Caring Queerly: Queer Health Symposium - Keynote Address

Thu. Oct. 19 10:00 AM - Thu. Oct. 19 11:00 AM

071 APOTEX CENTRE | 750 MCDERMOTT AVE
BANNATYNE CAMPUS (HSC CAMPUS), UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA

GUEST SPEAKER DR. JAKE PYNE, YORK UNIVERSITY

Jake Pyne is Assistant Professor in the York University School of Social Work and his research draws on transgender studies, critical disability studies, critical autism studies, fat studies, and queer of colour critique. Prior to entering academia, Jake worked in Toronto's trans community for 20 years in a range of research and advocacy roles on projects aiming to build access for trans communities to: shelter and emergency services; health care; family law justice; and support for gender independent kids and trans youth. These days Jake is at work on a book project about the intersection of autistic and trans life, entitled "Building a Person."