Vanessa Oliver, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

Edi Aboriginal Health Community Arts Practice Community-Based Research Ethnography International Exchange Population Health Two-Eyed Seeing

Latest papers

"We are mothers, sisters, and lovers too": Examining young Black women's experiences navigating sex and sexual health.
American journal of community psychology · 2024 · senior author
The Impact of Indigenous Youth Sharing Digital Stories About HIV Activism
Health Promotion Practice · 2020
What's a Cellphilm? Integrating mobile phone technology into participatory visual research and activism.
Global public health · 2016 · first author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Performing Prevention Pedagogies: Exploring the Use of Theatre for Sex Education with Pre-Service Teachers
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$94,923
EDI Stipend
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$19,500
Wilfrid Laurier University Application to EDI Stipend
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$19,500

All 9 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

"We are mothers, sisters, and lovers too": Examining young Black women's experiences navigating sex and sexual health.

Darko NA, Wilson CL, Oliver V

American journal of community psychology2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1002/ajcp.12753 PMID: 38736243

02

The Impact of Indigenous Youth Sharing Digital Stories About HIV Activism

Flicker S, Wilson C, Network NYSH, Monchalin R, Restoule J-P, Mitchell C, Larkin J, Prentice T, Jackson R, Oliver V

Health Promotion Practice202019 citations

DOI: 10.1177/1524839918822268

03

What's a Cellphilm? Integrating mobile phone technology into participatory visual research and activism.

Oliver V

Global public health2016First author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2016.1169307 PMID: 29932852

04

‘Women are supposed to be the leaders’: intersections of gender, race and colonisation in HIV prevention with Indigenous young people

Oliver V, Flicker S, Danforth J, Konsmo E, Wilson C, Jackson R, Restoule J-P, Prentice T, Larkin J, Mitchell C

Culture, Health & Sexuality201519 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2015.1009170

Performing Prevention Pedagogies: Exploring the Use of Theatre for Sex Education with Pre-Service Teachers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Flicker, Sarah

$94,923

EDI Stipend

Nominated PICIHR2024Chair: Canada Research Chairs Program Institutional Equity Stipend

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa J

Keywords: Edi

$19,500

Wilfrid Laurier University Application to EDI Stipend

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Canada Research Chair EDI Stipend

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa

$19,500

Wilfrid Laurier University Application to EDI Stipend

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Canada Research Chairs - EDI Stipend

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa

$11,000

Wants and Needs: Engaging Young People in Community Sex Education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa J.

Keywords: community-engaged research; sexual health education; youth; participatory methods; community sexual health education

$24,692

Indigenous Exchange: Indigenous Education Through Community Arts and Cultural Exchange

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa

Keywords: Aboriginal youth; Indigenous Ways of Knowing; Community-Driven Research; Indigenous Education; Cultural Exchange; Capacity Building; Creative Arts; Decolonization; Community Building; Cultural Reclamation

$73,609

Indigenous Exchange: Healing Indigenous Youth Through Community Arts and Cultural Exchange

Nominated PICIHR2015Operating Grant - PA: Aboriginal Ways of Knowing and Two-eyed Seeing (Bridge)

Principal investigators: Oliver, Vanessa J

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Community Arts Practice; Community-Based Research; Ethnography; International Exchange; Population Health; Two-Eyed Seeing; Youth Health

$100,000

Planning meeting for Northern & Aboriginal Sexual Health Education Intervention Strategy

Co-investigatorCIHR2012Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Gender, Sex and Health Research

Principal investigators: Hamilton, Lisa D

Keywords: Aboriginal Health; Health Intervention; Population Health; Psychology; Sexual Health

$13,050

Taking Action II: Fostering Aboriginal Leadership in HIV Prevention Using Arts-Based Methods

Co-investigatorCIHR2010Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - Indigenous

Principal investigators: Flicker, Sarah; Danforth, Jessica

Keywords: Aboriginal Youth; Arts-Based; Digital Storytelling; Hiv Prevention; Qualitative; Sexual Health

$374,926

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

Child and Youth Studies
Psychology
Social Work
Family Medicine
Other

Co-authors at Wilfrid Laurier University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Ciann Wilson

Psychology

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Randall Jackson

Social Work

2 shared papers, latest 2020

Claudia Mitchell

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Sarah Flicker

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Edi Dear Professor Oliver, 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 are mothers, sisters, and lovers too": Examining young Black women's experiences navigating sex and sexual health." (2024), 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 "EDI Stipend" (2024), 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]