
Calendar of Events
If you would like to have your events listed here, please contact us at: info@lgbtqhealthmatters.com
| Monday April 7, 08 | Tuesday April 8, 08 | Wednesday April 9, 08 | Thursday April 10, 08 |
Friday April 11, 08 | Saturday April 12, 08 | Sunday April 13, 08 |
Monday April 7, 2008
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Time: 3:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: 519 Community Centre, 519 Church Street - East Room
For more information, contact Dick Moore at 416-392-6878 x 118 or senior@the519.org
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Over 20 services and community groups will be available to chat and share information. Come learn about your local health care resources and meet your local queer and trans service providers.
There will be refreshments and lots of free information.
Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, call 416-324-4177 or email mclarke@sherbourne.on.ca
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Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth, Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please call Leslie at 416-324-5082 or email soymentoring@sherbourne.on.ca
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This group is co-led by a professional group leader and a trained peer.
Mondays March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21, 28 (drop-in, no registration is required)
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Wellspring Odette House, 81 Wellesley Street East, Toronto, ON
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Time: 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Come As You Are, 701 Queen Street West, Toronto, ON
All genders welcome. $25 (sliding scale). To pre-register call 416-504-7934 or www.comeasyouare.com
Tuesday April 8, 2008
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Time and location confidential. Please contact Alex Dow at 416-222-1153 x423 or adow@griffin-centre.org for additional information.
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Time: 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth - Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Suhail by email soynewcomer@sherbourne.on.ca or at 416-324-5080.
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Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location: Fred Victor Employment Resource Centre: 100 Lombard Street, Suite 102 (Jarvis & Queen E.)
For more information, or to register please contact Erik at: 416-364-8986 x547 or rainbow.employment@yahoo.ca.
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Carlyle Jansen is the founder of Good For Her. Since discovering orgasms in her late 20's she has been an avid student, consumer, advocate and educator of human sexuality. She is also a proud mom of two!
Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
Free, with sweet delectable treats provided.
For more information or to register, call 416.324.4177 or email mclarke@sherbourne.on.ca.
Wednesday April 9, 2008
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The cost is $75 for service providers and includes a full day of learning, handouts, lunch and snacks. LGBTT seniors will be admitted at no charge.
Program Highlights
- A community panel of older LGBTT people living amazing lives that shatter stereotypes.
- A workshop on depression and problems with substances.
- A panel on issues related to LGBT seniors in the Rehab system.
- A panel on preparing for various stages of aging.
- Navigating the System and Advocating Once You're In It.
- A screening room showing gay related short films and documentaries.
- Resource tables featuring services for mainstream seniors and LGBTT services.
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives exhibit on gay history in Toronto.
- A presentation on how the City of Toronto Homes for the Aged is working to make long term care gay friendly.
Location: Metro Central YMCA at 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto, ON
Spaces are limited. For further information contact Jack Cunningham, Conference Coordinator at The 519 Church Street Community Centre, 519 Church Street Toronto, ON M5S 2M4, email seniors2@the519.org or call 416 392 6878 ext 306.
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Time: 5:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: The 519 Church Street Community Centre, 519 Church Street, Toronto, ON
For more information about TYT or other Trans Programmes please contact Jordan and Rebecca at tytrocks@gmail.com.
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Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Rachel Epstein at 416-324-5219 or parentingnetwork@sherbourne.on.ca.
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Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Location: 24 Silverview Drive (close to Finch subway station), Toronto, ON
Please contact cHui@griffin-centre.org for additional information.
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Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth - Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Lorelei King by email bqy@sherbourne.on.ca or at 416-324-5083.
Thursday April 10, 2008
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A Workshop for Clinicians and Counsellors To celebrate LGBTQ Health Matters Week, we are offering an educational workshop for physicians, nurses and counsellors/therapists. The agenda for the day will include:
- Becoming comfortable and competent in caring for transgender clients
- Assessing readiness and prescribing hormones for gender transition
- Offering psychological, social and practical supports
Time: 9:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
To reserve a seat or for more information, please contact the Registration Coordinator, Terri Mathews at 416-324-4103, Ext. 4151. A charge of $20 for lunch and materials is payable in cash on the day of the workshop.
