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Curriculum & Resources

I've worked alongside health authorities, community organizations, social enterprises, small businesses, and public agencies to build resources that enhance education, health care, employment training, and community and family wellbeing.

BC Campus Potluck Cafe Society VCH SFU Trans Care BC NFB By-Us Box Coast Mental Health

BC Reads Open Textbooks

Reader 1

Reader 1

This reader contains stories about healing, discovery, survival, relationships, justice, and connections to the land explored through the lens of the plant world.

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Reader 2

BC Reads: Reader 2

This reader contains stories about Langston Hughes' personal and professional life. It includes excerpts from many of Hughes' poems.

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Reader 3

BC Reads: Reader 3

This reader contains stories about British Columbia, designed around themes of mysteries, culture, and nature.

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Reader 4

BC Reads: Reader 4

This reader contains stories about human rights in Canada and the people who fought for them.

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Reader 5

BC Reads: Reader 5

This reader contains stories about the human brain and how to realize its full potential.

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Reader 6

BC Reads: Reader 6

This reader contains a guide to digital storytelling geared towards adult literacy learners.

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Community Capacity Building

CCB

Community Capacity Building Certificate

Supported the development of SFU's inaugural CCB curriculum, which continues to run over a decade later.

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Rabble Rousers Guide

Rabble Rouser's Facilitator's Guide

Created a guide for a community capacity building program empowering young adults in recovery to become advocates for change in the mental health system.

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Navigating Education in the DTES Report

Navigating Education in the DTES

Wrote a powerful report summarizing shared knowledge at a forum of front-line workers in the DTES.

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Teaching about Gender

My Prairie Home Guide

My Prairie Home Educator's Guide


Contributed to a National Film Board educator's guide helping teachers facilitate conversations about gender identity and inclusion.

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Gender Spectrum Guide

The Gender Spectrum

2010
Primary contributor to this Pride Education Network resource for creating gender-inclusive schools.

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By Us Box

Gender Expansive
By-Us Box

2021
Consulted on the development of learning materials supporting families in raising gender-expansive, anti-racist kids through guided activities.

Health Care

Gender Surgery Workbook

Workbooks for Gender Surgery

Content developer for many provincial navigation guides on gender-affirming care, written in accessible language.

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Trans Health Info Program

VCH Trans Health Information Program Website

Developed accessible web content for the Trans Health Information Program website in 2013-2014. THIP was replaced by Trans Care BC in 2015 and most of the content was migrated to their website.

Employment

Career Literacy Workbook

Career Literacy Foundations

Created a new career readiness course for adult literacy learners at Vancouver Community College.

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Knack

Developed the curriculum for a soft skills training program for residents of the DTES facing multiple barriers to employment, offered by Potluck Café Society.

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Equitable Hiring Guide

Equitable Faculty Hiring

Wrote a guide with practical strategies for equitable and inclusive faculty hiring practices.

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Trans Rights BC Project

Trans Rights BC Fact Sheet

Trans Rights BC

I secured a grant from the Law Foundation of BC to create an accessible legal rights guide, helping trans people understand their rights.

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Trans Rights BC Fact Sheet

Trans Rights BC

I led the content development of the legal rights website and factsheets, in consultation with a team of volunteer lawyers.

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Trans Rights BC Fact Sheet

Trans Rights BC

I also shone a spotlight on activists in British Columbia who helped us win our human rights.

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