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posted by KirkFurlotte in on sept. 16, 2013 - View profile
Halifax, NS
Cancer's Margins: Queer Cancer Research
12:00pm
- 1:00pm
Mardi Octobre 1 2013
Venue: RBC Theatre, Halifax Infirmary
Address: 1796 Summer Street
Cost: Free
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
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Join Dalhousie’s Gender and Health Promotion Studies Unit (GAHPS) and prideHealth for a lunch-time talk with Dr. Mary K. Bryson, principal investigator for Cancer's Margins and the Choreography of Knowledge: Toward a Queer Biopolitics and the Mobilization of Public Health Knowledge.
Cancer's Margins is the first national LGBT cancer health research project, focusing on the breast and gynecologic cancer experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women and two-spirited and trans* people.
Dr. Bryson will discuss gender and sexual marginality and the availability of culturally responsive and competent cancer health communication, care and advocacy.
This event is free and open to all.
Organizer:For more information, contact Cybelle Rieber, prideHealth Coordinator at prideHealth@cdha.nshealth.ca or 902-473-1433.
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