Ashley Wilkinson
Biographic Data
| ID | 6713920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ashley Wilkinson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ashley |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkinson |
| SIGNATURE | WILKINSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lakehead University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8377-4674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Indigenous Peoples and Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system. Despite several population studies on MS, Indigenous perspectives on MS are underrepresented in scholarly literature. Grounded in Indigenous methodology and influenced by the first author’s experience as an Indigenous woman living with MS, semi-structured interviews were conducted on the territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation in Prince George, BC,…
Community-driven approaches to homelessness enumeration
Introduction The 2024 Thunder Bay Point-in-Time (PiT) Count represents an innovative, community-led approach to enumerating people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in a mid-sized Canadian city, co-led by the Lakehead Social Planning Council and the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre. Grounded in cultural inclusivity, the initiative sought to enhance PEH enumeration through locally adapted methodologies.Methods This case study incorporated a …
Acknowledging colonialism in the room
Indigenous peoples worldwide continue to face health inequities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Frameworks like cultural safety can be used to mitigate these inequities; however, this is not widely implemented in healthcare settings. Thus, additional research into barriers to providing culturally safe care are critical. To address this need, we examined the existing barriers to culturally safe care for Indigenous peoples in Canada, and Mā…
Filling in the gaps
Purpose Due to ongoing inequities in the social determinants of health and systemic barriers, homelessness continues to be a significant concern that disproportionately impacts racialized communities. Despite constituting a small proportion of the population, Black individuals are over-represented among people experiencing homelessness in many Canadian cities. However, although Black homelessness in Canada is a pressing issue, it has received lim…
Mapping Food Policy Groups
Over the past decades, there has been a rapid expansion in the number of Food Policy Groups (FPG) (including food policy councils, strategies, networks, and informal alliances) operating at municipal and regional levels across North America. FPGs are typically established with the intent of bringing together food systems stakeholders across private (e.g., small businesses, industry associations), public (e.g., government, public health, postsecon…
Pandemic preparedness and response in service hub cities
Purpose Responding to the needs of homeless and marginally housed persons has been a major component of the Canadian federal and provincial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, smaller, less-resourced cities and rural regions have been left competing for limited resources (Schiff et al., 2020). The purpose of this paper is to use a case study to examine and highlight information about the capacities and needs of service hub cities during …
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Mapping Food Policy Groups
Over the past decades, there has been a rapid expansion in the number of Food Policy Groups (FPG) (including food policy councils, strategies, networks, and informal alliances) operating at municipal and regional levels across North America. FPGs are typically established with the intent of bringing together food systems stakeholders across private (e.g., small businesses, industry associations), public (e.g., government, public health, postsecon…
Pandemic preparedness and response in service hub cities
Purpose Responding to the needs of homeless and marginally housed persons has been a major component of the Canadian federal and provincial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, smaller, less-resourced cities and rural regions have been left competing for limited resources (Schiff et al., 2020). The purpose of this paper is to use a case study to examine and highlight information about the capacities and needs of service hub cities during …
Acknowledging colonialism in the room
Indigenous peoples worldwide continue to face health inequities compared to non-Indigenous populations. Frameworks like cultural safety can be used to mitigate these inequities; however, this is not widely implemented in healthcare settings. Thus, additional research into barriers to providing culturally safe care are critical. To address this need, we examined the existing barriers to culturally safe care for Indigenous peoples in Canada, and Mā…
Filling in the gaps
Purpose Due to ongoing inequities in the social determinants of health and systemic barriers, homelessness continues to be a significant concern that disproportionately impacts racialized communities. Despite constituting a small proportion of the population, Black individuals are over-represented among people experiencing homelessness in many Canadian cities. However, although Black homelessness in Canada is a pressing issue, it has received lim…
Community-driven approaches to homelessness enumeration
Introduction The 2024 Thunder Bay Point-in-Time (PiT) Count represents an innovative, community-led approach to enumerating people experiencing homelessness (PEH) in a mid-sized Canadian city, co-led by the Lakehead Social Planning Council and the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre. Grounded in cultural inclusivity, the initiative sought to enhance PEH enumeration through locally adapted methodologies.Methods This case study incorporated a …
Indigenous Peoples and Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic autoimmune disease affecting the central nervous system. Despite several population studies on MS, Indigenous perspectives on MS are underrepresented in scholarly literature. Grounded in Indigenous methodology and influenced by the first author’s experience as an Indigenous woman living with MS, semi-structured interviews were conducted on the territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation in Prince George, BC,…
Political science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works)