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Marilou Gagnon

ResearcherSchool of NursingUniversity of Victoria

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Marilou Gagnon

Researcher

School of Nursing

Health Sciences

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (1 SSHRC, 1 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Aids Harm Reduction Hepatitis C Hiv Overdose Overdose Prevention Site

Latest papers

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Canadian news media reporting on involuntary substance use treatment and its evidence, 2020-2025: "At the cutting edge of debate, science and policy".
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
"From an HCV and HIV point of view, it's been remarkable": A qualitative study about using prescribed safer supply to support people who use drugs along the HIV and HCV prevention and treatment cascades in Ontario, Canada.
Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2025

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Anti-drug use vigilantism in BC: Exploring an emerging public health issue to inform policy and practice
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$19,100
Mapping surveillance in harm reduction: A new materialist analysis of emerging practices, technologies, and partnerships
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$28,773
Ilaa negetsta-lia et'ii hoghagetoo xehoowi: Celebrating families in the Tlicho region
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$45,898

All 10 grants and awards

39 publications.

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Priore I, Vishnevsky N, Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Price TR, Farrell-Low AM, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Gagnon M, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thomas G, Thompson K, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01061-1 PMID: 40506630

Canadian news media reporting on involuntary substance use treatment and its evidence, 2020-2025: "At the cutting edge of debate, science and policy".

Goodyear T, Mneina M, Schlissel J, Long V, Shaffer B, Russolillo A, Jenkins E, Slemon A, Gagnon M, Greer A

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105486 PMID: 42727133

"From an HCV and HIV point of view, it's been remarkable": A qualitative study about using prescribed safer supply to support people who use drugs along the HIV and HCV prevention and treatment cascades in Ontario, Canada.

Guta A, Rudzinski K, Gagnon M, Schmidt RA, Kolla G, German D, Kryszajtys D, Perri M, Sereda A, Sterling-Murphy C, Strike C

Journal of the International AIDS Society2025

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.70038 PMID: 41059585

"Becoming a Medical Cannabis User" Revisited: Understanding the Role of Low-Threshold Access Points in British Columbia, Canada.

Gagnon M, Hobbs H

Contemporary drug problems2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/00914509241312872 PMID: 40735737

A critical examination of 'family' caregiving at the end of life in contexts of homelessness: Key concepts and future considerations.

Mollison A, Stajduhar KI, Gagnon M, McNeil R

Palliative care and social practice2025

DOI: 10.1177/26323524251336765 PMID: 40371322

Conceptualizing 'cannabis harm reduction': lessons learned from cannabis compassion clubs and medical dispensaries in British Columbia (Canada).

Gagnon M, Hobbs H

Harm reduction journal2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01199-8 PMID: 40307811

Emergency department violence involving patients who use unregulated substances: A systemic perspective.

Jiao S, Bungay V, Jenkins E, Gagnon M

The International journal on drug policy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105007 PMID: 40934823

Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice.

Jiao S, Bungay V, Jenkins E, Gagnon M

Harm reduction journal2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-01088-6 PMID: 39294704

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

Farkouh EK, Vallance K, Wettlaufer A, Giesbrecht N, Asbridge M, Farrell-Low AM, Gagnon M, Price TR, Priore I, Shelley J, Sherk A, Shield KD, Solomon R, Stockwell TR, Thompson K, Vishnevsky N, Naimi TS

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00889-3 PMID: 38739320

Examining the Influence of Pre-HAART Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men's Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL).

Handlovsky I, Amato AT, Ferlatte O, Kia H, Gagnon M, Worthington C

Journal of homosexuality2024

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2023.2212100 PMID: 37192266

Anti-drug use vigilantism in BC: Exploring an emerging public health issue to inform policy and practice

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Fleming, Taylor

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Drug Criminalization; Drug Policy; Environmental Scan; Scoping Review; Stigma And Discrimination; Structural Determinants Of Health; Vigilantism

$19,100

Mapping surveillance in harm reduction: A new materialist analysis of emerging practices, technologies, and partnerships

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Surveillance; New Materialism; Qualitative; Situational Analysis

$28,773

Ilaa negetsta-lia et'ii hoghagetoo xehoowi: Celebrating families in the Tlicho region

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Komarnisky, Sara V.

Keywords: Indigenous Peoples; Northern Canada; Communityengaged; Childhood; Families; Applied research; Social change; Cultural continuity; Tlicho; Anticolonial

$45,898

Impression Management in the Workplace: A Dynamic Investigation Across Contexts

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Bourdage, Joshua S.

