Clinical Mentorship Call

Trans Care BC’s clinical support initiative is a weekly, virtual lunch-hour meeting for providers who are supporting Two-Spirit, trans, and gender diverse people.

Trans Care BC's Clinical Mentorship Call is held every Thursday from 12:10 -1:00 p.m. (Pacific Time). If you would like to be involved, please email trans.edu@phsa.ca to be included on our distribution list.

Participants are encouraged to bring questions, scenarios, and share from their clinical experience. Mentors will share from their experience, support discussion, and answer questions.

Rotating themes:

  • Medical care (i.e. primary care, gynecological care, surgery, hormones)
  • Child, youth, and family care
  • Psychosocial care
  • Readiness assessment
  • Special topics (i.e. ethics, legal, intersecting identities and experiences, peer and community supports, etc.)

Get to know our upcoming mentors

Click on a session date and name below to learn more about our clinical mentors.

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Please join us next week!

 
Join Lu Lam for an experiential gathering to learn more about heart, body, and land-based mindfulness wellness approaches that QTBIPOC communities are asking for. Simple tools will be offered that can enhance how you can support QTBIPOC folks. 

Lu Lam, M. Ed. C.C.C. is a Chinese-Taiwanese trans-identified Clinical Counsellor, Clinical Educator, and Mindfulness Consultant in private practice.  Lu's been supporting trans, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and gender-expansive communities for over 13 years.  

Lu specializes in an intersectional anti-oppression approach that is body and land-based, trauma-informed, and rooted in mindfulness. He has developed a trans-affirming curriculum for health institutions and post-secondary organizations in both Toronto and Vancouver. He loves to meditate, cherish family time, hike, wild swim, paddle, and climb. 

Join us next week! We invite you to share Trans Care BC’s Indigenous Gender Diversity module, and speak with colleagues about opportunities to create culturally relevant and gender-affirming services.

Check back later for more information.

Kendall Mcsweeney (she/her),  Registered Social Worker - Kendall i has been with the BCCH gender clinic since 2021 as a Registered Social Worker and loves her work in walking along side youth to let their true selves shine through. She also works with autistic youth and adults through the Canucks Autism Network.  


Danya Fox  (she/her),  Pediatric Endocrinologist - Danya works at the BC Children’s Hospital as a Pediatric Endocrinologist in the Gender Clinic as part of a multi-disciplinary team. She completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric endocrinology fellowship at BC Children’s Hospital, as well as a Master of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. She first began working with transgender and gender diverse youth in 2015. Danya is also involved in provincial work for supporting gender-affirming care for youth.


Hannah Macquarrie (she/her), Registered Nurse - Hannah works as a Nurse Clinician in the Gender Clinic at BC Children's Hospital. Her career as a nurse has included working on the BC Children’s Acute Medical unit before joining the Gender team in 2023. She is passionate about working with and advocating for gender-diverse children, other vulnerable populations, and learning how to be a better ally.

Lauren Galbraith is a family physician with a full-scope family practice in the unceded and traditional territory of the Sinixt, Ktunaxa and Syilx (known as Nelson BC). She started providing gender affirming care in 2019 after completing a mentorship at the Trans Specialty Clinic during her UBC Enhanced Skills in Gender and Sexual Health. She now offers gender affirming primary care, hormone and surgical readiness assessments to youth and adults from the West Kootenays. She was part of a recent Shared Care project streamlining GAC in her region and encouraging more primary care providers to gain competency in GAC. Other special interests include offering medication and procedural abortions, contraception and working with the Options Clinic for Sexual Health. She is actively involved in teaching medical students and residents from UBC and makes sure to introduce aspects of gender affirming care during their clinical encounters.

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