Olivier Ferlatte est professeur adjoint au département de médecine sociale et préventive à l’École de santé publique de l’Université de Montréal et chercheur régulier au Centre de Recherche en Santé Publique (CreSP). Il est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en sexologie de l’Université du Québec à Montréal et d’une maitrise et d’un doctorat en santé publique de l’Université Simon Fraser en Colombie-Britannique. Ses travaux de recherche sont axés sur la relation entre la stigmatisation, la consommation de substance et la santé mentale chez les communautés 2S/LGBTQIA+. Il est un expert reconnu sur les syndémies et sur l’approche intersectionnelle, et les conclusions de ses travaux de recherche ont influencé des politiques ainsi que le développement de programmes visant à améliorer la santé des personnes 2S/LGBTQIA+. Ses travaux scientifiques sont basés sur plusieurs méthodologies (qualitative, quantitative, méthode artistique, approches mixtes) et sont motivés par un intérêt particulier pour l’engagement communautaire et la participation des personnes touchés par les inégalités en santé en tant que partenaire de recherche. Mr. Ferlatte est le directeur Qollab, un laboratoire de recherche communautaire et collaboratif sur la santé mentale des personnes 2S/LGBTQIA+. Il détient une bourse salariale Junior 1 du Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé. 

Publications récentes

1. Ortiz-Paredes, D.*, Chanady, T.*, Wassef, K.*, Knight, R., & Ferlatte, O. (2024). ‘I created my own access:’ understanding mental healthcare access experiences among LGTBQ + youth who use cannabis in Canada. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2340090
2. Karmann, J.*, Handlovsky, I., Moullec, G., Frohlich, K.L., Hébert, R., & Ferlatte, O. (2024). Understanding the Experiences of COVID-19 Public Health Measures and Well-Being: A Qualitative Study Among Older Adults in Quebec, Canada. Qualitative Health Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323241232928 (Publié en ligne le 5 mars 2024)
3. Handlovsky, I., Amato, A., Wonsiak, T., Ferlatte, O., Kia, H., & Oliffe, J. (2024). Cultivating Psychological Well-Being amongst Older Gay Men: A Qualitative Exploration. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 100403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2024.100403
4. Handlovsky, I., Amato, A.T., Ferlatte, O., Kia, H., Gagnon, M., & Worthington, C. (2024). Examining the Influence of Pre-HAART Experiences on Older, Self-Identifying Gay Men’s Contemporary Constructions of Quality of Life (QOL): A Canadian Perspective. Journal of Homosexuality, 71(8), 1880–1899. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2023.2212100
5. Kia, H., Kenney, K.A., Abramovich, A., Ferlatte, O., MacKinnon, K.R., & Knight, R. (2023). “Nowhere else to be found”: Drawing on peer support experiences among transgender and gender-diverse people to substantiate community-driven gender-affirming care. Social Science & Medicine, 116406. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116406
6. Cooper, S.*, Péloquin, T.*, Lachowsky, N.J., Salaway, T., Oliffe, J.L., Klassen, B. Brennan, D.J., Houle, J., & Ferlatte, O. (2023). Conformity to Masculinity Norms and Mental Health Outcomes Among Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Two-Spirit, and Queer Men and Non-Binary Individuals. American Journal of Men’s Health, 17(5), 15579883231206618. https://doi.org/10.1177/15579883231206618
7. Salway, T., Kinitz, D.J., Kia, H., Ashley, F., Giustini, D., Tiwana, A., Archibald, R., Mallakzadeh, A., Dromer, E.*, Ferlatte, O., Goodyear, T., & Abramovich, A. (2023). A systematic review of the prevalence of lifetime experience with ‘conversion’ practices among sexual and gender minority populations. PLoS One, 16(6), e0252539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0291768
8. Gingras-Lacroix, G., Guilmette, D., Tremblay, G., Ferlatte, O., Brodeur, N., Labra, O., Houle, J., Roy, P., & Dionne, É. (2023). L’utilisation de l’intervention psychosociale à distance auprès des hommes: quel est l’état des connaissances? Santé mentale au Québec, 48(1), 69–93. https://doi.org/10.7202/1106396ar
9. Coulaud, P.J., Jesson, J., Bolduc, N., Ferlatte, O., Bandrand, K., Salway, T., Jauffret-Roustide, M., & Knight, R. (2023). Association between level of compliance with COVID-19 public health measures and depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional survey of young adults in Canada and France. Plos One 18(8), e0289547. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0289547
