Infoway Sex-Gender Working Group meeting on November 10, 2020 12 ET/9 PT

Greetings everyone,

A gentle reminder of our upcoming Sex-Gender Working Group meeting on November 10, 2020 at 12 ET/ 9 PT. We have the honour of welcoming two special guest presenters during this session: Devan Nambiar of Rainbow Health Ontario and Dr. Kevin Guyan, from the UK.

Draft Agenda:
1. Welcome
2. Presentation 1 – EHRs: Inclusive Intake Forms and Inclusive Language. By Devan Nambiar, Rainbow Health Ontario
3. Presentation 2 – Collection and Use of Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data – Lessons from UK. By Dr. Kevin Guyan
4. Group Discussion
5. Timeline and Next Steps
6. Adjournment

Devan Nambiar is RHO’s program manager. He has worked in the health care and social service sectors on LGBT2SQ cultural and clinical competencies for over 20 years. His experience includes education and training, health research, HIV treatments, organization practices and policies, and using an intersectional equity framework on LGBT2SQ. He has co-authored publications for LGBT2SQ population health, policies and practice and served on numerous ethics review boards. He is currently serving on the Community Advisory Committee of the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network.

Dr. Kevin Guyan is a mixed-methods researcher based in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the author of the forthcoming book Queer Data: Using Gender, Sex and Sexuality Data for Action (Bloomsbury), which explores the collection, analysis and use of data, particularly as it relates to LGBTQ+ people in the UK. Kevin also works as Researcher for a higher education organization that provides advice and guidance to the UK higher education sector on data about the identity characteristics of staff and students.

If you are new to the SGWG, please note that one-time registration for the Zoom meeting is required for both presenters and participants. Zoom meeting details can be found on the Infoway events calendar:
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