Sex and Gender

Forwarding a message about an open survey that may be of interest Hello! I hope this e-mail finds you well. I am sharing the 2025 Sex Now survey with you all. This survey is administered by the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC), which promotes the health of people of diverse sexualities and genders through research and intervention development. Sex Now is Canada’s largest and longest-running health survey for 2S/LGBTQ+ people today. Participation in Sex Now helps the CBRC collect vital data that shapes public health policies and community services. For the first time, the Sex Now survey is open to 2S/LGBTQ+ people of all genders. This year’s survey includes questions about organ and tissue donation, immigration experiences, gambling, and access to gender affirming care. In a culture of rising anti-2S/LGBTQ+ hate, the survey will also feature questions about the impacts of stigma and discrimination in relation to our social, mental, and sexual well-being. If you would like to participate, you can fill out Sex Now 2025 .... The survey is available to be taken in English, French, and Spanish, and takes about 30 minutes to complete. If you are willing to share this e-mail with your networks, that would be most appreciated! Thanks,

Hi The School of Health Information Science at the University of Victoria is hosting a 3 day Virtual Workshop on Health Information Exchange (HIE) standards. The workshop will be held over 3 days from 4pm till 6:30pm Pacific Time on Monday April 28th to Wednesday April 30th. Guest speakers from across Canada will be presenting on a variety of HIE-related topics, including the shared pan-Canadian interoperability roadmap, CIHI standards, Health Infoway standards, and HL7 FHIR. There is no cost to attend. For more information and to see the schedule of talks, please go ... Thanks, Karen

Hello everyone, The slide decks from this month's meeting are now posted to the Documents folder here: infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/resources/docs/sex-gender/2025-sessions Have a great weekend! Thank you for your continued participation. Shannon

Hello, The HL7 International May 2025 Ballot (Anatomical Inventories and Person Characteristics) is now open, and in this ... you will find a compressed folder with an Index spreadsheet to allow access to ballot content, either as a PDF (included in the package) or with a link to the HL7 website. Please submit your comments by April 30, 2025. This ballot contains significant information related to anatomical Inventories and your feedback is needed to help ensure that updated HL7 standards enable quality healthcare for all people. If you wish to comment, please follow one of the paths documented below. Step-by-step guides for each path will be available .... 1. Direct Submission - You can directly provide comments by submitting them directly to Infoway via the comment spreadsheet that you will find at InfoCentral. Directly submitting your comments means that the name on your account will be linked to the comment and if the HL7 committee needs clarification or has questions, they could contact you directly. 2. Group Discussions - You can participate in the Sex and Gender Working Group (SGWG) discussion via the SGWG forum at InfoCentral. Comments posted in the forum will be submitted to Infoway as SGWG comments rather than as those of an individual member. If you use this method, you should be aware that it would still be possible for someone to read through the SGWG forum postings to link your comment to your InfoCentral account. Any questions from the HL7 group would come back to the SGWG as a whole for a response rather than to the individual who originally submitted them. 3. Private Email - You can send your comments via email to kdaviso@uvic.ca. Emailed comments will be added into a spreadsheet and attributed to “anonymous.” After being entered into the spreadsheet, the original emails will be deleted. We will not be able to relink you to your comment, and any questions from the HL7 group would be brought to the SGWG as a whole for a response. If you have any questions, please post them to the SGWG forum. Please feel free to share this message with others. Best Regards, Karen

Hello everyone, A friendly reminder that our next Sex and Gender Working Group (SGWG) Meeting will be held at 9:00am PT/12:00pm EST on Tuesday, April 22nd. Here is the draft agenda: 1. Welcome and Land Acknowledgement 2. Ground Rules for Respectful Dialogue 3. Purpose of Infoway Sex and Gender Working Group 4. Update: Pan-Canadian Gender, Sex and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) Standards 5. Anatomical Inventories and Person Characteristics: How to Comment on Logical Model 6. Schedule Review 7. Adjournment Please send any agenda requests to Kelly at kdaviso@uvic.ca, Karen at court009@uvic.ca or Shannon at soconnor@cihi.ca. New to the Sex and Gender Working Group? Register here: infoway-inforoute.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIqf-yoqjIpGtFrqu1R8-9WMY1j8oDWjXZl Guidelines for Respectful Dialogue: - Express disagreement with ideas not personalities - Share airtime - Stay on topic - connect to what others have said - Understand & learn from each other - We are all equal. Leave rank at the door - Listen respectfully especially when you disagree. Acknowledge you have heard the others - Look for common ground - Identify & test assumptions We look forward to seeing you on April 22nd! Have a great day! Shannon O'Connor