10. Banerjee, A. T., Tan, A., Boston‑Fisher, N., Dubois, C.-A., LaFontaine, A., Cloos, P., Vissandjee, B., Adams, J., Hafeez, H., Bumba, S., Kernisan, K., Ferlatte, O., Razack, S., McKenna Edwards, M., & Evans, T. (2023). Embedding anti‑racism in Schools of Public Health: a pathway to accountability for progress towards equity. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 114(5), 872-877. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-023-00796-z
11. Ferlatte, O., Gareau, E.*, Poirier, A., Salway, T., Morgan, J., Gaudette, M.*, Knight, R., & Lachowsky, N. (2023). Workplace Discrimination as a Social Determinants of Health among Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have Sex with Men. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 4(4), 384-403. https://doi.org/10.1891/LGBTQ-2021-0052
12. Kia, H., Kenney, K., MacKinnon, K.R., Abramovich, A., Salway, T., Ferlatte, O., Knight, R., Charles, G. & Marshall, S.H. (2023). “It saves lives”: peer support and resilience in transgender and gender diverse communities. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 3, 100264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100264
13. Fortin, G.*, Gagnon-Dufresne, M., Cooper, S., Ferlatte, O., & Zinszer, K. (2023). Global health and the urban poor: mobilising adolescents for sustainable cities and communities. BMJ Global Health, 8:e012624. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012624
14. Karmann, J.*, Handlovsky, I., Lu, S.*, Moullec, G., Frohlich, K. L., & Ferlatte, O. (2023). Resilience among older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A photovoice study. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, 100256. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100256
15. Handlovsky, I., Wonsiak, T., Amato, A.T., Halpin, M., Ferlatte, O., & Kia, H. (2023). Between two pandemics: Older Gay Men’s experience across HIV/AIDS and COVID-19. SSM- Qualitative research in Health, 3, 100233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100233
16. Dhari, S., Oliffe, J.L., Goodyear, T., Ferlatte, O., McAuliffe, C., & Jenkins, E. (2023). Anchoring to life: A photovoice study of the resiliencies among sexual and gender minority women post-suicide attempt. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3, 100219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100219
17. Coulaud, P.J., Salway, T., Jesson, J., Bolduc, N., Ferlatte, O., Bertrand, K., Desgrées du Loû, A., Jenkins, E., Jauffret-Roustide, M., & Knight, R. (2023). Moderation of the association between COVID-19-related income loss and depression by receipt of financial support: Repeated cross-sectional surveys of young adults in Canada and France (2020-2021). SSM – Population Health, 21, 101340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2023.101340
18. Gaudette, M.*, Hesse, C., Kia, H., Chanady, T.*, Carson, A., Knight, R., & Ferlatte, O. (2023). “A Double-Edged Sword”: Health Professionals’ Perspectives on the health and social impacts of gay dating apps on young gay, bisexual, trans and queer men. Journal of Sex Research, 60(5), 656-667. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2022.2153786
19. Coulaud, P.J., Jesson, J., Bolduc, N., Ferlatte, O., Jenkins, E., Bertrand, K., Salway, T., Jauffret-Roustide, M., & Knight, R. (2023). Young Adult’s Mental Health and Unmet Service Needs in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic across Canada and France. Community Mental Health Journal, 59:222-232. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-022-01000-1
20. Goodyear, T., Ferlatte, O., Fast, D., Salway, T., Jenkins, E., Robinson, S., & Knight, R. (2022). Using photovoice to understand experiences of opioid use among sexual and gender minority youth in Vancouver, Canada. Culture, Health and Sexuality., 25(5):599-616. http://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2022.2079153
21. Dromer, E.*, Ferlatte, O., Goodyear, T., Kinitz, D.J., & Salway, T. (2022). Overcoming conversion therapy: A qualitative investigation of experiences of survivors. SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 2 100194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmqr.2022.100194
22. Salway, T., Rich, A.J., Ferlatte, O., Gesink, D., Ross, L.E., Bränström, R., Sadr, A., Khan, S., Grennan, T., Shokoohi, M., Brennan, D.J., & Gilbert, M. (2022). Preventable mortality among sexual minority Canadians. SSM – Population Health, 101276. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101276