Keywords: impression management; personnel selection; employment interviews; applicant faking; team dynamics

$69,671

Organizational governance and whistleblowing in healthcare settings: A study of middle and upper managers' perspectives on and experiences with care providers who blow the whistle

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Perron, Amélie

Keywords: whistleblowing; managers; healthcare governance; discourse; sociology of ignorance; ethics; qualitative research

$101,467

Supporting Vulnerable and Marginalized Older Adults to be Cared for and to Die at 'Home'

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stajduhar, Kelli I

Keywords: Dying At Home; Housing; Older Adults; Palliative And End Of Life Care; Structural Inequities; Urban

$1,131,436

A qualitative exploration of the processes foundational to promoting psychological well-being amongst older, self-identifying gay men

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Handlovsky, Ingrid

Keywords: gay men; stigma; discrimination; HIV; HIV stigma; resilience; aging; qualitative research; psychological well-being

$34,031

Caregiving for vulnerable and marginalized older adults at the end of life

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Stajduhar, Kelli I

Keywords: Caregiving; Caregiving Support; Ethnographic Approaches; Health Equity; Homelessness; Life-Limiting Illness; Palliative Approach; Photo Elicitation; Vulnerable Populations

$921,824

Négocier la culture du silence: Une étude qualitative de la dénonciation chez le personnel infirmier au Québec

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Marilou

Keywords: dénonciation; discours; idéologies; construction identitaire; infirmières; éthique; qualitatif; analyse critique de discours

$145,491

Integration of HIV and Hepatitis C Care in Overdose Prevention Sites: What are the Gaps?

Nominated PICIHR2018Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Marilou; Leman, Karen

Keywords: Aids; Harm Reduction; Hepatitis C; Hiv; Overdose; Overdose Prevention Site

$39,925

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

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Marilou Gagnon

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Provincial and territorial results and recommendations from the Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation project: Room for improvement.

Canadian news media reporting on involuntary substance use treatment and its evidence, 2020-2025: "At the cutting edge of debate, science and policy".

"From an HCV and HIV point of view, it's been remarkable": A qualitative study about using prescribed safer supply to support people who use drugs along the HIV and HCV prevention and treatment cascades in Ontario, Canada.

"Becoming a Medical Cannabis User" Revisited: Understanding the Role of Low-Threshold Access Points in British Columbia, Canada.

A critical examination of 'family' caregiving at the end of life in contexts of homelessness: Key concepts and future considerations.

Conceptualizing 'cannabis harm reduction': lessons learned from cannabis compassion clubs and medical dispensaries in British Columbia (Canada).

Emergency department violence involving patients who use unregulated substances: A systemic perspective.

Opioid-specific harm reduction in the emergency department: how staff provide harm reduction and contextual factors that impact their capacity to engage in harm reduction practice.

An assessment of federal alcohol policies in Canada and priority recommendations: Results from the 3rd Canadian Alcohol Policy Evaluation Project.

Examining the Influence of Pre-HAART Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men's Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL).

Anti-drug use vigilantism in BC: Exploring an emerging public health issue to inform policy and practice

Mapping surveillance in harm reduction: A new materialist analysis of emerging practices, technologies, and partnerships

Ilaa negetsta-lia et'ii hoghagetoo xehoowi: Celebrating families in the Tlicho region

Impression Management in the Workplace: A Dynamic Investigation Across Contexts

Organizational governance and whistleblowing in healthcare settings: A study of middle and upper managers' perspectives on and experiences with care providers who blow the whistle

Supporting Vulnerable and Marginalized Older Adults to be Cared for and to Die at 'Home'

A qualitative exploration of the processes foundational to promoting psychological well-being amongst older, self-identifying gay men

Caregiving for vulnerable and marginalized older adults at the end of life

Négocier la culture du silence: Une étude qualitative de la dénonciation chez le personnel infirmier au Québec

Integration of HIV and Hepatitis C Care in Overdose Prevention Sites: What are the Gaps?

Frequent collaborators

Adrian Guta

Carol Strike

Emily Jenkins

Trevor Goodyear

Gillian Kolla

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Zach Walsh

Patrick McDougall

Cecilia Costiniuk

Kara Thompson

Norman Giesbrecht

Cecilia Costiniuk

Shari Margolese

Mark Asbridge

Jacob Shelley

Laurel Challacombe

Pamela Leece

Kali-olt Sedgemore

Ingrid Handlovsky

Gillian Kolla

Allie Slemon

Olivier Ferlatte

Notisha Massaquoi

Alexander Mcclelland

Alissa Greer

Jenny Godley

Karen Urbanoski

Angela Kaida

Gerald Thomas

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Elaine Hyshka

Catherine Worthington

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