Academic Papers

Keating, L., Bauer, G. R., MacKay, J., Robinson, M., Frewen, P., Ross, E. C., & Ross, L. E. (Under review). Trauma, Sociodemographic Disparities, and Mental Health Outcomes Among Bisexuals in Ontario, Canada. Psychology and Sexuality.

Sharma, B., MacKay, J., Llovet, D., Gilbert, J. Ross, J. & McLeod, R. S. (Under review).  Engaging clinicians in quality initiatives to optimize cancer outcomes.

Kia, H., Robinson, M., MacKay, J. & Ross, L.E. (2021). Poverty in
lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ2S+) communities in Canada: Implications for Social Work Practice. Research on Social Work Practice.

Kia, H., Robinson, M., MacKay, J. & Ross, L. E. (2019). Poverty in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit, and other sexual and gender minority (LGBTQ2S+) populations across Canada: An intersectional review of the literature. Journal of Poverty and Social Work, 28(1).

Wheeler, S. M., MacKay, J. ​& Gilbert, J. (2019). Engaging patient and family advisors in healthcare system planning: Experiences and recommendations. Journal of Patient Experience, 7(3).

Ross, L. E., Salway, T., Tarasoff, T. A., MacKay, J., Hawkins, B. W. & Fehr, C. P. (2018). Mental health outcomes among bisexual people compared to gay, lesbian, and heterosexual individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Sex Research, 55(4-5), 435-456. 

MacKay, J., Robinson, M., Pinder, S. & Ross, L. E. (2016).  A grounded theory of bisexual individuals experiences of help seeking. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Ross, L. E., O’Gorman, L., MacLeod, M. A., Bauer, G. B., MacKay, J. & Robinson, M. (2016).  Bisexuality, poverty and mental health: A mixed methods analysis. Social Science & Medicine, 156, 64-72.

MacKay, J. (2015).  Spoken life: The life of feminist psychologist and historian Elizabeth Scarborough. The Feminist Psychologist, 42(5), 44-45.

MacLeod, M. A., Bauer, G. R., Robinson, M., MacKay, J., Ross, L. E. (2015). Biphobia and anxiety among bisexuals in Ontario, Canada. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health.

MacLeod, M. A., Bauer, G. R., MacKay, J., Robinson, M., Ross, L. E. (2015). Notes on measuring post-traumatic stress disorder in bisexuals using the PTSD Checklist – Civilian version (PCL-C). Journal of Bisexuality, 15(1), 69-81.  

Ross, L. E., Bauer, G. R., MacLeod, M. A., Robinson, M., MacKay, J.& Dobinson, C. (2014). Mental Health and Substance use among Bisexual Youth and Non-Youth in Ontario, Canada. PLOS ONE.

Ball, L., Bazar, J., MacKay, J., Rodkey, E., Rutherford, A., and Young, J. (2013). Using psychology’s feminist voices in the classroom. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37, 261 – 266.

MacKay, J. & Rutherford, A. (2012).  Feminist women’s accounts of depression.  Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work, 27(2), 180 – 189.

Murdoch, M. & MacKay, J. (2012).  [Review of the book Identities in context: Individuals and discourses in action].  Feminism and Psychology, 22(8), 552 – 556.

MacKay, J. (2011).  Embodying the principal of promoting human welfare: The life of Olivia Hooker.  The Feminist Psychologist, 38(4), 9 – 11.

Book Chapters

MacKay, J. (In press). Learning through struggle.  In L. M. Gajardo  & J. Ryckman (Eds.), Feminist Anthology, Inanna Press: Toronto.

MacKay, J., Wolfe, U. & Rutherford, A. (2017).  Collective conversations, collective action: York University’s Sexual Assault Survivors’ Support Line and students organizing for campus safety.  In L. Quinlan, A. Quinlan, & C. Fogel (Eds.), Sexual Violence on Canadian University and College Campuses. Wilfred Laurier University Press: Waterloo.

