Quantitative Research Team

The Quantitative Research Team will launch a national-level survey to collect data directly from 2SGBTQ+ people across Canada in 2024.

As we aim to depict the landscape of poverty among 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada in relation to the general population, we have examined Statistics Canada’s Dimensions of Poverty Hub (Statistics Canada 2021), and its main data sources.

Almost all the data used in this Hub do not allow for the identification of 2SLGBTQ+ people. In our survey, we will adopt identical questions from these sources so that, combined with the extant data, we can make reliable comparisons between 2SLGBTQ+ people and the general population.

Currently, the Quantitative Research Team is drafting the survey that will be nationally distributed. The survey is being created with attention to the lived realities of 2SLGBTQ+ people across Canada, while also allowing us to make comparisons to experiences in the general population. The aim is to have the survey launched in March 2024.

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Todd Coleman (tcoleman@wlu.ca) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. Prior to his starting at Wilfrid Laurier University (2017), he worked as a Public Health Epidemiologist with the Middlesex-London Health Unit in London, Ontario. His interdisciplinary approach to research has him focusing on population and community determinants of health for sexual and gender minority populations, with an emphasis on community-based research processes. Dr. Coleman’s specific research topics include access to healthcare for sexual and gender minorities, health care service delivery, chronic conditions and infectious conditions such as HIV, and other sexually-transmitted infections.