Infectious Questions : An Infectious Diseases Public Health Podcast

Infectious Questions : An Infectious Diseases Public Health Podcast

A public health podcast produced by the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCCID), "Infectious Questions" connects those with infectious disease questions to those with the answers. Un balado sur la santé publique réalisé par le Centre de collaboration nationale des maladies infectieuses (CCNMI) et appelé « Infections en question » fait le lien entre les balados concernant les questions sur les maladies infectieuses et ceux qui offrent des réponses à ces questions.

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June 25, 2025 25 mins

The fifth episode in our mini series explores the relationship between shelter use and gender-based violence in Canada. Dr. Leslie Tutty discusses the role of public health in preventing gender-based and intimate partner violence, and the needs of women, children and gender-diverse individuals who are leaving violence.

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The fourth episode in our mini series explores houselessness as an aspect of the HIV syndemic in Manitoba. Dr. Zulma Rueda discusses how sex and gender shape vulnerability to houselessness, substance use, and mental health conditions in those newly diagnosed with HIV.

Dr. Rueda is a Canada Research C...

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Getting to Know OH: The podcast series where public health’s questions meet One Health answers for the fight against AMR.
 
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Getting to Know OH: The podcast series where public health’s questions meet One Health answers for the fight against AMR.
 
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In Episode 9 of the Voice of Sovereignty podcast, Diane Jacko and Michael McCormick from the Wikwemikong Health Centre and Michael Staruck from the Education Sector at the Chiefs of Ontario are joining the Voices of Sovereignty Podcast to showcase some of the exciting work that they all have been involved in in their respective sectors. Together, we discuss how projects grounded in the principles of First Natio...

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

In this episode, Gordon Peters is joining us to ...

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

Dr. Jennifer Walker from McMaster University and Dr. Sharmistha Mishra from the Univ...

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples ha...

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

In episode 4 of...

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In the third episode of our series, we speak with Jeannette Waegemakers Schiff, an Emerita Professor at the University of Calgary, and a founder of the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness and the Canadian Homeless Research Network.

Jeannette describes the housing first program model, and how housing programs can address gaps in health and social services for individuals without homes. She ...

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In the first episode of our series, we speak with Dr. Katharina Maier, an Associate Professor at the University of Winnipeg who has published extensively on issues pertaining to prison violence, prison masculinities, prisoner re-entry, and halfway houses.

Katharina discusses the public health risks and barriers faced by clients of halfway houses and safe injection sites. She elaborates on p...

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In the second episode of our series, we speak with Dr. Cheryl Forchuk, a University Professor at Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing (Western University); and Scientist and Assistant Director at Lawson Health Research Institute.

Cheryl discusses the public health risks and barriers faced by clients of shelters and mental health facilities. She describes how the lived experiences of shelt...

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples have full control over their data, their narratives, and their destiny.

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Through insightful conversations, compelling stories, and thoughtful analysis, the Voices of Sovereignty podcast aims to shed light on the importance of First Nations Data Sovereignty and inspire collective action towards a future where First Nation peoples ha...

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In our last episode, we are joined by guest Heather to discuss another theme of our qualitative analysis - changes in safety-related concerns among trans and nonbinary people during the pandemic. Through this episode our guest describes the ways in which some trans and nonbinary people experienced heightened safety concerns in addition to those related to the pandemic.

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Through this episode, our guest Shadi speaks about another theme of the qualitative data analysis - the way COVID strained social networks, made it challenging to connect to the trans community, and the impact of virtual communication had on relationships.

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In this episode along with our guest Hazel, we focus on another theme we found in the Trans Pulse COVID qualitative paper. We discuss the heightened financial, employment, and housing precarity that some trans and nonbinary folks experienced during the pandemic and the way this impacted community members.

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In this first episode, podcast host Leo Rutherford describes Trans Pulse Canada and its sub-study about COVID-19. He shares details of a thematic analysis of qualitative free-form responses from a national survey of trans and nonbinary people. In addition, the public health implications and key take-aways from the results of our study are described.

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