SBHS virtual Seminar: Drs. Savitri Persaud and Mohammad Karamouzian
Dr. Savitri Persaud, Postdoctoral Fellow, DLSPH, presenting: “It gat mad people, but she nah mad”: Capturing and exploring explanatory models of mental distress in Guyana and Dr. Mohammad Karamouzian, Assistant Professor (status-only), DLSPH, presenting: Improving health equity for marginalized populations in socio-culturally conservative settings Learn more: SBHS Divisional Seminar, Sept...
Indigenizing Health Symposium: Nations Gathering on the Land
The WBIIH & ON NEIHR along with the the Ontario IMN will be co-hosting Indigenizing Health Symposium 2023: Nations Gathering on the Land, aims to share knowledges, and foster dialogue and collaboration about Indigenous health and land based healing. This year’s symposium will be the first Ontario Network Environment for...
Full Moon Ceremony: Blue Moon
We are honoured to have the opportunity to host a Full Moon Ceremony led by Dr. Gokoomis Jacqueline Lavallee on Wednesday, August 30th from 7pm - 9pm for the Blue Moon. This is an Open Ceremony, welcoming to all Genders and Nations that want to learn about this Traditional Ojibwe...
Full Moon Ceremony
We are honoured to have the opportunity to host a Full Moon Ceremony led by Dr. Gokoomis Jacqueline Lavallee on Tuesday, August 1st from 7pm - 9pm (following the Drum Circle). This is an Open Ceremony, welcoming to all Genders and Nations that want to learn about this Traditional Ojibwe...
CARING FOR OURSELVES, CARING FOR COMMUNITY AMIDST GRIEF AND VIOLENCE
Many of us and our communities have had to navigate on-going grief and violence in the past months and weeks. The recent targeted attack on students and faculty of a Gender Studies class at the University of Waterloo occurred within a broader context of rising misogyny and anti-2SLGBTQIA+ violence. Recognizing...
Kimberly Fairman & Dr. Sophie Roher -ONTARIO NEIHR WEBINAR SERIES 2022/2023
ABSTRACT In April 2023, the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research (ICHR) held a gathering of 22 Elders and Knowledge Holders from across the Northwest Territories (NT) to (1) identify health and wellness priorities in NT communities, (2) consider strengths and challenges to health and community wellbeing, and (3) develop recommendations...
Celebrating Sex and Practicing Safety: The Pussy Palace Oral History Project
Presented by the Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research and the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Abstract: On September 15, 2000, five Toronto police raided the Pussy Palace, an exclusive sex party and bathhouse event for 350 queer women and trans people. The police charged two security...
Inclusion in Action: Understanding Black Disability Justice: Advancing Disability Justice in Postsecondary Contexts
The University of Toronto’s Institutional Equity Office (IEO) invites you to the Inclusion in Action Speaker Series. The Inclusion in Action Speaker Series is a collaboration between the Institutional Equity Office (IEO), and the UTM Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Office (UTM EDIO). The goal of this series is to host...
2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | Examining Peer Research Practices: trans and non-binary peoples’ experiences of harms as peer researchers
Hiring peer researchers– individuals with lived experience of the phenomenon under study – as research staff is often considered best practice in community-based research. However, little research has examined experiences with peer research from the perspectives of peer researchers themselves. In this talk, we will share findings from a participatory,...
2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub Lecture | This Is Our Care: drawing on the lived experiences of transgender and gender diverse people to build community-driven gender-affirming care
The rich variability of transgender (trans) and gender diverse (TGD) people’s social contexts, identities, and embodiments is increasingly recognized in the scholarship and policy that govern the provision of gender-affirming care. Yet, amid evolving expressions of cisnormativity and trans-antagonism across healthcare and social services in Canada and beyond, appreciation for...