Geneviève Rail, Concordia University

Research

Discourses Ethnography Feminist Gender Hpv Poststructuralism Qualitative Sexual Health

Latest papers

Awkward Choreographies from Cancer's Margins: Incommensurabilities of Biographical and Biomedical Knowledge in Sexual and/or Gender Minority Cancer Patients' Treatment.
The Journal of medical humanities · 2020

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Penser-créer-agir : Congrès international des recherches féministes dans la francophonie
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Doing more harm than good? Pediatric obesity and bariatric surgery
CIHR · 2013 · Supervisor
$105,000
HPV Vaccination Discourses, Practices and Spaces: Affects and Effects on Youth's Bodies and Subjectivities
CIHR · 2012 · Nominated PI
$273,359

All 5 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

Awkward Choreographies from Cancer's Margins: Incommensurabilities of Biographical and Biomedical Knowledge in Sexual and/or Gender Minority Cancer Patients' Treatment.

Bryson MK, Taylor ET, Boschman L, Hart TL, Gahagan J, Rail G, Ristock J

The Journal of medical humanities2020

DOI: 10.1007/s10912-018-9542-0 PMID: 30488328

Penser-créer-agir : Congrès international des recherches féministes dans la francophonie

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Keywords: études féminismes; théorie; pratiques; création; recherche

$25,000

Doing more harm than good? Pediatric obesity and bariatric surgery

SupervisorCIHR2013Doctoral Award - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Principal investigators: Farnesi, Biagina-Carla

Keywords: Bariatric Surgery; Critical Discourse Analysis; Media Analysis; Paediatric Obesity; Participatory Photo Elicitation; Post-Structuralism; Weight Loss Surgery

$105,000

HPV Vaccination Discourses, Practices and Spaces: Affects and Effects on Youth's Bodies and Subjectivities

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rail, Geneviève

Keywords: Discourses; Ethnography; Feminist; Gender; Hpv; Poststructuralism; Qualitative; Sexual Health; Spaces; Youth

$273,359

Pregnant Women's Discursive Constructions and Experiences of the Body and Health

SupervisorCIHR2010CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Jette, Shannon L

Keywords: Dominant Obesity Discourse; Feminist Poststructuralism; Gender; Obesity; Physical Activity; Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis; Pregnancy; Qualitative Interview Techniques

$90,000

The weight of words: Discursive constructions of obesity and health among health professionals

Nominated PICIHR2010Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Rail, Geneviève

Keywords: Body; Culture; Gender; Health Intervention; Health Studies; Obesity; Postcolonialism; Poststructuralism; Qualitative Methods; Sociology Of Health

$43,850

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

Simone de Beauvoir Institute
Health and Human Performance
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Jacqueline Gahagan

Health and Human Performance

1 shared papers, latest 2020

Jacqueline Gahagan

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Discourses Dear Professor Rail, 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 "Awkward Choreographies from Cancer's Margins: Incommensurabilities of Biographical and Biomedical Knowledge in Sexual and/or Gender Minority Cancer Patients' Treatment." (2020), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]