Jennifer C.H. Sebring, PhD(c)

On June 27, 2022, I presented my Master’s thesis to my committee, of Dr. Roberta Woodgate, Dr. Deborah McPhail and Dr. Christine Kelly (my supervisor) and passed with no revisions. I am so grateful for the guidance of my committee and honoured that the participants trusted me with their stories. Currently, I’m working behind the…

I had a wonderful experience presenting and taking part in the Canadian Association for Health Humanities conference, Creating Space 12, this past weekend. They offered hybrid attendance and I was able to present my recent work on theorizing patienthood remotely. I am excited and honoured to announce I received the Peterkin Brett-Maclean Prize for Best…

See our recent article in the Canadian Journal of Public Health‘s Special Issue on Equity and the COVID-19 Response in Canada. We conducted focus groups with Manitobans living with disabilities to find out about their COVID-19 vaccination experiences, including barriers and recommendations to achieving equity in vaccination programs. Read more here.

Recently, I wrote about the phenomenon patient communities have named “medical gaslighting.” This article has been published with Sociology of Health and Illness. Read more here or email me (jennifer (dot) sebring (at) umanitoba (dot) ca) for a copy of the article.