Michael Orsini, University of Ottawa

Research

Bioethics Criminalization Hiv/Aids Intersectionality Non-Disclosure Risk

Latest papers

"We like to be in the tent": How charitable organizations navigate political advocacy for health equity.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025
Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed: Social science perspectives on the harms of HIV criminalization in Canada
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2024
When biographical disruption meets HIV exceptionalism: Reshaping illness identities in the shadow of criminalization.
Sociology of health & illness · 2021 · first author

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$4,000,000
Re-Storying Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability: Affirming Practices and Cultures
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$59,650
Disability in Movement: Tracing Ableism in Social Movements in Canada
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$16,404

All 12 grants and awards

6 publications.

01

"We like to be in the tent": How charitable organizations navigate political advocacy for health equity.

De Shalit A, van der Meulen E, Orsini M, Laforest R, Guta A

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118145 PMID: 40408789

02

Criminal Code reform of HIV non-disclosure is urgently needed: Social science perspectives on the harms of HIV criminalization in Canada

Hastings C, French M, McClelland A, Mykhalovskiy E, Adam B, Bisaillon L, Bogosavljevic K, Gagnon M, Greene S, Guta A

Canadian Journal of Public Health20248 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-023-00843-9

03

When biographical disruption meets HIV exceptionalism: Reshaping illness identities in the shadow of criminalization.

Orsini M, Kilty JM

Sociology of health & illness2021First author

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.13290 PMID: 34105181

04

Governing COVID-19 without government in Brazil: Ignorance, neoliberal authoritarianism, and the collapse of public health leadership.

Ortega F, Orsini M

Global public health2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1795223 PMID: 32663117

05

"We write as little as we have to": charting practices and documenting disclosure in response to HIV criminalization in Canada.

Kilty JM, Orsini M

AIDS care2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2019.1587371 PMID: 30821166

06

Globalization and the health of Canadians: 'Having a job is the most important thing'.

Labonté R, Cobbett E, Orsini M, Spitzer D, Schrecker T, Ruckert A

Globalization and health2015

DOI: 10.1186/s12992-015-0104-1 PMID: 25963310

Co-designing a Smartwear Revolution: Augmenting Mobility, Independence, and Ability through Transformative Clothing Technology

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Mushahwar, Vivian

$4,000,000

Re-Storying Autism, Neurodiversity and Disability: Affirming Practices and Cultures

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Grants

Keywords: research creation; arts-based methods; participatory autism methodologies; knowledge translation; inclusion; belonging; critical autism studies; disability studies in education; neurodiversity paradigm; intersectionality; decolonizing

$59,650

Disability in Movement: Tracing Ableism in Social Movements in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Orsini, Michael

Keywords: ableism; social movements; intersectionality; social justice

$16,404

Disability in Movement: Tracing Ableism in Social Movements in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Orsini, Michael

Keywords: ableism; social movements; intersectionality; social justice

$93,741

Feeling the Carceral

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kilty, Jennifer

Keywords: emotions; affect; carceral spaces; prison; hiv risk environment; carceral geography

$148,442

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$2,499,684

Bodies in translation: activist art, technology, and access to life

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Grants

Keywords: disability arts and culture; research creation and arts based methods; knowledge translation; technological innovation; accessibility and vitality

$20,000

Understanding the role of emotions and stigma in policy discourse

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Orsini, Michael

Keywords: emotions; public policy; affect; interpretive policy analysis

$122,888

Bioethics on the Ground: Criminalization and the Changing Landscape of HIV/AIDS Advocacy

Nominated PICIHR2013Catalyst Grant: Ethics

Principal investigators: Orsini, Michael; Kilty, Jennifer M

Keywords: Bioethics; Criminalization; Hiv/Aids; Intersectionality; Non-Disclosure; Risk

$96,821

Canadian disability activism beyond the charter locating artistic and cultural interventions

Principal investigatorSSHRC2013

Principal investigators: Orsini, Michael

Keywords: disability activism; social movements; Canada; art; youth

$20,413

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Bioethics Dear Professor Orsini, 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 ""We like to be in the tent": How charitable organizations navigate political advocacy for health equity." (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 SSHRC-funded project "Disability in Movement: Tracing Ableism in Social Movements in Canada" (2022), 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]