Conference Program
All in-person conference events will take place at Sngequ House, UVic's conference centre, unless otherwise noted. The University of Victoria is in the Pacific time zone, UTC-7 (international time zone converter).
All panels and speakers will be livestreamed online via Zoom Events unless otherwise noted.
Thursday, March 27
Thursday, March 27
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
OPENING RECEPTION
Doors open at 6:30 PM PT (UTC-7)
Program starts at 7:00 PM PT (UTC-7)
Sngequ House
Friday, March 28
Friday, March 28
All in-person conference events take place in rooms within Sngequ House unless otherwise noted.
All panels and speakers will be streamed live online via Zoom Events, unless otherwise noted.
ART INSTALLATION
Sngequ House Lobby
Megan Harton: THE BEING & BREAKING OF SILENCE
This work is an interactive installation exploring transgender identity through mixed media. Utilizing archival oral histories and a phone booth installation, the work challenges systematic erasure of trans+ people, creating an intergenerational dialogue about visibility, resistance, and connection.
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST
Sngequ House Lobby
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PT (UTC -7)
CONFERENCE WELCOME
Conference Room A/B
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT (UTC -7)
TWO-SPIRIT TRANS+ INDIGENOUS PANEL
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE BREAK
Sngequ House Lobby
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 1
Conference Room A
Laura Horak, Jada Gannon-Day, Orvis Starkweather, Maddie Murakami, Constance Crompton: The Transgender Media Portal in the World (60 mins.) Hybrid.
SESSION 2
Conference Room B
Donn Feir, Maxine Lee: Labour Markets Outcomes for Transgender and Non-binary Individuals: Lessons from Economics Research (15 mins.) In person.
Francisco Fernández Romero, Pato Laterra: The trans labor quota in Argentina's public sector: an analysis from trans political economy (15 mins.) Online.
Dr. Anil Manjhi, Mr. Rahul Tiwari: Role of Cultural Reverence & Legal Recognition in Advancing Trans-Employment in India (30 mins.) Online.
SESSION 3
Meeting Room A
Kinnon MacKinnon, Wren Ariel Gould, S Rudd, Maddie Rosen: The DARE study: Community-engaged research on detransition/retransition (15 mins.) Online.
Jay Szpilka: The Trans Feminine Trace in the Lesbian S&M Sex Wars (15 mins.) In person.
Gio Dolcecore, Dr. Celeste Pang, Dr. Marty Clark, Eva Bošnjak: Trans Inclusion in Sport: Response to Alberta’s anti-transgender policy Bill 29 (30 mins.) Online.
12:45 PM - 2:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
LUNCH
Sngequ House Lobby
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
NETWORKING TIME
2:30 PM - 3:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 4
Conference Room A
Şansal Gümüşpala: Breaking the Binary: Gender Identity Communication of Nonbinary Individuals in Türkiye (15 mins.) In person.
Kiran Bhana: "The So-Called Hijra Caste": Colonial Ethnography and Gender Deviance (15 mins.) In person.
Yo-Ling Chen: Historicizing “Gender Identity” in Postwar Taiwan: Intersex and Transsexual Medicine, 1950s – 1990s (15 mins.) Online
Brent Pickett, Gwyn Uttmark: The Scope of Nonbinary History? Challenges and Opportunities in Writing 'The Nonbinary Encyclopedia' (15 mins.) In person.
SESSION 5
Conference Room B
K.J. Rawson, Raegan Swanson, Lara Wilson, Lou McCarthy: The State of Trans BIPOC Archival Collections (60 mins.) Online.
SESSION 6
Meeting Room A
Dallas Denny: Ariadne Kane: Unsung Pioneer (15 mins.) In person.
Elvis Bakaitis: The Philanthropic Activism of Reed Erickson (15 mins.) Online.
Lydia Toorenburgh, Holly Reid: Weaving Métis and 2S/LGBTQ+ Identities Together Through Storytelling and Futurism (30 mins.) In person.
3:45 PM - 4:15 PM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE BREAK
Sngequ House Lobby
4:15 PM - 5:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 7
Conference Room A
Hope Warren: Trans in Treatment: An illustrated speed run (15 mins.) In person.
