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IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Last name:Hankivsky First name:Olena A.R.
Address:Simon Fraser University
Public Policy Program
515 West Hastings Street
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6B  5K3
Fax:(778) 782--4786
BC academic affiliation:Simon Fraser University
Department:Public Policy
E-mail address: oah@sfu.ca BC research location(s): Simon Fraser University
Web Page: MSFHR Research Unit(s):
Status:Researcher
Last update: 30/09/2009


TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS
Diploma / Credentials Specialty Year Institution
Postdoctorate Political Science 2002   SSHRC
Fellow (Health Professional) General Practice & Public Health 2000   University of Melbourne
Doctorate (PhD) Political Science 1997   University of Western Ontario
Master's Political Science 1992   University of Western Ontario
Bachelor's Political Science 1991   University of Toronto
Last update: 31/10/2007


AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Area of research: Human and social sciences
Disciplines trained in: Political Science
Research disciplines: Political Science
Women Studies
Research topics: Health Policies (Health Services)
Social Determinants of Health (Population Health)
Ethics and Health (Population Health)
Cultural and Health (Population Health)
Health Services (Health Services)
Fields of application: Health System Management
State Affairs
Last update: 30/09/2009


TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS
Technological applications:
Last update: 30/09/2009


RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise.
Key words: health reform, GBA/ GSBA, intersectionality, values and health policy, evidence based reserch, violence against women, primary health care, economic evaluations, research methodologies, mixed methods
Research interests: As co-leader of the Women's Health Research Network, I am developing a research methodologies theme examining new paradigms, methods, measurements. I am continuing research on intersectional scholarship, globalization and gender, and economic costing. I am PI on a CIHR funded workshop on Gender, Diversity and Evidence-Based Decision Making (January 2006).
Last update: 30/09/2009


RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
Authors
Title (article or book chapter)
Year Volume Number Pages Journal or book Editors City and publishing house
Hankivsky, Olena
2007 188 pages Women's Health in Canada: Critical Perspectives on Theory and Policy with Marina Morrow and Colleen Varcoe   Toronto: University of Toronto Press
Hankivsky, Olena
"Gender Mainstreaming vs. Diversity Mainstreaming A Preliminary Examination of the Role and Transformative Potential of Feminist Theory."
2005 Canadian Journal of Political Science vol. 38(4): 977-1001.   
Hankivsky, Olena
2004 Social Policy and the Ethic of Care    Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press
Last update: 30/04/2008


LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES
Understand: English, French, Ukrainian
Read: English, French, Ukrainian
Write: English, Ukrainian
Speak: English, French, Ukrainian
Last update: 30/09/2009