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“Carefully Curated/For Heart and Soul”: Sensing Place Identity in Sex Workplaces by Grittner, Alison L.

“…In the face of ongoing interpersonal and structural violence towards sex workers in Canada, this research inquiry explores nine women and gender-diverse sex…”
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The Role of Social Stigma in the Lives of Female-Identified Sex Workers: A Scoping Review by Grittner, Alison L., Walsh, Christine A.

“…From 2008 to 2018 research across the social sciences has burgeoned concerning sex work and social stigma. This paper employs a scoping review methodology to…”
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The Victoria Mxenge: gendered formalizing housing and community design strategies out of Cape Town, South Africa by Grittner, Alison L.

“…Women maintain a tenuous grasp on shelter as the unique challenges of lower incomes, less stable employment, and greater childcare responsibilities compromise…”
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Picturing the dance: intersections of gender, sexuality, and age in older women queer square dancers by Walsh, Christine A., Grittner, Alison L.

“…A dearth of research has focused on the diverse experiences of aging sexual minority populations and, in particular, older sexual minority women. Studies that…”
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The Role of Place in the Lives of Sex Workers: A Sociospatial Analysis of Two International Case Studies by Grittner, Alison, Sitter, Kathleen C.

“…This article conceptualizes how place-based analysis can generate innovative understandings of sex work and spatial justice, including ways in which stigma,…”
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Exploring the role of place in sex work through participant photography by Sitter, Kathleen C, Grittner, Alison L, Fritz, Taryn, Burke, Amy C, Ophus, Emily

“…In this article, the authors explore the place-based experiences of sex workers and how these experiences intersect with the juridical realm of sex work. The…”
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Enriching social work research through architectural multisensory methods: Strategies for connecting the built environment and human experience by Grittner, Alison L, Burns, Victoria F

“…Scholars have called for greater emphasis on the physical environment to expand social work research, policy, and practice; however, there has been little…”
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“We Knew No One Else Had Our Back except Us”: Recommendations for Creating an Accountability Care Framework with Sex Workers in Eastern Canada by Sitter, Kathleen C., Grittner, Alison, Pabia, Mica R., Jarvis, Heather

“…The authors report findings from a 15-month project that focused on the experiences of sex workers who live and work in an Eastern Canadian province. As part…”
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AGING IN THE RIGHT PLACE: TEMPORARY SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR OLDER MALE VETERANS IN CALGARY, CANADA by Hoselton, Jill, Grittner, Alison, Walsh, Christine

“…Abstract In 2019 an estimated 1.6% of emergency shelter users in Canada were veterans (1,905 individuals), which is consistent with the proportion of veterans…”
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