TRANSFORMATION
with Nikki Zawadzki
Nutritious lunch included!
TRANSFORMATION
with Nikki Zawadzki
Nutritious lunch included!
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TRANSFORMATION IS FOR:
Counsellors, social workers, nurses, GPs, students, support workers, and other health care professionals.
IN THIS WORKSHOP YOU WILL LEARN...
SOWINS presents an educational workshop tailored to health service providers and anyone wanting to increase their knowledge and tangible skills in order to better serve and support the transgender community.
The basics
Terms, definitions & key concepts
What gender affirmation/transition may involve
Issues unique to transgender, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender diverse folks
Systemic oppression & health impacts
Intersectionality & the impacts of colonization on gender & sexuality
Review of current health literature and statistics
Allyship for non- LGBT2QI+ folks
Creating spaces that welcome transgender, Two-Spirit, non-binary and gender diverse people
Policy and practice recommendations
Facilitated by Nikki Zawadzki
Nikki Zawadzki (she/they) is a queer, white, cisgender femme that is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. She has worked for over 26 years in a variety of community and healthcare settings. Her people are Polish and French and she lives on the shared and unceded homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Nikki utilizes an intersectional feminist lens in all of her work, and as a settler, she stands in solidarity with Indigenous people and is committed to unlearning and undoing the harms of colonization.
Nikki is currently the coordinator for Prism Services at Vancouver Coastal Health; an education, information and referral program focused on health, wellness and inclusion for the LGBT2QI+ communities; in addition, she works as a private Consultant/Facilitator/Project Manager. In her spare time, Nikki loves to cook, travel, and speak truth to power.