Research

Projects on which I am currently working

• 2011-2016 CIHR: The Effects of Prostitution Laws on Vulnerabilities, Resiliencies, and Health, Co-Principal Investigators (PI): F. Shaver and K. Walby ($154,590); Project 6 of Contexts of vulnerabilities, resiliencies and care among people in the sex industry; Cecilia Benoit, Nominated Principal Investigator (PI) ($1,401,252 over 6 years).

Recent Presentations

• Shaver, Frances M. (2014) “Closing the Research-Policy Gap: Reflections from 30 years of Sex Industry Research” Presented at Sex Work after Bedford: Legal Reform in Canada, Ottawa, March 26-27.
• Shaver, F.M. (2013) “Myth Busting the Canadian Sex Industry.” Synergy Session sponsored by the Harris Centre, St. John’s, NL (August 9).

Recent Publications

• Lewis, J., F.M. Shaver and E. Maticka-Tyndale (2013) Going ‘round Again: The Persistence of Prostitution-Related Stigma. Pp. 198-208 in Selling Sex: Experience, Advocacy, and Research on Sex Work in Canada, eds. Emily van der Meulen, Elya M. Durisin and Victoria Love. UBC Press.
• Shaver, F.M. (2012) Sex Work and the Law: A Critical Analysis of Four Policy Approaches to Adult Prostitution. Pp. 190-216 in Thinking About Justice: A Book of Readings, eds. Kelly Gorkoff and Richard Jochelson. Halifax & Winnipeg: Fernwood Publishing.
• Shaver, F.M. (2012) Legislative Approaches to Prostitution: A Critical Introduction.  Pp. 82-86 in Reading Sociology: Canadian Perspectives. Second Edition by the Canadian Sociology Association, eds. Lorne Tepperman and Angela Kalyta. Oxford University Press.