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Kat Kolar
Researcher at University of Toronto
Publications - 18
Citations - 452
Kat Kolar is an academic researcher from University of Toronto. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cannabis & Sex work. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 18 publications receiving 350 citations. Previous affiliations of Kat Kolar include University of British Columbia & University of Victoria.
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Timeline Mapping in Qualitative Interviews: A Study of Resilience With Marginalized Groups
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate how the creation of visual timelines informs verbal semistructured interviewing, and how the role of the timeline in interviews varied for South Asian immigrant women who experienced domestic violence, and street-involved youth who experienced prior or recent violent victimization.
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Regulating Sex Work: Heterogeneity in Legal Strategies
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine various legal strategies used to regulate the sale and purchase of sexual services and present a critical assessment of each legal approach and conclude with a call for future research on the consequences of different legal strategies.
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A nuanced view of normalisation: Attitudes of cannabis non-users in a study of undergraduate students at three Canadian universities
TL;DR: A better understanding of the cultural transformation of cannabis, and other drugs in common use by youth, requires more exploration of the emerging social context and attitudes of users and non-users of the drug.
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Coping strategies of street-involved youth: Exploring contexts of resilience.
TL;DR: This article investigated street-involved youth coping strategies, employing the context of resilience framework to situate an inductive thematic analysis of interviews with 10 current and former SIY, and explored three themes: social distancing; experiences of violence; and self-harm and suicidality.
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Condom use as situated in a risk context: women's experiences in the massage parlour industry in Vancouver, Canada
TL;DR: A thematic analysis of one aspect of the indoor sex work is performed by drawing on data from a larger mixed-methods study that investigated women's health issues in the massage parlour industry in Vancouver, Canada.