BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20220515T1736Z-1652636184.2894-EO-42045-5@10.19.146.14 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260714T035928Z CREATED:20220513T235127Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220530T190357Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220525T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20220525T130000 SUMMARY: Institution-led Social Reform and Justice: Modernizing Gender Expr ession on Government-Issued ID DESCRIPTION: Join a virtual panel discussion on the process to modernize ge nder expression on government-issued ID with panelists Prof. Natasha Thambi rajah\, Dr. Daniel Metzger\, and Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Grace Lore. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

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Institution-led Social Reform and Justice: Modernizing Gender Expressio n on Government-Issued ID

The current policies for gender expression on BC government-issued ID are an example of a decade long effort in behavioural\, intellectual and social change management. Jo in SPPGA Adjunct Professor Natasha Thambirajah\, Dr. Daniel L Metzger\, and Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity Grace Lore for an inside view on the evidence-based\, change management\, and stakeholder engagement practi ces used to gradually shift the BC health sector and provincial government towards recognizing the criticality of recognizing rights of people who are transgender or gender non-conforming to express their gender identity with minimal or no state or medical intervention.

This virtual talk will focus on the types of questions that we asked ourselves throughout the proc ess\, post implementation including reflections on what different questions could have been included. Learn more about how theory was translated into practice during the process of modernizing gender expression on government- issued ID and what was learned during the process.

Moderator< /strong>: Dr. Helina Jolly\, Research Associate\, Interdisciplinary Biodive rsity Solutions\, and Lead\, The Collective for Gender+ in Research\, Offic e for Regional and International Community Engagement\, UBC

P anelists:

Pan elists' Bios:

Natasha ThambirajahNatasha Thambirajah is Adjunct Professor and S PPGA Practitioner Fellow\, as part of the 2022 SPPGA Practitioner Fellowshi p at UBC’s School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Natasha is a third-g eneration public servant and has worked for the Province of BC since 2006. Over the past 15 years\, she has led nationally recognized examples of tran sformative\, citizen-centred public policy\, including the prize-winning BC Services Card and the modernization of gender identity expression on gover nment issued identification.

< strong>Dr. Daniel Metzger is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia\, and a Pediatric Endocrinologist worki ng in the Endocrinology & Diabetes Unit at BC Children's Hospital.

Dr . Metzger and his colleagues—in collaboration with hospital- and community- based mental health professionals—began seeing transgender kids in 1998\, a nd they have now seen about 700 trans and gender-non-conforming children an d youth in the BCCH Gender Clinic\, one of the busiest in Canada.

MLA Grace LoreGrace Lore is Parliamentary Secretary for Gender Equity. Grace Lore was elected as the MLA for Victoria-Beacon Hill in 2020.

She has been a dedicated an ti-violence advocate\, university instructor and community organizer.

Before the election\, she sat on the Fernwood\, North Park\, and Quadra Vi llage Neighbourhood Planning Group. She was on the national advisory panel for the Canadian Women’s Foundation and an Affordable Fernwood organizer. S he has worked closely with the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre and other ant i-violence organizations to support inclusive\, accessible\, and survivor c entred sexual assault response.

At the University of Victoria\, she t aught Canadian politics\, gender and politics\, and research methods. Her r esearch has focused on social media harassment and online violence.

G race resides in Victoria with her partner and two young children.

Moderator’s Bio:

Helina Jolly has a Ph D from the Institute for Resources Environment and Sustainability. She work ed with Indigenous communities in South Asia. She is a Natgeo explorer and  Lead\, The Collective for Gender+ in Research\, Office for Regional and Int ernational Community Engagement\, UBC. Currently she is a Research Associat e at Interdisciplinary Biodiversity Solutions.

Hosted by: The Collective for Gender+ in Research based at The Office of Reg ional and International Community Engagement (ORICE) at the School of Publi c Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, University of British Columbia

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