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Treena Orchard

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Associate ProfessorSchool of Health StudiesWestern University

Treena Orchard

Associate Professor

School of Health Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (2 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2021.

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Research

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Health Risks Marginalized Populations Qualitative Research Resilience Sex Work Transgender People Women

Latest papers

"I Watched my Child Become Half of the Person They Were": Emergency Remote Learning Experiences Among Primary Caregivers of Elementary School Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Journal of education (Boston, Mass.) · 2026
Balance, Capacity, and the Contingencies of Everyday Life: Narrative Etiologies of Health Among Women in Street-Based Sex Work.
Qualitative health research · 2020 · first author
Barriers to Utilization of Mental Health Services amongst Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors: Service Providers' Perspective.
Journal of child sexual abuse · 2019

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Surviving or thriving?: Exploring how children & caregivers in Ontario cultivate resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$56,314
Youth Futures: bringing together indigenous and western approaches to promote youth resilience and prosperity in First Nations communities
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$2,500,000
The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$244,654

All 5 grants and awards

10 publications.

"I Watched my Child Become Half of the Person They Were": Emergency Remote Learning Experiences Among Primary Caregivers of Elementary School Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Yates J, Davidson CA, Orchard T, Burke SM, Mantler T

Journal of education (Boston, Mass.)2026

DOI: 10.1177/00220574251349795 PMID: 41939731

Balance, Capacity, and the Contingencies of Everyday Life: Narrative Etiologies of Health Among Women in Street-Based Sex Work.

Orchard T, Murie A, Salter K, Elash HL, Bunch M, Middleton C, Benoit C

Qualitative health research2020First author

DOI: 10.1177/1049732319855967 PMID: 31216937

Barriers to Utilization of Mental Health Services amongst Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors: Service Providers' Perspective.

Sivagurunathan M, Orchard T, Evans M

Journal of child sexual abuse2019

DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2019.1610823 PMID: 31184546

"People like us": spatialised notions of health, stigma, power and subjectivity among women in street sex work.

Orchard T, Murie A, Elash HL, Bunch M, Middleton C, Sadakhom D, Oiamo T, Benoit C

Culture, health & sexuality2019First author

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2018.1490455 PMID: 30378467

Barriers and facilitators affecting self-disclosure among male survivors of child sexual abuse: The service providers’ perspective

Sivagurunathan M, Orchard T, MacDermid JC, Evans M

Child Abuse and Neglect201986 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.08.015

Vets, denialists and rememberers: social typologies of patient adherence and non-adherence to HAART from the perspective of HIV care providers.

Orchard T, Salters K, Palmer A, Michelow W, Lepik KJ, Hogg R

AIDS care2015First author

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1005003 PMID: 25635938

Understanding safety culture in long-term care: a case study.

Halligan MH, Zecevic A, Kothari AR, Salmoni AW, Orchard T

Journal of patient safety2014Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/pts.0b013e31829d4ae7 PMID: 24080723

Imagining adherence: body mapping research with HIV-positive men and women in Canada.

Orchard T, Smith T, Michelow W, Salters K, Hogg B

AIDS research and human retroviruses2014First author

DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0021 PMID: 24697645

Identity management, negotiation and resistance among women in the sex trade in London, Ontario.

Orchard T, Farr S, Macphail S, Wender C, Young D

Culture, health & sexuality2013First author

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.750760 PMID: 23231416

Directions for advancing the study of work transitions in the 21st century.

Shaw L, Jacobs K, Rudman D, Magalhaes L, Huot S, Prodinger B, Mandich A, Hocking C, Akande V, Backman C, Bossers A, Bragg M, Bryson M, Cowls J, Stone SD, Dawe E, Dennhardt S, Dennis D, Foster J, Friesen M, Galheigo S, Gichuri J, Hughes I, Isaac A, Jarus T, Kinsella A, Klinger L, Leyshon R, Lysaght R, McKay E, Orchard T, Phelan S, Ravenek M, Rebeiro Gruhl K, Robb L, Stadnyk R, Sumsion T, Suto M

Work (Reading, Mass.)2012

DOI: 10.3233/wor-2012-1438 PMID: 22495407

Surviving or thriving?: Exploring how children & caregivers in Ontario cultivate resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Orchard, Treena

Keywords: Resilience; Covid-19; Children; Child Development; Caregivers; Coping; Education; Socialization; Health

$56,314

Youth Futures: bringing together indigenous and western approaches to promote youth resilience and prosperity in First Nations communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Partnership Grants

Keywords: Aboriginal; youth; identity; culture; resilience; world views; economic development; community resilience; intervention; research paradigms; ontology

$2,500,000

The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: Population Health Intervention Research

Principal investigators: Benoit, Cecilia M; Reist, Dan; Atchison, Chris; Jansson, Mikael

Keywords: Health & Health Care; Health Equity; Knowledge Mobilization; Mixed Methods; Sex Workers; Structural Interventions

$244,654

Socio-Cultural and Environmental Health Risks and Resilience among Street-Based Women and Transgender Sex Workers

Nominated PICIHR2014Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Orchard, Treena R; Benoit, Cecilia M

Keywords: Health Risks; Marginalized Populations; Qualitative Research; Resilience; Sex Work; Transgender People; Women

$100,000

The Anatomy of Adherence: How Gender and The Body Structure HIV Positive Poly-Substance Using People's Relationships to HIV Medications

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant - PA: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Orchard, Treena R; Hogg, Robert S

Keywords: Adherence; Gender; Health And Social Services; Hiv/Aids; Poly-Substance Using Populations; Qualitative Methodology; The Body

$100,000

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: Health Risks Dear Professor Orchard, 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 ""I Watched my Child Become Half of the Person They Were": Emergency Remote Learning Experiences Among Primary Caregivers of Elementary School Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic." (2026), 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 "Surviving or thriving?: Exploring how children & caregivers in Ontario cultivate resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic" (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]

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Treena Orchard

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

"I Watched my Child Become Half of the Person They Were": Emergency Remote Learning Experiences Among Primary Caregivers of Elementary School Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Balance, Capacity, and the Contingencies of Everyday Life: Narrative Etiologies of Health Among Women in Street-Based Sex Work.

Barriers to Utilization of Mental Health Services amongst Male Child Sexual Abuse Survivors: Service Providers' Perspective.

"People like us": spatialised notions of health, stigma, power and subjectivity among women in street sex work.

Barriers and facilitators affecting self-disclosure among male survivors of child sexual abuse: The service providers’ perspective

Vets, denialists and rememberers: social typologies of patient adherence and non-adherence to HAART from the perspective of HIV care providers.

Understanding safety culture in long-term care: a case study.

Imagining adherence: body mapping research with HIV-positive men and women in Canada.

Identity management, negotiation and resistance among women in the sex trade in London, Ontario.

Directions for advancing the study of work transitions in the 21st century.

Surviving or thriving?: Exploring how children & caregivers in Ontario cultivate resilience in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Youth Futures: bringing together indigenous and western approaches to promote youth resilience and prosperity in First Nations communities

The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers

Socio-Cultural and Environmental Health Risks and Resilience among Street-Based Women and Transgender Sex Workers

The Anatomy of Adherence: How Gender and The Body Structure HIV Positive Poly-Substance Using People's Relationships to HIV Medications

Frequent collaborators

Marilyn Evans

Cecilia Benoit

Catherine Backman

Tara Mantler

Aleksandra Zecevic

Joy MacDermid