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As online research becomes more widespread, the challenge of managing imposter participants will only grow. (Shutterstock)

January 14, 2025

Imposter participants challenge research integrity in the digital age

Alan Santinele Martino, University of Calgary and Arielle Perrotta, University of Calgary

Researchers can address potential fraud among research participants with careful planning, ethical consideration plus a commitment to protect data integrity and participant dignity.

Stereotypes often mean people with disabilities are told to wait and delay their engagement in any romantic or sexual experiences. (Shutterstock)

February 13, 2024

Showing love on Valentine’s Day by embracing disability

Alan Santinele Martino, University of Calgary

Individuals with disabilities frequently confront stereotypes that limit their opportunities to form intimate relationships and have sex.

Volunteers carry a large rainbow flag during the 2019 Pride Parade in Toronto. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Lahodynskyj

June 25, 2023

Making pride more inclusive means creating space for 2SLGBTQ+ people with disabilities

Alan Santinele Martino, University of Calgary and Emily Coombs, University of Calgary

Queer disabled people struggle to be seen in queer spaces that often do not accommodate them.

For generations, queer people have demonstrated their adaptability to navigate life outside the status quo with supportive communities. (Shutterstock)

May 25, 2021

Pride Month and queer students: Why creatively drawing on virtual community during COVID‑19 matters

David J Kinitz, University of Toronto and Alan Santinele Martino, Carleton University

Queer people have learned to build and rely on “chosen families.” Finding ways to creatively bolster and expand our networks of care takes on renewed importance in the pandemic.

Many disabled people are facing difficulties maintaining and forming intimate relationships during COVID-19. (Shutterstock)

August 5, 2020

COVID‑19 has isolated disabled people from family, love, sex

Alan Santinele Martino, McMaster University; Ann Fudge Schormans, McMaster University, and Margaret Campbell, St. Thomas University (Canada)

Even before the pandemic, disabled people reported feeling socially isolated and lonely. Their plight has only been exacerbated by responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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