Prerequisites Required

Please attend to the following instructions to complete the required prerequisites. 

Prerequisite_Material_ISIAGS_-_Access_Instructions.pdf

Workshop Description:

Improving Safety in All Gender Spaces is a workshop designed to navigate challenging conversations around safety for people of diverse gender experiences. “The term ‘people of diverse gender experiences’ is intended to include anyone of traditionally marginalized genders. This includes cis women, as well as all trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, or alternate gender identifying people along the gender spectrum excluding cisgender men. Individuals within these groups experience gender and violence in different, nuanced ways.

This workshop is broken up into six different sections cultivating knowledge around diverse communities, decolonizing gender identities, building gender affirming spaces, understanding levels of oppression and gender based violence, recognizing harms of help, learning an ethical decision making framework, becoming an ally, and working through real life scenarios. This workshop includes twenty practical tips for improving safety in all gender spaces, how to do an equity walk through in your space, and how to build inclusive intake forms.

This workshop will answer the question, ‘How do we improve safety for people of diverse gender experiences in all-gender spaces?”

Instructor: Jessy Dame

Instructor Bio: Jessy Dame is a very proud Two-Spirit, Métis, Certified Registered Nurse. Jessy was a recipient of the King Charles III Coronation Medal in September 2024. Jessy’s family is from Treaty 1 and 2 territory, which is known today as Winnipeg and St Rose-du-lac. Jessy has worked within Neonatal/Postnatal health. He currently works casually within a queer sexual health clinic in downtown Vancouver. Jessy is the Indigenous Sex and Gender Leader within the Indigenous Wellness team and the Director of Two-Spirit Health with the Community Based Research Centre. Through these roles Jessy is able to work with and for the Two-Spirit community to create resources and advocate for services.

Location:

City Centre Aquatic Complex

1210 Pinetree Way, Coquitlam, BC V3B 7T8

Multipurpose Room 3

Meals and Refreshments

Coffee, lunch, snacks, and refreshments will be provided. Please add any dietary restrictions or allergies when registering.