News Category: Peter Newman
#SafeHandsSafeHearts addresses the needs of racialized LGBTQIA+ communities in Thailand, India and Canada during COVID-19
Categories: Charmaine Williams, Peter NewmanResearch led by Professor Peter A. Newman, Provost Postdoctoral Fellow Notisha Massaquoi and Professor Charmaine Williams has […]
Global News interviews Peter Newman about TCDSB’s removal of YouthLine from its list of resources for LGBTQ2 students
Categories: Peter NewmanProfessor Peter Newman was interviewed by Global News on January 12 about the Toronto Catholic District School […]
Newly funded COVID-19-related research will build knowledge on prevention and care
Categories: Carmen Logie, Jia Xue, Peter Newman, Rachelle AshcroftTo address the health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the globe, the Government […]
Professor Peter Newman explains why a “one size fits all” approach to the pandemic further marginalizes those who are LGBTQ2SIA+
Categories: Peter NewmanThe public health response to the global pandemic has called on people to change their lives considerably, […]
When pandemics collide: FIFSW professors refocus on HIV in the COVID-19 era
Categories: Carmen Logie, David Brennan, Peter NewmanAmid singular attention to the COVID-19 emergency, three FIFSW professors are calling attention to the other major […]
Two FIFSW professors — Peter A. Newman and Carmen Logie — have articles in a special issue of Journal of the International AIDS Society
Categories: Carmen Logie, Peter NewmanFIFSW faculty members Professor Peter Newman and Associate Professor Carmen Logie have published articles in a special […]
Research on the vulnerability of LGBTQI youth by Professor Peter Newman and PhD graduate Sophia Fantus is featured in Maclean’s
Categories: Faculty, Peter Newman, StudentsProfessor Charles Fensham, a professor of systematic theology at the University of Toronto’s Knox College, recently spoke […]
Prof. Peter A. Newman leads UNICEF report on HIV among adolescents and youth from key populations in Asia
Categories: Faculty, Peter NewmanProf. Peter A. Newman served as lead researcher for a 4-country UNICEF formative assessment officially released on […]
On the Road to Masi
Categories: Faculty, Peter NewmanView a documentary video by Peter A. Newman on Community engagement in HIV vaccine research in South Africa
Prof. Peter A. Newman awarded SSHRC Partnership Grant
Categories: Faculty, Peter Newman
Prof. Peter A. Newman has been awarded a 7-year, $2.5 million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The partnership – MFARR-Asia (Mobilizing for a Research Revolution to Ensure LGBTIQ Inclusion in Asia) – brings together over 25 academic and community partners from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong, India, the Philippines, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Intergovernmental Organization partners include the United Nations Development Programme and the Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutes.
MFARR-Asia’s multidisciplinary team will work to document and advance the inclusion of LGBTIQ people in all spheres of public life using innovative mixed methods approaches, including participatory video, and train a new generation of scholars, practitioners, and advocates working with LGBTIQ communities. More details on the project can be found here: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/recipients-recipiendaires/2019/partnership_grants_2019-subventions_partenerial_2019-eng.aspx