MacKay, J. (2014). Small a activism.  In D. Gosse (Ed.), Out Proud: Stories of Pride, Courage and Social Justice in Canada, Breakwater Books Ltd: St. John’s.

MacKay, J. & Goodbaum, J. (2014). Abuse.  In T. Teo (Ed.), Encyclopedia of critical psychology.  Springer: New York.

Rutherford, A. & MacKay, J. (2013). From social purity to women’s liberation: A history of violence against women in the United States. In F. Denmark & J. Sigal (Eds.), Handbook of violence against women and girls: International  perspectives (pp. 5-20). New York: Praeger.

Conference Presentations

Invited Conference Presentations

MacKay, J. (2015, March). History of the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Support Line of York University.  Invited talk presented at the Campus Sexual Assault Panel Discussion, University of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

MacKay, J. (2011, November).  Language, knowledge and practice: Contrasting sites of anti-violence work in Canada.  Invited paper presented at the For Her Own Good Conference of the British Columbian Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia.  

Sexual Assault Survivors’ Support Line (2008, November).  Sexual assault on campus: Exposing the truth.  Invited paper presented at the Exposing the Truth About Sexual Assault on Campus of the Jewish Women International of Canada Conference, Montreal, Quebec.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Presentations

Keating, L., MacKay, J., Muller, R. T., Bauer, G. R., Robinson, M., Frewen, P., & Lori, E. R. (2018, June). What Queer Folks Want Trauma Therapists to Know: An Evidence-Based Workshop. Workshop. Trauma Talks, Toronto, ON.

Keating, L., Bauer, G. R., MacKay, J., Robinson, M., Frewen, P., & Ross, L. E. (2018, March). Trauma, Sociodemographic Disparities, and Mental Health Among Bisexual People Living in Ontario, Canada. International Society for Trauma and Dissociation, Chicago, IL.

Keating, L., Bauer, G. R., Frewen, P., MacKay, J., Robinson, M., & Ross, L. E. (2017, June). Relationship Between Trauma and Mental Health Among Bisexuals Living in Ontario. Western University Department of Psychiatry Academic Research Day. London, ON.

Gillis, L., MacKay, J. & Robinson, M. (2016, March). This is our community: Creating education videos to disseminate research findings. Rainbow Health Ontario Conference, London, ON.

MacKay, J., Robinson, M., Pinder, S. & Ross, L. (2016, March). A Grounded Theory of Bisexual Individuals Experiences of Help Seeking. Association for Women in Psychology conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Psychology’s Feminist Voices Research Collective (2016, March). Giving voice and rendering visible: The how, what, and why of feminist history. Association for Women in Psychology conference, Pittsburgh, PA.

Ross, L., MacLeod, M., MacKay, J.& Persad, I. (2014, February).  Risk and resilience: The health needs of bisexual Ontarian’s.  Paper presented at the Rainbow Health Ontario Conference, Toronto, Ontario.  

MacKay, J.& Chinneck, A. (2012, September).  Medical intervention: The anti-violence movement and Ontario hospitals.  Paper presented at the Dynamic Resistances: Complicating, Screwing and Perpetuating Structures in our World Graduate Conference of York University, Toronto, Ontario.

MacKay, J.( 2012, June).  Feminist students in psychology: Connecting our voices. Round-table conversation session presented at the 75th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

MacKay, J., Shalileh, H., Mangagil, R., Ahmed, K. & Kristiansen, C. (2012, June). Naming violence against women in Ontario.  Poster presented at the 75th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia.  

Walsh, G., Perna, A., & MacKay, J.(2012, June). “Castles in the air:” A grounded theory of crushing.  Poster presented at the 75th Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia.   

MacKay, J., Potter, D. & Walsh, G. (2012, March). “Bi” and Trans self-identification in qualitative research.  Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Palm Springs, California.