Trinity Blacklock: Understanding Halloween from a Trans History Perspective (15 mins.) In person.
Jamison Green, Dallas Denny: Issues We Face When Writing About Transgender History (30 mins.) In person.
SESSION 8
Conference Room B
Evan Vipond: Building Digital Resilience: Addressing Transphobic Online Hate through Community-Based Research (15 mins.) Online.
Oliver Haimson: Trans Technologies (15 mins.) In person.
Raphaël Bessette, Christopher Wolff: Looking with the past: creative reimaginings of the trans film archive (15 mins.) Online.
Danielle Lefebvre: (Mis)Representation: Discourses Around Gender Affirming Care in Canadian Media (15 mins.) In person.
SESSION 9
Meeting Room A
Hannah Kia: Experiences of Transgender and Gender-Diverse Older Adults in Canada: A Qualitative Study (15 mins.) In person.
長澤紀美子 (Kimiko Nagasawa), Ren (Hama) Hamaguchi, Kyoko Takeuchi: Supporting Senior Survivors: The Necessity of A Trauma-Informed care in Social Work for TGE in Japan (15 mins.) In person.
Elio Choquette: “Transing” Architecture: Gender, Disability and (Un)Designing Diversity (15 mins.) In person.
Gwyn Uttmark: Why Do I Need a Prescription? Tracing the History of Hormone Pharmaceutical Regulation (15 mins.) In person.
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
TRANSGENDER ARCHIVES OPEN HOUSE
Hosted by Aaron Devor, Lara Wilson, Christine Walde, and Michael Radmacher
The Transgender Archives is located on the University of Victoria campus, lower level of the William C. Mearns Centre - McPherson Library (in person only).
5:30 PM - 6:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
EVENING MEAL
Sngequ House Lobby
6:45 PM - 7:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
NETWORKING TIME
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
JUDGE KAEL MCKENZIE
"My Experience, Strength, and Hope"
Saturday, March 29
Saturday, March 29
ART INSTALLATION
Sngequ House Lobby
Megan Harton: THE BEING & BREAKING OF SILENCE
This work is an interactive installation exploring transgender identity through mixed media. Utilizing archival oral histories and a phone booth installation, the work challenges systematic erasure of trans+ people, creating an intergenerational dialogue about visibility, resistance, and connection.
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST
Sngequ House Lobby
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM PT (UTC -7)
DAILY WELCOME
Conference Room A/B
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM PT (UTC -7)
ELDERS PANEL
10:45 AM -11:15 AM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE BREAK
Sngequ House Lobby
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 10
Conference Room A
Myra Billund-Phibbs, Chanathip (Esther) Suwannanon, Alex Melody Burnett: Transfeminine Subjects, Transfeminine Historians (60 mins.) Hybrid.
SESSION 11
Conference Room B
Noah Lubinsky: Heterotopic Freedom Dreaming: Queer Fight Club (QFC) Joburg (15 mins.) Online.
Zavier Lord Williams: Black Transgender Liberation: Past, Present, and Future! (15 mins.) Online.
Nikita Shepard, R.L. Kinsey: Gender, Race, and Diaspora in the Archives: New Perspectives on Black Trans History (30 mins.) Online.
SESSION 12
Meeting Room A
Dr. Sarah Steele: The Trans+ Prison Project: Experiences of incarcerated gender-diverse people in BC (15 mins.) In person.
Adrienne Smith: The Dignity of a Name: The BC government's Name Change Ban and the fight to change it (15 mins.) In person.
Celeste Trianon, barbara findlay: The Trans Five-Alarm Fire and the Potential End of Equality Rights in Canada (30 mins.) In person.
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
INTERGENERATIONAL TRANS+ ART MAKING
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
LUNCH
Sngequ House Lobby
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM PT (UTC -7)
NETWORKING TIME
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 13
Conference Room A
Jacob Evoy: Reaffirming Trans Jewish Identity with Transgender Children of Holocaust Survivors (15 mins.) Online.
Cheryl Morgan: Translating Trans Lives: Aleksandr Aleksandrov (1783-1866) (15 mins.) In person.
