This workshop will introduce key terms and concepts of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) curriculum. Attendees will learn to go beyond the gender binary and be given strategies for creating welcoming and safe gender-affirming spaces for their students.

Mahtab Nazemi is a professor at TRU. Prior to working in Teacher Education, she taught French Immersion and Mathematics, and has long been involved in SOGI curriculum in BC. She is the chair of the Women and Gender Equity Committee for the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators (FPSE), and co-chair of Gender Equity Committee for TRU’s Faculty Association. Her commitments to equity at the intersections of gender, race and sexuality permeate her teaching, research, and community endeavors.