Home: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (SOGIE): Courses

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Start with the two Learning Hub courses below!

Intro to Gender Diversity (G,T) - Completion time: 30 min.
This online introductory Trans Care BC training is designed for care providers, care teams, and staff working with transgender, non-binary, and gender diverse individuals accessing their services. This course is a shorter version of the course 'Intro to Gender Diversity - Expanded'. It is recommended that learners only take one of the two courses.
Intro to Gender Diversity - Expanded (G,T) - Completion time: 1 hr.
This online course is an expanded version of the course 'Intro to Gender Diversity'. Therefore, it is recommended that learners only take one of the two courses.

PHSA Learning Hub and Trans Care BC Courses

These courses are open to healthcare employees, physicians, students, and volunteers at BC health organizations and HEABC-affiliated organizations. For more, visit the Trans Care BC - Online Courses webpage.

You may have noticed the letters next to the title of many of the resources on this page. We have used these letters to indicate the main topic:

G= Gender
SO= Sexual orientation
T=Trans

Resources without these letters cover all the topics.

Gender-Affirming Relational Practice - Completion time: 2 hrs.
This course is intended for healthcare providers. It explores how to combine clinical practice, relational practice, and gender-affirming care principles to improve access and quality of care for trans, Two-Spirit, and non-binary patients and clients.
Indigenous Gender Diversity: Creating Culturally Relevant and Gender-affirming Services - Completion time: 3 hrs.
A foundational course to help learners increase awareness, knowledge, and skills for improving access to services for gender diverse Indigenous people across BC.
Prism Education Series: Transgender Inclusion 101 (G,T) - Completion time: 2 hrs.
This course is on developing skills to welcome and support trans and other gender diverse individuals in a variety of healthcare and social/community support settings. Currently offered virtually.
Trans Rights Toolkit - Completion time: 30 min.
The Trans Rights Toolkit is a short playful module developed to introduce service providers and allies to the legal rights of gender diverse people within British Columbia.

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If you are completing activities for the Safer Space Campaign, you can choose any two learning activities marked with the Progress Pride flag to complete the campaign.

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