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Re-Storying Indigenous Trans Women in the "Pacific Northwest," 1814-1895, Friday, November 6, 2026

Jamey Jesperson

2026 Scholars & Fellows

Congratulations to this year's scholars and fellows! Click to learn more about their work.

2026 Scholars & Fellows

2026 Art Award

Applications for the Chair in Transgender Studies inaugural Art Award are NOW OPEN!

2026 Art Award

Vancouver Island Trans+ Resources

Check out our new and improved Vancouver Island Trans+ Resource list.

Vancouver Island Trans+ Resources

Chair in Transgender Studies

Territory acknowledgement


We acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Xʷsepsəm/Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Our work: fostering research & scholarship in Trans Studies

  • Encouraging both existing and new scholars to pursue careers in Transgender Studies and building local, national, and international linkages with others working in Transgender Studies
  • Hosting visiting academic and community scholars
  • Proactive community outreach and knowledge mobilization
  • Teaching and mentoring related to the area of Transgender Studies
  • Fundraising in support of the Chair in Transgender Studies and the Transgender Archives

 

Research

Academic and community-based scholars visit with us throughout the year. Many of them have come to make use of the Transgender Archives.

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Moving Trans History Forward

Community activists, researchers, educators, artists, service providers, and allies come together to create a better future.

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Public events

The Chair in Transgender Studies holds a variety of public events, including guest speakers, social and arts events, and honorary degrees!

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Video message

A donation by the Tawani Foundation, founded and led by Lieutenant Colonel Jennifer N. Pritzker, US Army (Retired), supports the inaugural chair in UVic’s Faculty of Social Sciences for five years.

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Latest YouTube Videos

Travers - Lansdowne Lecturer
CHAIR IN TRANSGENDER STUDIES: https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/index.php TRANSGENDER ARCHIVES: https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/ DONATE: https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair Lansdowne Lecturer TRAVERS Professor of Sociology - Simon Fraser University "TRANSGENDER KIDS AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY: SITUATING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WITHIN WHITE SUPREMACY, COLONIALISM AND ENFORCED POVERTY" Thursday, January 16th, 2020, 7:00 PM Hickman Bldg 110 UVic By donation In recent years transgender children have gained visibility via mainstream and social media but most of the stories we hear belong to white and relatively affluent kids. Given the range of complex experiences trans kids are vulnerable to, it is crucial to situate transgender kids within broader relations of power and oppression. This lecture draws on critical theory from trans scholars of colour and allies to outline the importance of an integrated anti-oppression approach for understanding and supporting more precarious transgender kids. ABOUT TRAVERS Dr. Travers is a Professor of Sociology at Simon Fraser University. Their recent book, The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) Are Creating a Gender Revolution, situates trans kids in Canada and the US, white settler nations characterized by significant social inequality. They are also the Principal Investigator on a SSHRC Insight Grant titled ”Gender Vectors of the GVA: using video game technology to assess social safety nets for transgender and gender nonconforming children and youth in the lower mainland." In addition to a central research focus on transgender children and youth, Dr. Travers has published extensively on the relationship between sport and social justice, with particular emphasis on the inclusion and exclusion of women, queer and trans people of all ages. Such publications include “Women’s Ski Jumping, the 2010 Olympic Games and the Deafening Silences of Sex Segregation, Whiteness and Wealth,” in the Journal of Sport and Social Issues; “Queering Sport: Lesbian Softball Leagues and the Transgender Challenge,” in International Review for the Sociology of Sport,” co-authored with Jillian Deri; and “The Sport Nexus and Gender Injustice,” in Studies in Social Justice Journal. Travers’ first book, entitled Writing the Public in Cyberspace: Redefining Inclusion On the Net, released in 2000, is an analysis of the ways in which equity of participation is inhibited in public spaces fostered by new information technologies. Travers has been appointed Deputy Editor of the journal, Gender & Society.
Jamison Green - Our Ten Years with a Chair: Watching Transgender Studies Grow
DONATE 🇨🇦 https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donate-online/transchair 🇺🇸 https://extrweb.uvic.ca/donation-forms/united-states Chair in Transgender Studies: https://www.uvic.ca/research/transchair/index.php Transgender Archives: https://www.uvic.ca/transgenderarchives/index.php Moving Trans History Forward: https://www.uvic.ca/mthf Jamison Green Our Ten Years with a Chair: Watching Transgender Studies Grow Tuesday, September 22, 2026 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM PDT This talk will explore the proliferation of gender and transgender studies programs and publications, as well as the artistic and political evolution of the transgender community from a birds-eye view and with an historical perspective, as a way of expressing gratitude for the work accomplished by the Chair and Archives at UVic, acknowledging the inspiration and support the Chair has offered to so many people, and expressing hope for the future of the academic field and our broader communities. Jamison Green, best known for his award-winning memoir, Becoming a Visible Man (Vanderbilt University Press, 2020/2004), has championed LGBTQ+ civil rights, health, and social safety for 50+ years. After earning an MFA in fiction at the University of Oregon (1972), he found work in construction as a laborer, then in technical publications with several major corporations, in roles from individual contributor to corporate vice president. He transitioned from female to male in 1988, led the nonprofit educational groups FTM International, Inc., and the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, and served on other boards of directors, notably IFGE, the HRC Business Council, and The Intentional Man Project. He earned a Ph.D. in Equalities Law from Manchester Metropolitan University (2011), and is a member of the National Trans Bar and the National LGBTQ+ Bar Associations. He has appeared in over a dozen documentary films (and as himself in "Sense8") and has delivered talks on transgender issues in 23 countries. In addition to numerous publications in professional and scholarly journals and fiction and nonfiction anthologies, Jamison is also a co-editor and co-author of A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States: From Margins to Mainstream, SUNY Press (2025).

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