Heng Wang: Trans Orientalism and the Postcolonial Archive of Shi Pei Pu (15 mins.) In person.
SESSION 14
Conference Room B
Riki Wilchins: The Gender Wars: How the Evangelical right launched a war on transgender kids (15 mins.) Online.
LJ Slovin, Julia Sinclair-Palm: The Trans Risk Trap (15 mins.) In person.
Brent Saccucci: Pedagogy of the Oppressor: Trans Pedagogies in Alberta's Bible Belt (15 mins.) Online.
Renée Yoxon: Mix & Match: Designing Your Nonbinary Voice (15 mins.) Online.
SESSION 15
Meeting Room A
Samantha Jordans: Breaking Barriers by addressing Systemic Injustice in Health and Employment Access (30 mins.) Online.
Patrycja Andrychowicz: Challenging Expertise: Trans Solidarity in Gender-Affirming Care. Case study from Poland (15 mins.) Online.
Rae Hill: Gender-Affirming Care in Trans-Integral Organizations (15 mins.) In person.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE BREAK
Sngequ House Lobby
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM PT (UTC -7)
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
All concurrent sessions end with a 15 minute Q&A period.
SESSION 16
Conference Room A
Sky Dragushan: FTM’s Digital Decade: How a Physical Newsletter Transitioned to the Digital World (1995-2008) (15 mins.) In person.
Utu-Tuuli Jussila: Nonbinary self-portraits, (gender)queer utopia in the photographic studio (15 mins.) Online.
Kai Jacobsen: Gender Euphoria, Pleasure, Joy, Positivity, Congruence, or Affirmation? Towards Conceptual Clarity (15 mins.) In person.
Laura Brightwell: The Butch/Femme Trans Worldmaking of Mirha-Soleil Ross and Xanthra MacKay (15 mins.) Hybrid.
SESSION 17
Conference Room B
Jay Sabol: Gender Melancholia in Female to Male Transgender Individuals (15 mins.) Online.
Sophia Ciavarella: “All of the Pieces of Who I Am”: Meeting Trans & Gender-Diverse People’s Mental Healthcare Needs (15 mins.) In person.
Toby Anne Finlay: Prevent and Rehabilitate: Psychiatric Rationalities in the Gender Clinic (15 mins.) In person.
Leo Rutherford: Experiences of phalloplasty and metoidioplasty: results from a community-based research project (15 mins.) Online.
SESSION 18
Meeting Room A
Rhea Rollmann, Daze Jefferies, Brody Weaver: Wave relationships: Trans histories and futures in Atlantic Canada (60 mins.) Online.
5:15 PM - 7:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
TRANSGENDER ARCHIVES OPEN HOUSE
Hosted by Aaron Devor, Lara Wilson, Christine Walde, and Michael Radmacher
The Transgender Archives is located on the University of Victoria campus, lower level of the William C. Mearns Centre - McPherson Library (in person only).
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
EVENING MEAL
Sngequ House Lobby
6:45 PM - 7:30 PM PT (UTC -7)
NETWORKING TIME
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
LUCIA LUCAS & TOBIAS PICKER
"The Making of Lili Elbe: An Opera About Trans People
Made with Trans People"
and creator of the Lili Elbe opera.
Sunday, March 30
Sunday, March 30
ART INSTALLATION
Sngequ House Lobby
Megan Harton: THE BEING & BREAKING OF SILENCE
This work is an interactive installation exploring transgender identity through mixed media. Utilizing archival oral histories and a phone booth installation, the work challenges systematic erasure of trans+ people, creating an intergenerational dialogue about visibility, resistance, and connection.
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM PT (UTC -7)
COFFEE & LIGHT BREAKFAST
Sngequ House Lobby
11:00 - 11:15 AM PT (UTC -7)
DAILY WELCOME
Conference Room A/B
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM PT (UTC -7)
YOUTH PANEL
Conference Room A/B
12:45 PM - 1:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
CLOSING REMARKS
Conference Room A/B
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM PT (UTC -7)
POST-CONFERENCE EVENT: LUCIA LUCAS RECITAL
Wood Hall, 900 Johnson St., Victoria, BC, Lək̓ʷəŋən territory
In person only. By donation at the door.
