TDSB Guidelines for the Accommodation of Transgender and ...
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<strong>TDSB</strong> <strong>Guidelines</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Accommodation</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transgender</strong> <strong>and</strong> Gender Non-Con<strong>for</strong>ming Students <strong>and</strong> Staff<br />
Appendix D:<br />
ANNOTATED RESOURCE LISTS<br />
<strong>TDSB</strong> Resources<br />
Gender-Based Violence Prevention Office, <strong>TDSB</strong><br />
Contact: Kenneth.Jeffers@tdsb.on.ca<br />
http://www.tdsb.on.ca/GBVP<br />
Human Rights Office, Toronto District School Board,<br />
5050 Yonge Street, Toronto, M2N 5N8<br />
Contact: Patricia.Hayes@tdsb.on.ca<br />
Phone: 416-393-1028<br />
Live Support <strong>for</strong> Trans Youth <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir Families in Toronto<br />
PFLAG Toronto chapter:<br />
115 Simpson Ave, Suite 105<br />
Toronto, ON M4K 1A1<br />
Support line: (416) 406-6378<br />
Administrative line: (416) 406-1727<br />
(Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday only)<br />
Email: toronto@pflag.ca<br />
Web: www.pflagcanada.ca/chapters/Toronto/html/home.htm<br />
Transceptance: a Toronto-based peer support group <strong>for</strong> parents <strong>of</strong><br />
transsexual <strong>and</strong> transgendered children. The group currently meets<br />
monthly at <strong>the</strong> Sherbourne Health Center to provide support, reduce<br />
isolation <strong>and</strong> stress, share in<strong>for</strong>mation, <strong>and</strong> among o<strong>the</strong>r things aid with<br />
disclosure strategies. For more in<strong>for</strong>mation, email<br />
transceptance_group@yahoo.ca or visit<br />
www.sherbourne.on.ca/PDFs/Broch- Transceptance-06.pdf.<br />
Annual Events: Sherbourne Health Centre’s Trans Pride Day, usually<br />
held <strong>the</strong> 2nd Thursday in May, <strong>and</strong> Trans Day <strong>of</strong> Remembrance,<br />
November 20, put on by Trans Programmes at <strong>the</strong> 519 Church Street<br />
Community Centre to “mark various <strong>for</strong>ms <strong>of</strong> oppression that increase<br />
violence <strong>and</strong> limit protections” <strong>for</strong> trans community members.<br />
Ontario Rainbow Health Resource Centre: A Sherbourne Health<br />
Centre <strong>and</strong> Rainbow Health Network partnership that will <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>and</strong> consultation to <strong>the</strong> public on issues <strong>of</strong> sexual <strong>and</strong><br />
gender minority communities.<br />
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