Consultation re: LGBT people and Mental Health and Addictions Research in Ontario

<sup><sub>Date: September 13, 2010
Time: 12:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Location: 519 Community Centre, 519 Church St. , Toronto Nearest Major City: Toronto
Event Description: *** NB – YOU MUST REGISTER IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND THIS EVENT ****

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

--LGBT consumer/survivors of the mental health and addictions systems and their family members,
--Clinicians & service providers who work with LGBT people,
--Policy makers and government staff working in the areas of LGBT mental health and addictions
--Researchers working in the area of LGBT mental health and addictions
--LGBT community members

LOGISTICS:

--Lunch will be provided
--Limited Support for travel is available. We must receive all applications for travel assistance by Wednesday August 25th at 5pm.
--An application form is included with the RSVP link, listed below.
--This event is wheelchair accessible

TO REGISTER:

Please click on the RSVP link: http://creatingtogetherlgbt.eventbrite.com/

The goal of this initiative is to jointly develop a research agenda to help guide research investment and knowledge exchange activity, in health systems/ services and population/ public health, in Ontario over the next three to five years. Creating Together is providing the opportunity for a diverse range of research stakeholders to co-create a research agenda through province-wide consultations. Incorporating the voices of stakeholders will help to identify where investment in research can most improve the mental health and addictions systems.


It is anticipated that, eventually, results of Creating Together will benefit consumer/ survivors and family members by developing the knowledge to create stronger mental health and addictions systems.</sub></sup>


An Evening with Jacquelyne Luce, Hosted by Rachel Epstein

<sup>Date: August 09, 2010
Time: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Location: Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St West, Toronto Nearest Major
City: Toronto

Event Description: “BEYOND TORONTO’S EXPECTATIONS”: JACQUELYNE LUCE & RACHEL EPSTEIN

Prevailing views about assisted conception and the status of non-traditional families have improved dramatically over the past thirty years. So, when will it get easier to become a parent?
To launch her groundbreaking study, Beyond Expectation: Lesbian / Bi / Queer Women and Assisted Conception (University of Toronto Press), Germany-based author and activist Jacquelyne Luce will deliver a short talk based on her findings. Rachel Epstein, Coordinator of The Sherbourne Health Centre’s LGBTQ Parenting Network, will host the evening and moderate a Q&A with the audience. – A UTP Talks event presented with Gladstone Hotel.

Thurs Aug 12; 7:30pm (Doors 7pm) FREE
The Gladstone Hotel 2nd Floor Gallery
1214 Queen St West, Toronto

Books will be sold at the event by the University of Toronto Bookstore.

BEYOND EXPECTATION An in-depth study of lesbian, bi, and queer women’s experiences of thinking about and trying to become a parent, Beyond Expectation chronicles eighty-two women’s experiences, from 1980 to 2000, during a period that saw significant changes to the governance of assisted reproduction and the status of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender parents and same-sex partners.

Beyond Expectation looks closely at the changing contexts in which women’s experiences occurred and draws attention to complex issues such as ‘contracting’ relationships, mediating understandings of biology and genetics, and decision-making amidst various social, legal, and medical developments. The stories of her interviewees are juxtaposed with the wider public discourses about lesbian/bi/queer parenting and reproductive technology, highlighting gaps in existing legislative reforms. Most importantly, Beyond Expectation foregrounds the lived experiences of lesbian, bi, and queer women as they negotiate kinship at the intersection of reproduction, technology, and politics.

JACQUELYNE LUCE specializes in research about the relationships between gender, sexuality, bodies, medicine, science and policy. She grew up in Winnipeg and then studied cultural and medical anthropology in Toronto, before moving to British Columbia to do the fieldwork for Beyond Expectation. She now lives in Germany, where she is doing research on patients’, parents’ and health professionals’ experiences with new technologies and experimental therapies.

RACHEL EPSTEIN is the Coordinator of the Sherbourne Health Centre’s LGBTQ Parenting Network and the editor of Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings On Queer Parenting. In 2008 she was given the prestigious Steinert and Ferreiro Award from the Community One Foundation (formerly the Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal), in recognition of her longstanding commitment to queer activism in Canada. For more information, please contact: Chris Reed, University of Toronto Press, 416-978-2239 ext 248, creed@utpress.utoronto.ca For more details, please visit: www.utpress.utoronto.ca</sup>

Canadian Sex Research Forum 2010 Conference in Toronto: Sept 30 - Oct 02

<sup>In 2010, the CSRF conference will be in the city of Toronto. Toronto has the best of everything from theatre to shopping and lots of night life! The planning committee has concluded its work and the program is incredible including plenaries by Janet Hyde and our own Alex McKay, the 3rd annual After Dark event and our traditional group dinner, this year at Hot House Cafe. Toronto is very convenient to get to and this year's conference is sure to be a hit. Our hotel will be the Novotel Toronto Centre. Located right on The Esplanade, Novotel is in the heart of Toronto close to Harbourfront and the Distillery District.

The CSRF is holding its 2010 conference in the hub of it all, Toronto, from Thursday September 30 to Saturday, October 02. Please mark these dates on your calendar! Toronto is such an easy city to get to we are expecting a marvelous turnout! The conference hotel is the Novotel Toronto Centre, a boutique style hotel located at 45 The Esplanade, Toronto, ON. (http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-0931-novotel-toronto-centre/index.shtml), seconds from the Gardiner Express Way, Lakeshore Blvd, the DVP and Union Station. Rates for conference delegates are $130.00 plus taxes, single or double. This room rate applies two days pre and post the conference dates in case you would like to extend your stay. Remember that we typically start Thursday at around 3pm with oral presentations, and conclude on Saturday around 6pm. The program will be available in the summer. We look forward to seeing you at the conference this coming year!

For more information: http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/sociology/maticka/csrf/index.html</sup>

Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research
November 22-23, 2010 – Toronto, Ontario
 

<sup>Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research will showcase excellence and innovations across all domains of gender, sex, and health research, including but not limited to biomedical, clinical, health services and policy, population and public health, and social science research. The conference will highlight how accounting for gender and sex leads to improvements in health interventions, policies, and outcomes. It will explore advances and challenges related to ethics and knowledge translation in gender, sex, and health research.

The conference will bring together a multidisciplinary group of researchers with a shared interest in gender, sex, and health. It aims to promote networking and collaborative engagement among these researchers, as well as health care providers, policy-makers, community groups, and others with an interest in this topic. Innovations in Gender, Sex, and Health Research will foster training and educational opportunities for emerging gender, sex, and health researchers.

 For more information: http://www.f2fe.com/IGH/2010/Conference/</sup>
 

NSRAP Annual Gala at Harbourfront Marriot Hotel

^{This year's keynote speaker is Michelle Douglas, the person responsible for ending the ban on LGBT Canadians serving openly in the Canadian Armed Forces.
Tickets can be purchased by calling NSRAP at 902-444-3206 or by e-mailing nsrap@nsrap.ca. More details at http://nsrap.ca/#/Support-Us-06-02/
Cost: $100/ticket}

The Arizona Department of Health Services /Division of Behavioral Health  Services'  LGBTQ Advisory Committee presents a series of 20 Webinar Trainings on Behavioral Health Issues in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Community!  

Here are the times for each date, as Arizona does not change time with Daylight savings time: 

 To be clear: