Mentors
Meet Our Mentors
Check out our mentors, who are the foundation of the 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Hub's large network of co-investigators, collaborators, and alumni.
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Mentors
Fellow |
2024/25 Fellow Mentor |
Available for Mentorship 2026/27
Idin Fakhrjahani (He/him)
University of Toronto, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
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Mentor |
Grant Co-Investigator | Available for Mentorship 2026/27
Olivier Ferlatte (he/HIm)
Université de Montréal
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Using hip hop as knowledge mobilization for body image research with gay, bi, trans, and queer men who identify as pups
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Understanding the Needs and Experiences With Health Services of Gay and Bisexual Men (GBM) Who Engaged in Chemsex During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quebec, Canada
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"Nowhere else to be found": Drawing on peer support experiences among transgender and gender-diverse people to substantiate community-driven gender-affirming care
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"A Double-Edged Sword": Health Professionals' Perspectives on the Health and Social Impacts of Gay Dating Apps on Young Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer Men
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"You Could Tell I Said the Wrong Things": Constructions of Sexual Identity Among Older Gay Men in Healthcare Settings
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"They Want You to Kill Your Inner Queer but Somehow Leave the Human Alive": Delineating the Impacts of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression Change Efforts
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"They Haven't Made a Slot for Us Yet": Conceptualizing the Health Care and Social Service Needs of Older Gay Men Living with HIV in Canada
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Fellow |
2023/24 Fellow Mentor |
Available for Mentorship 2026/27
Calvin C. Fernandez (he/him)
University of British Columbia
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Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (2SGBTQ) men's suicidality in Canada: A Scoping Review
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Participatory Action Research and Knowledge Dissemination in Virtual Photovoice: Methodological Insights
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Sexual minority men's experiences of, and strategies for emotional intimacy in intimate partner relationships
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The case for and Against Doing Virtual Photovoice
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Mentor |
Grant Co-Investigator | Available for Mentorship 2026/27
Jorge Flores-Aranda (he/him)
Université du Quebec a Montreal
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Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities
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Understanding the Needs and Experiences With Health Services of Gay and Bisexual Men (GBM) Who Engaged in Chemsex During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Quebec, Canada
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Prevalence, Determinants, and Trends in the Experience and Perpetration of Intimate Partner Violence Among a Cohort of Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Montréal, Toronto, and Vancouver, Canada (2017-2022)
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Le rôle des pairs chercheurs dans la recherche sur la consommation sexualisée de substances : avantages et défis
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Mentor |
Grant Co-Investigator | Available for Mentorship 2026/27
Charles Furlotte (he/him/his)
St. Thomas University
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