Onyalo, S., Jama, I., Williams, E., Johnson, H., & MacKay, J.(2011, October). Building prevention: Youth, alcohol-use and sexual violence.  Poster presented at the Sexual Violence Research Initiatives Annual Forum of the United Nations Global Forum for Health Research, Cape Town, South Africa.   

MacKay, J. & Rutherford, A. (2011, June). Newcomers and late-comers: Perspectives from the age of “post-feminism.” Paper presented at the 72nd Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.

MacKay, J. & Rutherford, A. (2011, June).  What’s oppression got to do with it? A thematic analysis of women’s lived understandings of depression and identity. Poster presented at the 72nd Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario.

Rutherford, A., Vaughn, K., Ball, L., MacKay, J., Sheese, K., & Beaulieu, T. (2011, March).  Using Psychology’s Feminist Voices in the classroom.  Poster presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

MacKay, J. & Rutherford, A. (2011, March).  Disrupting self-silencing through a feminist voice.  Paper presented at the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for Women in Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.  

MacKay, J. & Rutherford, A.  Feminist depression narratives.  (2009, May).  Paper presented at the Feminist Research Group Conference of the University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario.

MacKay, J.& Rutherford, A.  (2009, May).  A woman in distress: Exploring feminist depression narratives.  Poster presented at the 39th Annual Undergraduate Psychology Thesis Conference of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario.  

MacKay, J. & Mitchell, A.  (2009, March).  Moving beyond the aesthetic of a mandate.  Paper presented at the Women Making Change Conference of the Institute of Women in Leadership of the University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.

MacKay, J. (2007, May).  Bridging the gap between activism and academia. Paper presented at the Feminism(s): Strengthening the Ties Conference of Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia.

Other Stuff

Art

I make art that is informed by my research and interests. You can check it out here.

Videos

I collaborated on a series of videos for the anti-biphobia campaign This is Our Community.

Guest Blog Posts

MacKay, J. (2018, March 20). Disciplinary Action: The Margins of Psychology. [Standpoints Blog].

MacKay, J. (2016, June 15).  A lack of trust in institutions: Empty actions vs. real understanding. [Shameless Magazine Blog].

MacKay, J. (2013, March 8).  I am not sure “Happy International Women’s Day” is the right phrase. [Shameless Magazine Blog].

MacKay, J. (2013, February 8).  Global outrage, local “meh.” [Shameless Magazine Blog].

MacKay, J. (2012, October 1).  Language can be so crazy-making! [Shameless Magazine Blog]. – Reprinted in Best of the Blog, Shameless Magazine (Winter, 2012). Get schooled: The art of unlearning and the power of education.

MacKay, J. (2012, August 15).  The psychological is political: Mental health as a feminist issue. [Shameless Magazine Blog].

Public Community Reports

MacKay, J., Walsh, G. & Mayberry, T. (2012). Building prevention: Drinking, sexual violence and street-involved youth.  Ottawa: Ontario, Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre.

Johnson, H., & MacKay, J. (2011). Building prevention: Sexual violence, youth and drinking. Ottawa: Ontario.

Media Interviews

Robinson, M. & MacKay, J. (April 19, 2014) Bisexuality, risk and resilience.  [Interview]. The F Word, Vancouver Co-op Radio.

Ropponen, C. & MacKay, J. (April 6, 2014). Being working class. [Conversation]. The F Word, Vancouver Co-op Radio.

Poei, A. & Solomon, R. (January 31, 2008).  Fear lurks on campus after dark.  [Interview].  24 Hours, Toronto, ON.

MacKay, J. (November 4, 2007).  [Interview on sexual assault on campus].  Global Television, Montreal, QC.

Fact Sheets

I have worked with various organizations to develop fact sheets on topics such as bisexual mental health and sexual violence.

Workshops

My colleague and I offer trainings on trauma-informed care with LGBTQ+ folks – Queering Trauma Therapy.