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Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Women's College Hospital - Auditorium, 76 Grenville Street (1 block north of College, just west of Bay), Main Floor
Please RSVP to Cindy Weeds, Program Coordinator, Women's Programming at cweeds@ppt.on.ca or 416-961-0113 x 223
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Training for Change - How Facilitators Apply Anti-Oppression Practice in Their Work
Rainbow Health Network and Among Friends are pleased to present a forum as part of LGBTQ Health Matters Week, April 7-13. This week celebrates the health and well being of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, 2-spirited, genderqueer, intersex, queer and questioning communities in Toronto. "Training for Change - How Facilitators Apply Anti-Oppression Practice in Their Work" will be a forum for exchange of ideas among trainers and educators working in all areas of anti-oppression and diversity.
Presenters:
- Fran Odette - Trainer/educator on sex and disability for service providers and those of us living with disabilities. She was on the Steering Committee of the Lesbians and Breast Cancer Project.
- Margaret Alexander - Activist and educator in the women's anti-violence movement; anti-oppression and anti-racism trainer. She works at Springtide Resources and teaches at George Brown College.
Location: Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services, 340 College Street, 5th floor, Suite 500 (between Spadina and Bathurst) Wheelchair accessible.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact:
Phyllis Waugh, Rainbow Health Network at 416-656-8245, phyllis.waugh@gmail.com
Rachna Contractor, Among Friends at 416-324-8619 ext 290, rcontractor@accessalliance.ca
Please identify any access needs, such as assistive devices, alternate formats, or allergies. Note: We suggest avoiding fragrances at this event, due to allergies and sensitivities.
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Time: 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Location: Central Toronto Youth Services, 65 Wellesley Street East, Suite 300, Toronto
For more information, contact Krys McGuire: krys.mcguire@ctys.org OR Janis Purdy: jpurdy@ctys.org, 416-924-2100 x 231
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Time: 4:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: 24 Silverview Drive (close to Finch subway station), Toronto, ON
Please contact rBrubacher@griffin-centre.org for additional information.
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Time: 5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
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Guest speakers:
- Devan Nambiar, Community Activist and Educator
- Naveed Nawab, Physician, Sherbourne Health Centre
- Vijay Saravanamuthu, MSM Outreach Coordinator, Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention
Time: 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto
For more information or to register, call 416-324-4177 or email mclarke@sherbourne.on.ca.
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Time: 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth - Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more details, please contact Clare at 416-324-5077 or email soy@sherbourne.on.ca
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Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth - Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Yasmeen at 416-324-5078
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This month's discussion: The Curse Confronting the Last Unmentionable Taboo: Menstruation, By Karen Houppert. (Women and Trans People Only). This highly readable book draws examples from films, books and advertisements to illustrate how menstruation is constructed as shameful and embarrassing. Houppert argues that the 'culture of concealment' is so pervasive that a woman is more likely to tell a co-worker about an affair than her period. In keeping with Houppert's effort to challenge propriety around menstrual discussion, please join us for an open, honest discussion under the red tent.
Time: 8:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Red Tent Sisters, 810 Danforth Ave. Toronto, ON
For more information call 416-463-TENT (8368) or email info@redtentsisters.com
Friday April 11, 2008
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ACT Research Day 2008 is two half-day events to discuss current strategies, research, programs, and policy. Both events will feature panel presentations on research or policy, facilitated discussion and special guest presentations.
Part I: Understanding Ontario's HIV/AIDS Strategies - Thursday, April 3, 1pm-6pm
Part I features presentations from key stakeholders on Ontario's Aboriginal, African and Caribbean, Gay Men's and Women's HIV/AIDS Strategies, as well as moderated discussion about how the strategies relate to research, program development and advocacy.
