Viviane Namaste Simone de Beauvoir Institute Concordia University 1455, boul. de Maisonneuve ouest Montréal Québec H3G 1M8 (514) 848-2424 x 2371
[email protected] Employment Acting Principal (equivalent of Department Chair), Simone de Beauvoir Institute Concordia University September 2018 – December 2018. Full Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University June 2010- present. Research Chair in HIV/AIDS and Sexual Health, Concordia University, June 2008 – May 2018. Associate Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University June 2006 - May 2010. Interim Principal, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University, August 2006– May 2008. Adjunct Professor, Université de Sherbrooke (Département de psychologie), 2005 – present. Assistant Professor, Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Concordia University July 2002 – May 2006. Project Coordinator, CACTUS (Centre d’Action communautaire auprès des toxicomanes utilisateurs de seringues), April 1999 – June 2002. CACTUS is a needle exchange in downtown Montréal. I was responsible for an HIV prevention project with drug users and sex workers (events planning, distribution of prevention material, facilitation of group, support services, administrative work, grants.) Also responsible for the supervision, training and evaluation of street outreach workers. Researcher, CACTUS, Spring 1997 – 1998. Responsible for a provincial needs assessment of trans peoples’ health needs. Conception and development of the methodology, data collection and analysis, presentation and dissemination of research results 1 Researcher, Project Affirmation, Summer 1995. Project Affirmation examined the challenges in access to health care and social services for sexual minorities. I was responsible for the division of research on trans health. I also organized a provincial conference on trans health in this regard. Education Doctorat en sémiologie, Université du Québec à Montréal, 1996.