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About the Talk
Using a decolonizing lens, Jessy Dame, RN, excavates Two-Spirit history to challenge the current state of Two-Spirit erasure, addressing how internal and systemic binaries are forced upon data collection and the research process.
About the Speaker
Jessy Dame is a very proud Two-Spirit, Métis and Registered Nurse. Jessy’s family is from Treaty 1 and 2 territory, known today as Winnipeg, and St. Rose-du-lac. Jessy has worked within neonatal/postnatal health; currently, he works with a queer sexual health clinic in downtown Vancouver and with the Indigenous Wellness Vancouver Coastal Health team as an Indigenous Sex and Gender lead. Within this position, Jessy is able to work with and for the Two-Spirit community to create resources and advocate for services.
About the CGSHE Spotlight Series
Co-sponsored by VCH Aboriginal Health and UBC Indigenous Research Support Initiative, the CGSHE Spotlight Series aims to create a circle of dialogue and learnings on decolonizing research and practice from Indigenous leaders, Elders and knowledge keepers.
This talk is hosted by CGSHE – UBC Medicine and co-sponsored by Vancouver Coastal Health Indigenous Health & UBC Indigenous Research Support Initiative.
Territorial Acknowledgement
The Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity is situated on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, whom we acknowledge as the traditional owners and caretakers of those lands.
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