Part II: Knowledge for Access - Friday, April 11, 1pm-5:30pm
In Part II, community-based researchers will present current research on Ontario's trans communities, disability and HIV, and PHA involvement in the response to HIV/AIDS. A moderated discussion about the implications for service provision and policy will follow.
Join us for either or both parts of ACT Research Day 2008
More information (and registration) at www.actoronto.org/researchday
ACT Research Day is a free event. Funding is provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN).
Time: 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Location: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Lydia Makoroka at 416-340-8484 ext. 233 or lmakoroka@actoronto.org
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Time: 4:00pm - 6:00pm
Location: Supporting Our Youth - Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, email Clare at soy@sherbourne.on.ca or call 416-324-5077 and check us out on Facebook!
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Time: 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location: Black CAP - 110 Spadina Avenue, Suite 207, Toronto, ON
RSVP at mprevention@black-cap.com or 416-977-9955.
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The event features:
- Debra Anderson; author of Code White (McGilligan Books, 2005)
- Pat Capponi ; author of Last Stop Sunnyside (HarperCollins, 2006)
- Farzana Doctor; author of Stealing Nasreen (Inanna, 2007)
3/4 nervous nelly. 1/4 running with scissors, Debra Anderson has been anthologized in Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity, Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws, and Bent On Writing. She facilitated a Creative Writing Workshop at Word on the Street (September 2007) and organizes the local reading series, Get Your Lit Out. Code White (McGilligan Books, 2005) is her first novel, which Debra toured across Canada and launched in a blizzard at the Toronto Women's Bookstore. Check out www.debraanderson.ca for more details.
Pat Capponi has carved a career for herself as an author, public speaker, group facilitator, and anti-poverty activist. Her five works of non-fiction and her new mystery series all centre around issues of poverty, mental illness, abandonment, and struggle. Check out www.patcapponi.ca for more information.
Farzana Doctor is a Toronto-based author and social worker. Her novel, Stealing Nasreen (Inanna, 2007) has received critical acclaim from the Globe and Mail, Quill and Quire,and NOW Magazine.She has had her poetry, reviews, short stories and creative non-fiction published in NOW, Trikone, Herizons, Siren, Aurat Durbar and Sightlines 7 Anthology. She has also co-written a manual for therapists and was part of the video collective that produced the documentary, "Rewriting the Script". She is now working on her second novel. For more information, check out www.farzanadoctor.com
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, call 416.324.4177 or email mclarke@sherbourne.on.ca.
Saturday April 12, 2008
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The aim of this innovative workshop is to bring together a diverse group of older & younger trans people, trans people of colour, two-spirit & Aboriginal trans people, as well as our non-trans allies so we can learn from and teach one another to become (more) effective/strategic at trans advocacy. The first half will comprise the large-group skills-building component (1. choosing a focus; 2. preventing burnout; 3. anti-oppression framework; 4. getting connected/started); The second half will include small-group interactive work. Facilitators & presenters are: Rupert Raj, Michelle Le-Claire & Sherbourne Health Centre staff: Terri Mathews & Yasmeen Persad
Time: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Location: Sherbourne Health Centre, 333 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, ON
Space is limited so please pre-register with Geoff MacDonald: (416) 324-4100, x5058 or gmacdonald@sherbourne.on.ca
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Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: The 519's Family Resource Centre - 519 Church Street, Toronto, ON
For more information, please contact Chris Veldhoven, Queer Parenting Programme Coordinator, at 416-392-6878 x109 or queerparenting@the519.org
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Upcoming dates:
Saturday May 10, 10 am - 1 pm
Sunday June 8, 4 pm - 7 pm
Time: 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Location: YMCA Family Development Centre - 15 Breadalbane (one block south of Wellesley, just west of Yonge), third floor.
For more info: carlyle@goodforher.com
Sunday April 13, 2008
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Time: 12.00 pm - 2.00 pm
Location: The Bishop and the Belcher, 175 Bloor St E, (entrance at the northeast corner of Church St. and Hayden St.)