Professor
Expertise
Homeless youth, LGBTQ, sexually exploited youth, abuse, stigma, discrimination, trauma, resilience, transgender, adolescent, health, nursing
Twitter/ @elizabethsaewyc
Languages
English
In the Media
- Health of transgender youth improving but stigma, violence still a concern
- Supportive communities and progressive politics can reduce suicide risk among LGBTQ girls
- UBC experts on vaping
- Supportive families and schools help prevent substance use among transgender youth: UBC study
- UBC experts on International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia
- Vancouver high school students disciplined over alleged bullying list
- Transgender teen can proceed with hormone treatment despite father’s objections, B.C. court rules
- Gay-straight alliances contribute to a safer school climate long-term
- Gay-straight alliances make schools feel safer for straight kids too, research shows
- Gay-straight alliances contribute to a safer school climate long-term
- Who gets to decide when a 14-year-old wants to change gender?
- Youth substance abuse
- UBC launches second national survey to study health of Canadian trans youth
- When culture interferes with the couple
- Teens actually have safer sex after HPV vaccine: Study