Description:
Join a diverse panel of parents, family members, and caregivers of Two-Spirit and non-binary (TTNB) youth who will discuss their family’s journey and experiences supporting their youth and themselves. Panelists will discuss their experiences sorting out how best to support their young people while learning alongside them. They will discuss how health misinformation and disinformation have impacted their family’s ability to access care as well as their own understandings of how to support their child.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants will
- Learn about different learning journeys that parents, families and caregivers may be on in supporting their TTNB youth
- Identify examples of common challenges faced by parents, families and caregivers and ways that providers can mitigate and provider support
Speakers
- Carrie and Wayne
Parents and Community Advocates
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Carrie and Wayne are the parents of two wonderful kids and the founders of TransParent, a nonprofit society that provides peer support, education and advocacy for parents and caregivers of two-spirit, transgender and gender creative kids in the Okanagan.
Carrie is the Executive Director of TransParent and is currently completing her Master's degree in Clinical Social Work; Wayne is a professor of Mathematics at UBC Okanagan and is an elected School Board Trustee. They are both active community members and volunteers, and enjoy camping, playing board games, and living room dance/karaoke parties.
- Sylvie
Parent and Community Advocate
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My name is Sylvie. I am 51 years old. I have been teaching for 27 years, 18 for the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board at MHS-Batshaw, in the Laurentians, Qc. During those years, I have acquired solid experience in working with the most vulnerable, trauma and at risk population. I have been teaching CCQ & Sexual Education mostly and I specialized myself into supporting and better accompany the LGBTQIA2+ population.
Having a transgender daughter that is now 14 years old and that transitioned at the age of 2, made me want to learn and develop strategies to better support her and her teachers. With the years and the trainings and workshops I attended, I have been able to create workshops myself that I offer in various venues and schools in our school board and outside SWLSB.
I am extremely passionate about this topic and I am part of different groups such as Gender Creative Kids & Teaching Trans & Non-binary students. Through those, I continue to gather the latest information, school material and strategies to better support the LGBTQIA2+ population in schools. On my free time, I create more workshops to make it simple for students, parents, teachers and school staff to deal and address any issue related to LGBTQIA2+.
I am a hardworking, organized and respectful person. I am a good team worker, I am rigorous, autonomous and I am totally devoted to making schools a safer, inclusive place for the LGBTQIA2+ population.
I am a supportive mom & I am always in the front row to advocate & make sure our kids are respected & feel as included as any other kid.
- Catherine
Parent and Community Advocate
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Catherine is a parent of a young trans, queer and nonbinary person currently residing in
Nunavut. She and her child are passionate about equity and human rights, and both spend their time dedicated to advancing the rights of others. Catherine is an active volunteer who is involved in doing things such as food hampers and volunteerism at events such as those meant for elders, struggling families, youth and people of determination and sits on the Pride Steering Committee for her Employee Resource Group. Catherine has been recognized as a leader for her trans advocacy and allyship.
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