BRIC-NS Student Seminar Series: October 2025

The BRIC NS Student Seminar Series is an opportunity for students across Nova Scotia to share their completed or in-progress research.

Presentation Title: “Health Outcomes and Healthcare Access Experiences of Incarcerated and Recently Released Women in Rural Areas: A scoping review.”
Presenter: Clare Heggie, MA, PhD Candidate
Clare Heggie is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of New Brunswick, supervised by Dr. Martha Paynter. Her research is focused on the health impacts of incarceration and criminalization on women and gender diverse people, and she has been involved in a number of projects examining the experience of accessing reproductive healthcare in prisons. She is a recipient of a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship from SSHRC.
Date and time: October 16, 2025, 12-1pm, AST, via Zoom
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