Consultations & Advisory Committee, Foundations & Pathways Ottawa (FPO)

Trans Health Information Ottawa (THIO), Kind Space, and Planned Parenthood Ottawa are collaborating on a one year pilot project called “Foundations & Pathways Ottawa (FPO)”.

FPO will develop a peer counseling model to provide information, education and health system navigation for trans and gender diverse people in the Champlain region (Ottawa and surrounding counties) in a way that is that is peer-driven and by/for trans and gender diverse folks. The project will be seeking community input in a few ways:

1. Two Advisory Committees: Community Representatives; Provider and Professional Perspectives (PPP).
2. Three Open Community Consultations.
3. Three Identity-Specific Consultations.

THIO, as one of the three collaborating partners, will also be setting up times throughout the next 12 months to create additional opportunities for feedback, input, and updates.

Please see below for dates and times for #1-3.

1. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS
June 14th, 1-3pm (PPP) and 6-8pm (community)
July 5th, 1-3pm (PPP) and 6-8pm (community)
July 17th, 1-3pm (PPP) and 6-8pm (community)

If you are interested in participating in the Community Advisory Committee, please submit your expression of interest (one page) by Sunday, 11th June. More details can be found on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2rRCuLn

2. COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS, ALL TRANS AND GENDER DIVERSE PEOPLE
222 Somerset Street West, Suite 404

Open Consultation
Facilitators: Keya Prempeh, Rika Moorhouse

•  June 22nd, 6-8pm

Open Consultation
Facilitators: Keya Prempeh, Rika Moorhouse

• July 6th, 6-8pm

3. COMMUNITY CONSULTATIONS, IDENTITY-SPECIFIC GROUPS
The reason for these focused consultations is to learn more about the needs of these specific groups. Transfeminine people, people of colour, and Indigenous people are under-represented at THIO’s Town Halls and were under-represented in THIO’s health access survey. As such, these focused consultations are a way to find out more about what’s important to individuals within these groups and how we can support them.

If you belong to an identity group other than those listed below and you’d like a focused consultation we will hold one if there is interest from three or more individuals. Please contact kprempeh@thiottawa.org to make arrangements for this.

Trans and Gender Diverse Folks of Colour, Community Consultation
Facilitator: Keya Prempeh

• June 12th, 6-8pm

Trans Women, Transfeminine Folks, and Women of Trans Experience, FPO Peer Counseling Program, Community Consultation
Facilitator: Lyra Evans

• June 16th, 6-8pm

Two Spirit, trans, gender non-conforming and non-binary Indigenous Folks, Community Consultation
Facilitator: RJ Jones

• June 20th, 6-8pm <— date will be re-scheduled as this is the day before National Aboriginal Day

Can’t Make It to the Meetings
Please let us know if you’d like to provide input but cannot make it to the meetings. We would love to speak with you by phone, Skype, or in person at a different time for your input. Examples of reasons you cannot make it to a meeting: scheduling conflict, need childcare, anxiety or depression, sensitivity to lights or noises, PTSD, too far to travel, or other reason. You don’t need to tell us why you can’t make it. Just let us know you’d like to meet one-on-one, tell us what you need to make the meeting successful, and we will do our best to make arrangements. Contact Keya at kprempeh@thiottawa.org