William Gooding

William Gooding is an Indigenous-European mixed-race person of Quechua (the Cajamarca region of Peru) and Irish descent. William earned a Bachelor’s Degree in English and History from the University of British Columbia, a Master’s of Social Work from Ryerson University and is presently completing a PhD in Social Work at McMaster University. As an HIV+, queer, mixed-race researcher who has deep appreciation for his own Indigenous past and present, William’s research has focused on supporting IPHA leadership, on theorizing Indigenous and non-Indigenous interdisciplinary allyship, and on exploring the workplace conditions for Indigenous peoples living with HIV and/or Hep C across the world. A key area of interest for William is theorizing through text, visual and filmic representations to examine the variable and contextual intersections of Indigeneity, race, queerness, disability and HIV as they relate to wellbeing and desire. William is honoured to be able to work collaboratively with Indigenous community members, scholars, Elders and youth to further the integration of Indigenous knowledge and methods into the academy and more broadly into the health sciences with an aim of better supporting Indigenous communities and individuals living with and affected by STBBI.