Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health

Thanks to our own Dr. Viviane Namaste, Associate Professor at Concordia University, the research project Polyvalence provides us with truely Canadian information… Objectives to document the specific needs of individuals who have sexual relations with men and women with regards to HIV/AIDS and STD prevention to create relevant educational materials based on the interview data… read more »

Lombardi (2001), described a transgender person’s right to health or access to care in modern society as still being restrictive and constrained. This is well elucidated in a more recent article on informational and institutional erasure and its impact on health care for transgender people (Bauer et al 2009). Informational erasure encompasses the lack of… read more »

When asked to describe CPATH’s achievements to date I often use one word: ENGAGEMENT. Engagement of providers, of community members, of government burocrats and officials to stand behind a common vision.I have distilled this vision into a single word for the year ahead: ACCESSIBILITY. My hope is that accessibility will define and shape our efforts… read more »