Health committee  You can see me getting ready.

Health committee  I'm going to come back to an experience in Quebec. Since 2007, for the last 12 years, we've had what's called Lutte contre l'homophobie et la transphobie. It doesn't translate well, but it's a centre to confront homophobia and transphobia, and it's within the ministry of justice.

Health committee  Yes. I would recommend that it be obligatory for an accreditation in health, social services and education.

Health committee  We have a program that is accredited through the Université de Montreal. It's run by the province. It's called “Sexes, genres et orientations sexuelles : comprendre la diversité”. It's offered free of charge to any health care professionals, community organizations or educationa

Health committee  It depends on the province. As you know, in Quebec we do have pharmacare, so in Quebec it's covered. My understanding is that there are several provinces where it's not covered, or at least the requirements are stricter than in other places in order for it to be covered. That's

Health committee  I've been involved in elder care research for awhile, and there are two models. The American model is a private system, and you pay for yourselves. All kinds of communities have developed their own services, but to be honest with you, when I get to need elder care, I'm going to s

Health committee  What comes to mind quickly is that we have opportunities where health care professionals and educators meet with parents, either in a health context or in something like prenatal courses. To me, prenatal courses are really rich places, where some subjects can be brought up that m

Health committee  I teach in three programs: the social work program, the couple and family therapy program and in an MBA program in international medical health. In all of those I teach around gender and sexual diversity. I agree absolutely with everything that's just been said. One of the thing

Health committee  Yes. One of the things that I've noticed.... I finished my academic training in 1988, and I think in the 1980s and previous to that, after we started questioning ourselves around sexual minorities and gender minorities and looking at deconstructing many of the things that we'd le

Health committee  Hello, everyone. I thank you for the opportunity to address you this afternoon, and I applaud your decision to examine more closely the health issues related to gender and sexual minorities. Permit me to begin by saying that one of the most concrete and practical actions that c