Dr. Saara Greene

Saara has been an active researcher for over 20 years, and she grounds her work in community-engaged and participatory action approaches to addressing community identified interests. She draws on narrative and creative methodologies to illuminate and put forward actionable responses to issues and concerns of importance to her community partners. Her research focuses on reproductive and maternal justice and barriers to care for women who experience marginalization along multiple axis of identity and across the lifespan. Since 2018, Saara has been involved in community-engaged participatory research that uses creative methodologies to co-create meaningful and ethical representations and responses to experiences and needs related to accessing cannabis information and support during pregnancy, infant feeding, and parenthood, and with and for older women who use cannabis. She is a Professor and Director of School of Social Work at McMaster University.