Tyson Singh Kelsall ਟਾਈਸਨ ਸਿੰਘ

(he/him)

Tyson Singh is a PhD candidate in Simon Fraser University's Faculty of Health Sciences, and has worked as an outreached-based social worker in unceded k’emk’emeláy (Vancouver's downtown eastside) since 2018.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    PhD candidate, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • 2021–present
    Research assistant, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences
  • 2024–present
    Reseacher-member, P.O.W.E.R.

Education

  • 2019 
    McGill University, Master of Social Work

Publications

  • 2025
    Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on supervised consumption service delivery in Vancouver and Surrey, Canada from the perspective of service providers, Discover Public Health
  • 2025
    Decriminalization undone: Assessing the amendment to British Columbia’s decriminalization of personal drug possession framework, Canadian Journal of Public Health
  • 2025
    Criminalizing public space through a decriminalization framework: The paradox of British Columbia, Canada, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • 2025
    “Street sweeps”: The municipal government-enforced confiscation of personal belongings among unstably housed people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, Public Health
  • 2025
    Colonial power, displacement, and drug war propaganda: politics of British Columbia's 2023 Restricting Public Consumption of Illegal Substances Act., BC Studies
  • 2024
    Decriminalization or police mission creep? Critical appraisal of law enforcement involvement in British Columbia, Canada's decriminalization framework, International Journal of Drug Policy
  • 2023
    Food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, Public Health Nutrition
  • 2023
    Police seizure of drugs without arrest among people who use drugs in Vancouver, Canada, before provincial ‘decriminalization’ of simple possession: a cohort study, Harm Reduction Journal

Professional Memberships

  • BCCSW
  • BCASW

Contact Tyson for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration