Sue-Ann MacDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 5420318 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sue-Ann MacDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sue-Ann |
| FAMILY NAME | MacDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Montréal |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5628-1102 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
We’re handing out freezies’
Climate change’s disproportionate impact on people experiencing homelessness has a collateral effect on community-based organizations. Relying on the concept of ‘professional challenge’, this research is interested in: (1) the ways that social work professionals are challenged by new climate realities; (2) the tensions they navigate when their actual work differs from anticipated and prescribed work; and (3) the strategies they put in place to al…
A never-ending game of “cat and mouse” – encampments as sites of contestation, claim and denial of the right to housing and homemaking possibilities
Encampments are not a new phenomenon in Canada. However, they have become more visible, numerous and a symbol of a significant housing crisis. This article provides insight into the public, political, and community perceptions of encampments to expose the numerous tensions and contradictions in how encampments and their residents are positioned. By analyzing encampment content in Canadian (print) media from 2020-2021, we argue that encampment res…
They See Me as Less Than a Man”
Les représentations des hommes en situation d’itinérance dans les politiques sociales
Les représentations des hommes en situation d’itinérance dans les politiques sociales : une tension entre une conception hégémonique et plurielle. Un article de la revue Politique et Sociétés (Race, racisme et islamophobie au Québec : défis théoriques, expériences et résistances) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
Homelessness, Covid-19, and discourses of contagion
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began in Canada, public health and medical authorities quickly identified emergency shelters and people experiencing homelessness as particularly at risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 (Knight et al., 2021). Drawing on interviews with 28 service providers in organizations that primarily serve people experiencing homelessness in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and a media scan, we explored how people who wo…
Using scenario videos with Theatre Testing method to adapt a peer navigation model to improve street-connected youth's access to HIV care in Kenya and Canada
Theatre testing (TT) method demonstrates whole or portions of an evidence-based intervention to stakeholders to elicit feedback on context-specific adaptations and future implementation. The Peer Navigator Project (PNP) studied the adaptation and implementation of Peer Navigators in five urban sites to increase street-connected youth (SCY) access to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment in Canada and Kenya. TT was used with SCY, healthcare provi…
Barriers to and facilitators of accessing HIV services for street-involved youth in Canada and Kenya
Intersectional stigma was a critical barrier in all sites, and policies and programs that foster welcoming environments for youth from diverse backgrounds and living circumstances may be better able to respond to the HIV service needs of this high risk population. Social support and navigation services were reported to facilitate access to HIV services in all sites
The invisibility of rural homelessness in a canadian context
The spread of poverty in rural areas in Western countries has given rise to new realities leading to a rethinking of the concept of poverty and its extreme manifestations. This article will illuminate an invisible form of rural poverty, that has received scant study yet remains an emerging phenomenon – rural homelessness. Based on a study conducted in a rural setting (Montérégie, Québec, Canada), the notion of visibility was employed to understan…
Regulating Madness in a Mental Health Court
This article explores the regulation of people with mental illness who are accused of committing minor crimes (e.g. mischief, minor theft, assault, uttering threats, etc.) and viewed as disturbing the public order. The results are drawn from a study of a Mental Health Court (MHC) in Montréal (Canada), illuminating the perceptions and experiences of MHC actors who are involved in its operation. Deploying a multi-method design inspired by instituti…
Taking it to the Street
Taking it to the Street
Regulating Madness in a Mental Health Court
This article explores the regulation of people with mental illness who are accused of committing minor crimes (e.g. mischief, minor theft, assault, uttering threats, etc.) and viewed as disturbing the public order. The results are drawn from a study of a Mental Health Court (MHC) in Montréal (Canada), illuminating the perceptions and experiences of MHC actors who are involved in its operation. Deploying a multi-method design inspired by instituti…
The invisibility of rural homelessness in a canadian context
The spread of poverty in rural areas in Western countries has given rise to new realities leading to a rethinking of the concept of poverty and its extreme manifestations. This article will illuminate an invisible form of rural poverty, that has received scant study yet remains an emerging phenomenon – rural homelessness. Based on a study conducted in a rural setting (Montérégie, Québec, Canada), the notion of visibility was employed to understan…
Using scenario videos with Theatre Testing method to adapt a peer navigation model to improve street-connected youth's access to HIV care in Kenya and Canada
Theatre testing (TT) method demonstrates whole or portions of an evidence-based intervention to stakeholders to elicit feedback on context-specific adaptations and future implementation. The Peer Navigator Project (PNP) studied the adaptation and implementation of Peer Navigators in five urban sites to increase street-connected youth (SCY) access to HIV prevention, testing, and treatment in Canada and Kenya. TT was used with SCY, healthcare provi…
Barriers to and facilitators of accessing HIV services for street-involved youth in Canada and Kenya
Intersectional stigma was a critical barrier in all sites, and policies and programs that foster welcoming environments for youth from diverse backgrounds and living circumstances may be better able to respond to the HIV service needs of this high risk population. Social support and navigation services were reported to facilitate access to HIV services in all sites
Homelessness, Covid-19, and discourses of contagion
In March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic began in Canada, public health and medical authorities quickly identified emergency shelters and people experiencing homelessness as particularly at risk of contracting and spreading COVID-19 (Knight et al., 2021). Drawing on interviews with 28 service providers in organizations that primarily serve people experiencing homelessness in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and a media scan, we explored how people who wo…
Les représentations des hommes en situation d’itinérance dans les politiques sociales
Les représentations des hommes en situation d’itinérance dans les politiques sociales : une tension entre une conception hégémonique et plurielle. Un article de la revue Politique et Sociétés (Race, racisme et islamophobie au Québec : défis théoriques, expériences et résistances) diffusée par la plateforme Érudit
A never-ending game of “cat and mouse” – encampments as sites of contestation, claim and denial of the right to housing and homemaking possibilities
Encampments are not a new phenomenon in Canada. However, they have become more visible, numerous and a symbol of a significant housing crisis. This article provides insight into the public, political, and community perceptions of encampments to expose the numerous tensions and contradictions in how encampments and their residents are positioned. By analyzing encampment content in Canadian (print) media from 2020-2021, we argue that encampment res…
They See Me as Less Than a Man”
We’re handing out freezies’
Climate change’s disproportionate impact on people experiencing homelessness has a collateral effect on community-based organizations. Relying on the concept of ‘professional challenge’, this research is interested in: (1) the ways that social work professionals are challenged by new climate realities; (2) the tensions they navigate when their actual work differs from anticipated and prescribed work; and (3) the strategies they put in place to al…
Homelessness and Social Issues (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Criminology (3 works) · Health care (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Nursing (3 works)