Book chapters

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah, and Helen Kang. 2013.  When Symbols Clash: Legitimacy, Legality and the 2010 Winter Olympics.  In “The Olympics, Media and Society.” Kim Bissell and Stephen Perry, eds. Pp. 98-118. New York, NY: Routledge. Read here.

Journal articles

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah, and Helen Kang. 2012. When Symbols Clash: Legitimacy, Legality and the 2010 Winter Olympics. Journal of Mass Communication and Society 15(4): 578-597. Read here.

Cox, Robin, and Karen-Marie Elah Perry. 2011. Like a Fish Out of Water: Reconsidering Disaster Recovery and the Role of Place and Social Capital in Community Disaster Resilience.  American Journal of Community Psychology 48(3-4): 395-411. Read here.  

Morrow, Marina, Adrienne Wasik, Marcy Cohen, and Karen-Marie Elah Perry. 2009. Removing Barriers to Work: Building Economic Security for People with Psychiatric Disabilities. Critical Social Policy 29(4): 655-676. Read here.

Public reports

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah, Nadine Nakagawa, Trudi Goels, and Manjot Bains. 2023. The Barriers Project: Retention of Women and Gender Minorities in Municipal Elected Offices in British Columbia and Alberta. New Westminster, BC: Feminist Campaign School (funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada). Read here.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah (wrote first draft, co-authored with Trish Garner and BC’s Office of the Human Rights Commissioner’s Legal and Research Divisions). 2020. Disaggregated Demographic Data in British Columbia: The Grandmother Perspective.  Vancouver, BC: Office of the Human Rights Commissioner. Read here.   

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah. 2020. The Place of Assisted Living in BC’s Seniors Care System: Assessing the Promises, Realities and Challenges. Vancouver, BC: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Read here.

Cohen, Marcy, Michael Goldberg, Nick Istvanffy, Tim Stainton, Adrienne Wasik, and Karen-Marie Elah Perry. 2008. Removing Barriers to Work: Flexible Employment Options for People with Disabilities in BC. Vancouver, BC: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Read here.

Magazines, Newspaper Articles, and Independent News Outlets

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah and Shila Avissa, 2021. December 9. We’re Being Gaslit About the Pandemic. Rabble, Toronto, ON. [Note: based on the science of ongoing global vaccine inequalities and previous experience in pandemic planning, this article challenged the narrative that the pandemic was over and was released just as the COVID-19 Omicron wave hit BC in 2021]. Read here

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah and Jennifer Whiteside, 2020. June 22. Review of Assisted Living Urgently Needed, Opinion – Assisted Living Increasingly Looks Like Under-Resourced and More Lightly Regulated Long-Term Care. Vancouver, BC: Vancouver Sun. Read here.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah and Jennifer Whiteside, 2020. June 17. The Shocking Problems in BC’s Assisted Living Homes for Seniors: High Costs, Little Oversight and Suffering Residents and Staff Detailed in Report.  Vancouver, BC: The Tyee. Read here.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah and Jennifer Whiteside, 2020. June 17. Underregulated, Under Researched and Largely Privatized: Assisted Living Seniors' Care in BC. Vancouver, BC: Policy Note, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Read here.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah, 2000. March 28. Profitable Shame: A Critique of Seventeen Magazine. Vancouver, BC, Kinesis. Read here. 

Encyclopedia Entries

Lindley, Susan, and Eleanor Stebner, eds. 2008. The Westminster Handbook to Women in American Religious

History. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press. Entries for:

•       “Hannah Bachman Einstein”

•       “Jessie Ethel Sampter”

•       “Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Women’s 
Branch”

•       “Women’s Tefilla Network”

•       “Judith Berlin Lieberman”

Internal Institutional Reports

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah. 2018. Physiotherapist Recommendations: Prepared for the Ministry of Health and the Public Sector Employers’ Council. Health Employers Association of BC/Health Science Professionals Bargaining Association Recruitment and Retention Committee. New Westminster, BC: Health Sciences Association.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah. 2017. The Computer Assisted Rehabilitation Environment (CAREN) Research Study. Ottawa, ON: The Ottawa Hospital.

Cox, Robin, and Karen-Marie Elah Perry. 2010. Developing the Integrated Risk Assessment and Communication Management Framework (Disaster Emergency Management). New Westminster, BC: Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Cox, Robin, Karen-Marie Elah Perry, and Karen Hayward. 2010. Rural Community Disaster Resilience: Building Resilience and Health System Capability for Planning and Preparedness. New Westminster, BC: Justice Institute of British Columbia.

Cox, Robin, and Karen-Marie Elah Perry. 2010. Vancouver Disaster Psycho-Social Support Community Engagement Pilot and Planning Framework. Vancouver, BC: Disaster Psycho-Social Program and the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority.

Perry, Karen-Marie Elah. 2008. Policy as Practice? Corporate Strategic Partnerships at the University of British Columbia: Full Research Report. Burnaby, BC: Canadian Union of Public Employees.