Mathew Fleury, Simon Fraser University

Research

Health Equity Health Promotion And Disease Prevention Health Services And Systems Indigenous Knowledge Indigenous Methods Indigenous Peoples' Health Knowledge Translation Population & Social Sciences Methods

Latest papers

Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia's decriminalization of personal drug possession framework.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I'm Ready national HIV self-testing study.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs: A Gender-Stratified Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis.
Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2024

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Responding to the toxic drug crisis: Examining novel substance use interventions for young people who use drugs in British Columbia
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$1,380,825
Evaluating Longitudinal Evidence for using health incentiVes to Address and Treat Opioid Use Disorder Effectively (The ELEVATE Study)
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$250,000
Telling the Story: Gathering First Nations perspectives of COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$189,930

All 4 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia's decriminalization of personal drug possession framework.

Speed KA, Gallant K, Fleury M, McAdam E, Kelsall TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01012-w PMID: 40072814

02

Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I'm Ready national HIV self-testing study.

Ajiboye W, Tharao W, Owino M, Soje L, Tian JMLH, Ly A, Piyesis MK, McLeod A, Fleury M, McBain K, Massaquoi N, Mosugu T, Swidrovich J, Tan DHS, Nelson L, Rourke SB

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01009-5 PMID: 40106208

03

Patterns of Socioeconomic Marginalization among People Who Use Drugs: A Gender-Stratified Repeated Measures Latent Class Analysis.

Mitra S, Kerr T, Cui Z, Gilbert M, Fleury M, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Richardson L

Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine2024

DOI: 10.1007/s11524-024-00828-0 PMID: 38472731

04

Depoliticization of Violence: Critical Limits of Risk Environment Frameworks in Drug Use Research.

Singh Kelsall T, McDermid J, Vieira E, Withers AJ, Tao V, Dives J, Myketiak T, Rai N, Seaby Palmour J, Fleury M

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/00469580241308442 PMID: 39704344

05

"It's just a perfect storm": Exploring the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on overdose risk in British Columbia from the perspectives of people who use substances.

Foreman-Mackey A, Xavier J, Corser J, Fleury M, Lock K, Mehta A, Lamb J, McDougall J, Newman C, Buxton JA

BMC public health2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15474-5 PMID: 37013524

06

Identifying behaviours for survival and wellness among people who use methamphetamine with opioids in British Columbia: a qualitative study.

Corser J, Palis H, Fleury M, Lamb J, Lock K, McDougall J, Mehta A, Newman C, Spence H, Buxton JA

Harm reduction journal2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00630-8 PMID: 35590375

Responding to the toxic drug crisis: Examining novel substance use interventions for young people who use drugs in British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: DeBeck, Kora A

Keywords: Applied Research; Capacity Building; Community Engaged; Health Equity; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Longitudinal Cohort Study; Population Public Health; Substance Use; Toxic Drug Crisis; Young People Who Use Drugs

$1,380,825

Evaluating Longitudinal Evidence for using health incentiVes to Address and Treat Opioid Use Disorder Effectively (The ELEVATE Study)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Fairbairn, Nadia

Keywords: contingency management; health incentives; incentivized treatment; addiction; substance use; socioeconomic insecurity; overdose crisis; people who use drugs

$250,000

Telling the Story: Gathering First Nations perspectives of COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: McDonald, Shannon; Hughes, Katie

Keywords: Community-Driven Research; Indigenous Health Research Methodology; Knowledge Mobilization; Vaccine Confidence

$189,930

Standing Together: Strength, Resilience, and Indigenous leadership as the Pathway to Pandemic Responses

Principal investigatorCIHR2021O. Gr.: Addr. the Health Impacts of COVID-19 - Indigenous Health Research

Principal investigators: McDonald, Shannon; Desjarlais, Juanita; Fleury, Mathew; Hughes, Katie; Isaac-Mann, Sonia T; Wieman, Cornelia G

Keywords: Health Equity; Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Health Services And Systems; Indigenous Knowledge; Indigenous Methods; Indigenous Peoples' Health; Knowledge Translation; Population & Social Sciences Methods; Population And Health; Social, Economic And Legal Status

$483,061

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

School of Population and Public Health
Medicine
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
Health and Society
Emergency Medicine
Sociology
School of Nursing
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2021

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Health Equity Dear Professor Fleury, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia's decriminalization of personal drug possession framework." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Standing Together: Strength, Resilience, and Indigenous leadership as the Pathway to Pandemic Responses" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]