42nd Annual Guelph Sexuality Conference. Co-presenter Lisa Howard. University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. June 18-19, 2020 *cancelled due to COVID-19.
  • Supporting safe, healthy, and dignified expressions of sexuality in Continuing Care: The state of the science and the Alberta experience. Canadian Academy of Geriatric Psychiatry Annual Scientific Meeting. Panel presentation alongside Alberta Health Services and CareWest participants on a similar topic. Banff, Alberta. October 25-26, 2019.
  • Sexual Expression in Alberta’s Continuing Care Homes. The 20th Biennial Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association Conference. Oral presentation. Calgary, Alberta. May 2-4, 2019.
  • Initiating conversations about sexual expression in continuing care. The 20th Biennial Canadian Gerontological Nurses Association Conference. Oral presentation. Calgary, Alberta. May 2-4, 2019. *Lisa Howard is the presenting author.
  • “Research as the Wick in Teaching’s Candle.” SPARK Teaching Conference. May 2017. University of Lethbridge. Co-panelists: Susan McDaniel and Heidi McDonald.
  • “Intersections of Formal and Informal care for Older Adults in Rural Alberta.” Rural Dementia Summit. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Poster presentation and summit participant. October 25-26, 2016.
  • “Intersections of Formal and Informal care for Older Adults in Rural Alberta.” 22nd Annual Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference. Kelowna, British Columbia. October 15-19, 2016.
  • “Instances and Implications of Moral Distress Amongst Nursing and PSW Staff in Ontario’s Long-Term Care Residential Facilities”, Canadian Society for Sociology of Health. Fifth Biennial Bilingual Conference. University of Ottawa. May 5-6, 2016. 
  • “Links and Kinks in the Long-Term Care Work Chain”, Authors: *Daly, T; Armstrong, P.; and Brassolotto, J. The Association of Industrial Relations Academics in Australia and New Zealand (AIRAANZ) Conference: “Building Sustainable Workforce Futures”. Sydney, Australia. February 10-12, 2016. 
  • “Querying Scarcity: Kidney Dialysis and Transplantation in Rural British Columbia.” The International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. University of British Columbia, June 11-13, 2014.
  • “Roots of (in)action on the social determinants of health: A critical analysis of 9 public health units in Ontario, Canada.” Brassolotto, J., *Raphael, D., Baldeo, N. Health Promotion Ontario 25th Anniversary Conference: Building Connections between Promoting Health and the Social Determinants of Health.  Ryerson University, September 27, 2012. 
  • “A Critical Look at the Use of Place and Space in Organ Transfer Discourse.” Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics, 2011 Annual Congress of the Social Sciences and the Humanities. University of New Brunswick, May 30- June 2, 2011.