At Beyond the Ban: Taking Action Against Conversion Practices After Bill C-4 on September 28, Travis Salway (he/him) (Assistant Professor at SFU Health Sciences) will moderate a panel discussion about the shortcomings of Bill C-4 and the further work that needs to be done to fully eradicate conversion practices from Canadian institutions––including publicly funded healthcare.

This panel will feature law and bioethics scholar Florence Ashley (they/them)—author of Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis —and Jules Sherred (he/him), writer, disability and trans rights activist, and conversion therapy survivor.

Wed, 28 Sep 2022
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
In person, Masks Required.
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In January 2022, Canadian Parliament’s Bill C-4 became law, making it a crime to perpetrate so-called “conversion therapy” practices. While this legislation sends an unequivocal message denouncing these traumatic practices, there is much more work to be done to fully eradicate conversion practices from Canadian institutions—including publicly funded healthcare.

This panel discussion features law and bioethics scholar Florence Ashley (they/them)—author of Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis (UBC Press, 2022)—and Jules Sherred (he/him), writer, disability and trans rights activist, and conversion therapy survivor. Florence and Jules will discuss shortcomings of the recent Canadian conversion therapy ban, the insidious nature of conversion practices within the public healthcare system, and relationships between institutional forms of oppression and conversion practices—with a particular focus on equity and justice for trans people.

Attendees will come away from this event with a deeper understanding of trans conversion practices and an invitation to commit to social justice actions that can improve conditions for trans people throughout Canadian institutions and social environments. The session is moderated by SFU Assistant Professor Travis Salway (he/him) and hosted on unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.