23. Michaelsen, M., Nombro, E., Djiofack, H., Ferlatte, O., Vissandjée, B., & Zarowsky, C. (2022). Looking at COVID-19 effects on intimate partner violence and sexual violence in Canada through a feminist political economy lens: a qualitative study. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 113:567-877. http://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-022-00673-1
24. Ferlatte, O., Handlovsky, I., Ridge, D., Chanady, T.*, Knight, R., & Oliffe, J.L. (2022). Understanding stigma and suicidality among gay men living with HIV: A photovoice project, SSM – Qualitative Research in Health, 2:100112. http://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2017.1290762
25. Salway, T., Black, S., Kennedy, A., Watt, S., Ferlatte, O., Gaspar, M., Knight, R., & Gilbert, M. (2022). “Syndemic moral distress”: Sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics. BMC Public Health, 22: 750. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-08149-1
26. Handlovsky, I., Ferlatte, O., Kia, H., Knight, R., Broom, A., & Oliffe, J. (2022). Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality. Sociology of Health & Illness, 44 (7), 1132-1148. http://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13500
27. Goodyear, T., Kinitz, D.J., Dromer, E.*, Gesink, D., Ferlatte, O., Knight, R., & Salway, T. (2022). “They want you to kill your inner queer but somehow leave the human alive”: Delineating the impacts of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts. Journal of Sex Research, 59(5), 599-609. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1910616
28. Ferlatte, O., Karmann, J.*, Gariépy, G., Frohlich, K.L., Moullec, G., Lemieux, V., & Hébert, R. (2022). Virtual photovoice with older adults: methodological reflections during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 21, 1-10. http://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221095656
29. Hill, A.O., Lyons, A., Power, J., Amos, N., Ferlatte, O., Jones, J., Carman, M., & Bourne, A. (2022). Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, queer and asexual youth: Differential impacts of sexual orientation, verbal, physical, or sexual harassment or assault, conversion practices, family or household religiosity, and school experience. LGBT Health, 9(5): 313-324. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2021.0270
30. Michaelsen, M., Djiofack, H., Nombro, E., Ferlatte, O., Vissandjée, B., & Zarowsky, C. (2022). Service Provider perspectives on how COVID-19 and pandemic restrictions have affected intimate partner and sexual violence survivors in Canada: A qualitative study. BMC women’s Health, 22, 111. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-022-01683-4
31. Kinitz, D. J., Salway, T., Kia, H., Ferlatte, O., Rich, A. J., & Ross, L. E. (2022). Health of two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people experiencing poverty in Canada: a review. Health Promotion International, 37 (1), daab057. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab057
32. Kia, H., Grace, D., Strike, C., Ferlatte, O., Knight, R., Salway, T., & Ross, L.E. (2022). “They Haven’t Made a Slot for us Yet”: Conceptualizing the Health Care and Social Service Needs of Older Gay Men Living with HIV. Journal of Homosexuality, 69(2), 332-355. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daab057
33. Kia, H., Salway, T., Lacombe-Duncan, A., Ferlatte, O., & Ross, L.E. (2022). “You could tell I said the wrong things”: Constructions of sexual identity among older gay men in healthcare settings. Qualitative Health Research, 32(2), 255-266. https://doi.org/10.1177/10497323211050373
34. Kinitz, D.J., Goodyear, T., Dromer, E.*, Gesink, D., Ferlatte, O., Knight, R., & Salway, T. (2022). “Conversion therapy” experiences in their social contexts: A qualitative study of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts in Canada. The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 67(6), 441-451. https://doi.org/10.1177/07067437211030498
35. Salway, T., Juwono, S., Klassen, B., Ferlatte, O., Ablona, A., Pruden, H., Morgan, J., Kwag, M., Card, K., Knight, R., & Lachowsky, N. (2021). Experiences with sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy practices among sexual minority men in Canada, 2019-2020. Plos One, 16(6): e0252539. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252539