Vancouver Island Trans* Needs Assessment
Which mental and physical health resources do we lack?
What kind of community support would help us?
What information do we look for, when, and how?
How many of us are there?
In short – who are we and what are our needs?
Help us help ourselves in the first Vancouver Island-focused trans needs assessment. Let’s document our needs so we can present empirical, local data to policy makers and others in decision-making positions. This project is community-driven and guided by an Advisory Board of Vancouver Island trans people, mental and physical health care providers, educators, and researchers.
- Participate in a confidential interview and/or
- Complete a survey
- Receive a $15 grocery card for each upon completion
- To find out more, email dr. matthew heinz at Royal Roads University: matthew.heinz@royalroads.ca or call him at 250.391.2662
*You qualify for participation if you live on Vancouver Island and are a person with a gender identity that is different from their birth sex or who expresses their gender in ways that contravene societal expectations of the range of possibilities for men and women. This includes all transgender people, transitioned people, transsexual people, crossdressers, drag kings/queens, people who are androgynous, Two-Spirit people, and people who are bi-gendered or multi-gendered, as well as people who do not identify with any labels.
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(The PSN has posted this information to help advertise the Trans Needs Assessment. Please contact dr. matthew heinz at Royal Roads with any questions about the project. Thanks!)
