Dr. Mikael Jansson
About Mikael
Dr. Mikael Jansson is a scientist at the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (formerly CARBC) and an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology. His current research uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches to understand marginalized populations and low-prestige occupations. His current research focus is on intimate partnerships. He has recently completed a longitudinal study of street-involved youth to see how their lives, and in particular their health status, change as a result of their street involvement.
Projects
- Comprendre le travail du sexe
- Gender, violence and health: Contexts of vulnerabilities, resiliencies and care among people in the sex industry
- Sex workers as educators: networking HIV prevention strategies
- The Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act: A structural intervention impacting health equity for sex workers
- Understanding Sex Work
- Youth Experiences Project: Police discretion with youth who use illicit substances
- Youth-Led Development of Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Individuals Aged 13 To 18: A Pathway to Better Mental Health and Wellness
Publications
- CISUR Bulletin 21: Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Youth, By Youth
- Community Empowerment and Transformative Learning among Sex Workers
- Legalization of Cannabis in Canada: Implementation strategies and public health
- Lower Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines for Youth, by Youth
- Regulating Sex Work: Heterogeneity in Legal Strategies for Controlling Prostitution
- Stigma, service work, and substance use: A two-city, two-country comparative analysis