**All advisory members / co-authors are listed on the toolkits in alphabetical order (as below), with the exception of the Project Lead (first author) and the Chair/ PI (senior author)
- Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them)
Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them) is the Project Lead (and first author) of the Toolkits, and was a Gender Equity Advisor and a UBC Postdoctoral Fellow for this work herein (2021-2024). They are currently an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Lethbridge. Their qualitative, mixed-methods and arts-based research explores trans people’s health, wellness and experiences accessing healthcare, with a particular focus on reproductive and sexual health. Dr. Lowik’s work spans menstruation, abortion, perinatal mental health, pregnancy, fertility, sterilization and menopause, alongside substance use and mental health; they are also interested in medical, nursing and midwifery education, addressing the erasure of intersex, trans and Two-Spirit people from formal healthcare curricula. Dr. Lowik is also the President of the Abortion Rights Coalition of Canada, having worked in abortion care, advocacy and research for twenty years. They are a renowned expert in trans-inclusion and gender-affirmation, having worked with researchers, healthcare and social service organizations, lawyers and policymakers who are interested in inclusive research and praxis, policy and practice, and legal reform.
- Dr. Jessica J. Cameron (she/her)
Dr. Jessica J. Cameron (she/her) is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Manitoba and the Director of the Self and Interpersonal Dynamics (SAID) lab. She investigates the dynamic connection between the self and interpersonal relationships. In one of her lines of research, she focuses on how social categories, such as gender and beliefs about gender, influence interpersonal relationships. In a related line of research, she investigates the use of gender/sex measures in psychological research and best practices for more inclusive demographic measures that acknowledge and respect gender diversity. To read this open access work, click here. To learn more about Dr. Cameron’s Self and Interpersonal Dynamics lab, click here.
- Jessy Dame (he/him)
Jessy Dame (he/him) is a very proud Two-Spirit, Métis, Certified Registered Nurse. 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 works within a queer sexual health clinic in downtown Vancouver and as the Two-Spirit Program Manager at the Community-Based Research Centre, where he works with and for the Two-Spirit community to create resources and advocate for services.
- Dr. Jae Ford (they/them)
Dr. Jae Ford (they/them) is a 2S/Indigiqueer; Mi’kmaw and British settler and resident physician in Public Health and Preventative Medicine including family medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Ford also holds a Peer Co-Facilitator role with Transgathering. They are interested in structural and systemic inequities and the impact on access to safe and affirming care for marginalized communities, including Two-Spirit, Indigenous, and queer/trans communities. Dr. Ford has experience as a former Vice-President of Planned Parenthood – NL Sexual Health Centre, and Planning Committee Member/Coordinator for a 2SLGBTQIA+ youth leadership camp, Camp Eclipse: OUT in the Woods. They bring knowledge from a local Two-Spirit and Indigenous LGBTIA+ needs assessment on safe and affirming care.
- Lex Pulice-Farrow (they/he)
Lex Pulice-Farrow (they/he) is a doctoral student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lex’s research focuses on experiences of gender minority individuals—namely, gender dysphoria, romantic relationships, and experiences of resilience and wellbeing. They are a student representative for APA’s Division 44 (Society for the Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity) and an ad-hoc journal reviewer for seven peer-reviewed publications. They also serve as a graduate clinician and an instructor of record at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Lex has been a qualitative research expert, a data management specialist, and a research assistant for multiple projects concerning trans and nonbinary individuals at multiple research institutions. For more information, please see their ResearchGate profile.
- Dr. TJ Salway (he/him)
Dr. TJ Salway (he/him) is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. A social epidemiologist, Dr. Salway works to understand and improve the health of Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (2S/LGBTQ) populations. He also conducts research in affiliation with the BC Centre for Disease Control. In 2019-2020, he testified for two standing committees of the Canadian House of Commons, to inform federal policy to promote 2S/LGBTQ health equity. This resulted in the passage of Bill C-4, making it a crime to perpetrate anti-2S/LGBTQ practices, otherwise known as “conversion therapy.” Dr. Salway directs the REAFFIRM Collaborative, an interdisciplinary team committed to researching 2S/LGBTQ+ health and co-directs the Two-Spirit Dry Lab, Turtle Island’s first research group exclusively dedicated to understanding the health of Two-Spirit Indigenous people. He is the founder of MindMapBC.ca, a 2S/LGBTQ-affirming mental health service finder. In 2022, his team administered the UnACoRN.ca survey to understand the range of settings where Canadian youth have their sexual and gender identities supported or threatened.
- Dr. Sari van Anders (she/they)
Dr. Sari van Anders (she/they) has published over 80 papers with research that sets out new ways to conceptualize, understand, and map gender/sex, sexual diversity, and sexuality, providing unique tools and theories for feminist and queer bioscience, especially within social neuroendocrinology and studies of testosterone. Dr. van Anders’ work has been recognized with the 2013 Janet Taylor Spence Award for Transformative Early Career Contributions from the Association for Psychological Science; the 2014 Frank Beach Young Investigator Award from the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology; the 2016 and 2020 Distinguished Publication Award from the Association for Women in Psychology; the 2019 George A. Miller Award for an Outstanding Recent Article on General Psychology from APA Division 1; the 2012 Ira and Harriet Reiss Theory Award from the Foundation for the Scientific Study of Sexuality; the 2016 Committee on Women in Psychology Leadership Award from the American Psychological Association; and a 2020 Distinguished Sexual and Gender Health Revolutionary Medal from the University of Minnesota’s Program in Human Sexuality. Dr. van Anders’ work, including on “sexual configurations theory” or SCT, extends into knowledge translation and community involvement, with a zine translated in four languages, expert witness work about gender/sex, hormones and sports, an online space for feminist science called GapJunctionScience.org, organizing educational sessions on gender/sex/uality in/justice, and consulting with federal agencies about defining and measuring gender/sex in expansive and inclusive ways. Dr. van Anders is committed to progressive transformation efforts for academic spaces and beyond. Dr. van Anders’ lab and SCT materials can be found here.
- Dr. Kate Shannon (she/her)
Dr. Kate Shannon (she/her) is a Professor in Social Medicine and Associate Faculty (Policy) in the School of Population and Public Health and Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies at UBC. She is PI of the CIHR IGH Sex and Gender Science Chair on gender-transformative policy and practice that supported the creation of the toolkits herein. She currently co-leads a number of intersectional policy evaluation, service design and social impact research projects at the intersection of sexual and reproductive health, social justice, and gender and sexuality. She held a Canada Research Chair at UBC in Gender Equity, Sexual Health and Global Policy (2014-2024). She is strongly committed to research that affects change and her team’s research has been widely cited in gender equity and human rights recommendations and 500+ media reports, including Amnesty International, the Global Fund, Open Society Foundation, New York Times, Rolling Stone, Huffington Post, and the Washington Post. Dr. Shannon regularly consults and/or provides expert evidence to local, national, and international policy bodies from the Women’s Legal Aid Action Fund (LEAF) case committee on feminist intersectional analysis of charter rights to international policy bodies, including WHO, UNHCR, UNFPA, UNDP, UNAIDS, and Global Commission on HIV and the Law. You can read more about her work here.