Gender Affirming Care (GAH) Training
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TRANSEstrie
Courses Offered:
Variety of topics related to the LGBTQ+ communities
Target Audience: Professionals and schools
Provide tailored LGBTQ+ training
Contact: services@transestrie.org or 873-989-1289.
OUT Saskatoon
Courses Offered:
Queer 101 Course:
LESSON 1: 2SLGBTQ acronym, basic queer language and terms.
LESSON 2: foundations of identity. A deeper look at sex, gender, gender expression, and sexual orientation.
LESSON 3: root causes of discrimination, the different ways in which discrimination shows up, understanding intersectionality and how power and privilege intersect to impact discrimination.
LESSON 4: look at practical actions you can implement in your work and other areas of life. You’ll also learn about advocacy, the need for systemic change, and ways to work together in creating change.
Format: Online, self-paced
Target Audience: Service providers, including healthcare workers, mental health supports, educators, justice workers, community-based organizations, government employees, and post-secondary students in social work, healthcare, or humanities
Length: 2 hours (must be completed within 4 weeks)
AVI Health and Community Services (Victoria BC)
Courses Offered:
Queer Eye for the Service Provider Trainings
Target Audience: Service providers, particularly in health fields
Contact: Email prismwellness@avi.org
Trans Care BC
Courses Offered:
Intro to Gender Diversity (1)
Intro to Gender Diversity - Expanded (2)
Format: Asynchronous Online
Target Audience: Anyone who provides services to or engages with transgender, Two-Spirit, and non-binary people
Duration: Course 1 ~30 minutes and Course 2 ~1 hour
Additional Info: Course 1 is a prerequisite for Course 2
The 519
Courses Offered:
Training on sexual and gender diversity in the workplace
Workshops for employers and employees
Training for leadership
Training for front-line staff
Format: Virtual or in-person options available
Provide training that’s relevant & unique to different organization requirements
Rainbow Health Ontario
Courses Offered:
Transition-related Hormone Therapy in Primary Health Care
Transition-related Surgeries: Planning, Referral, and Care
Vaginoplasty: Post-Operative Complications in Primary Health Care
Masculinizing Surgeries: Post-Operative Complications in Primary Health Care
Puberty Suppression for Trans Youth in Primary Health Care
Trans 101 – Transitioning
Trans 101 – Adults and Older Adults
Trans 101 – Children and Adolescent
Workshops:
Gender and Sexual Diversity and Inclusion
Gender Neutral Language
Pronouns 101
Coming Out Checklist
Transgender Medical Care
Supporting a Transgender Person
Format: Online courses available at varying times, registration required
Credits: Some offer Mainpro+ credits
Certificate: Provided upon completion
Fee: Workshops not free
CBRC
Courses Offered:
Conversion “Therapy” Practices in Canada
This course focuses on understanding conversion practices (in light of the federal law), & their impact on 2S/LGBTQIA+ people
Format: Online course
Target Audience: Professionals in medical and mental healthcare, 2S/LGBTQIA+ service providers, affirming faith communities, and 2S/LGBTQIA+ community members
Duration: 304 hours, must be completed in 8 weeks
PEERS Alliance
Courses Offered:
Gender Identity and Client Safety
Format: Workshops
Target Audience: Service providers
Fee: Small fee
Contact: Must email xinfo@peersalliance.ca
The Sexuality Education Resource Centre MB (SERC)
Courses Offered:
Ongoing Learning Hub Year Long Membership Courses:
Self-Directed Course: 2STLGBQ+ Inclusion
Self-Directed Course: Operating Principles for Sexuality Education
Facilitated Course: Sext Ed: Discussing sexting with youth
Format: Annual membership courses
Target Audience: Service providers in Manitoba
Cost: $250/year
OUT Saskatoon
Courses Offered:
Navigating Inclusive Language & Creating Safer Spaces
Format: Online, self-paced
Target Audience: Service providers, including healthcare workers, mental health supports, educators, justice workers, community-based organizations, government employees, and post-secondary students in social work, healthcare, or humanities
Length: 30 minutes to 2 hours (with breaks as needed)
CME Learning Saskatchewan
Courses Offered:
Trans-Inclusive Healthcare Series Modules:
1: The Life Experiences of a Transgender Woman: Lessons to Support Youth | Jemma Martin
2: Special Considerations for Physiotherapists When Treating Trans & Gender Diverse Clients | Dr. Stephanie Madill
3: Overview of Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in Youth | Dr. Marian Thorpe
4: Caring for Trans & Gender Diverse Youth: A Primary Care Perspective | Dr. Rachel Gough
5: Supporting Trans and Gender Diverse Youth in Saskatchewan | Tye Strachan and Corey Norton
Format: In-person
Target Audience: Family physicians, specialists, nurses, nurse practitioners, mental health professionals, pharmacists, physiotherapists, residents, researchers, health sciences students, and other healthcare professionals
Length: 5 to 6 hours
Cost: $75 + tax
Skipping Stone
Courses Offered:
Work with businesses, non-profits and governments across the country delivering comprehensive education around gender diversity, inclusion and trans affirming practices.
Must fill out form under "learning, training, and speaking inquiries" for more info on training provided. https://www.skippingstone.ca/contact
Prism Services (Vancouver Coastal Health)
Courses Offered:
Workshops and training on inclusion, diversity and promoting health and wellness for the LGBT2Q+ communities
Target Audience: Healthcare and social service providers
Contact: Email prism@vch.ca for training services
CBRC
Courses Offered:
Queering the Compass: Pathways to 2S/LGBTQIA+ Sexual & Reproductive Health:
Intersectional Affirming Care
Confronting Ableism, Stigma and Bias in SRH
Abortion is Queer Reproductive Justice
Weaving the Threads of Inclusive Care for 2S/LGBTQIA+ people
Format: Online courses
Duration: Must be completed within 6-8 weeks, depending on the course
Credits: Mainpro+ credits for the first two courses