Working remotely from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
on Stz'uminus, Penelakut, Quw'utsun & Snuneymuxw Territories
Education, Consultation & Resources
*Online* Advanced Gender-Affirming Practice with Youth & Adults July 27 & 28, 2023
Join us for this beyond "Trans 101" Training!
Grounded in research
& lived experience
A research supported, evidence-based, intersectional trans feminist, and community grounded approach to gender-affirming care
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Support clients who are trans, Two-Spirit, non-binary, and/or gender-diverse. This training fosters experiential learning through partner practice, small group work, and large group discussion
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Education, Consultation, & Group Facilitation
Trans, Two-Spirit & Gender Creative Resources
I offer training and consultation individually catered to the needs of the client. Trainings range in time from 1 hour to full day workshops.
Topics I have provided training on for doctors, nurses, social workers, and counsellors in the past include:
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Intro to Gender-Affirming Practice
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Advanced Gender-Affirming Practice
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Intro to 2SLGBTQIA+ community and terminology
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Advanced Care with 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities
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Topics I have presented on with community members:
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A psycho-educational group for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members on Coping Skills for Anxiety & Depression
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Trans Communities and Sexuality (for trans and Two-Spirit people and their partners)​
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Arts-based learning and peer-support for youth groups
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Understanding STIs & HIV
Trans Care BC: All things accessing Gender-Affirming Care in British Columbia (Hormones, Surgery, free voice classes for trans women and trans feminine people, and more)
QMUNITY: BC's 2SLGBTQIA+Resource Centre with support groups, free counselling, and more
Native Youth Sexual Health Network: Includes Two-Spirit resources
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2-Spirit Collective Youth Group: at UNYA (Urban Native Youth Association) in Vancouver, BC
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Trans Fertility Co: all about fertility and having children for transgender people
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LEGIT Canada: Supports people who are immigrating to Canada to be with their Canadian partner
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Rainbow Refugees: Support and Advocacy with LGBTQ+ Refugees
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Prisoner Correspondence Project: Penpal connection for 2SLGBTQIA+ folks behind bars with those on the outside
Abridged Locations Where I have Provided Trainings, Consultation & Group Facilitation
Alberta Health Services:
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Intro & Advanced gender-affirming care trainings with clinic staff at the Sheldon Chumir STI Clinic in Calgary
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Intro & Advanced Gender-Affirming Practice Trainings with mental health clinicians at the Rockyview hospital Inpatient Psychiatry Unit in Calgary
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Healthlink BC: provided feedback on "Baby's Best Chance" and "Toddler's First Steps" print resources from gender-affirming and 2SLGBTQIA+-Affirming perspectives
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Bow Valley College: Introduction to trans and Two-Spirit Communities with college instructors & support staff
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The Travelling Tickle Trunk: Taught Sexual health & pleasure workshops with trans and Two-Spirit communities and their partners
Support Phone Lines & Other Counselling Options
Trans Lifeline: 1-877-330-6366
A peer support phone line for trans and gender diverse people, Canada and the US, 24/7
Mental Health Support Phone line: 1-800-784-2433
Mental health phone line, youth online chat options, Canada-wide, 24/7
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Indigenous Wellness Phone line: 1-855-242-3310
Canada-wide, 24/7, chat option available
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Healing in Colour: a Directory of Black, Indigenous and other People of Colour therapists in so-called Canada
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First Nations Health Authority: Free Counselling Options for Indigenous people in so-called BC
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Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre: Free Hormone Readiness Assessments & Surgical Readiness Assessments, legal resources, and more for trans folks facing barriers
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PACE Society: Free counselling for Sex Workers, and a free "Gender Self-Determination Project" program for trans and gender-creative folks in BC who want to change their names of gender-markers legally