SOGI & issues facing LGBTQIA2S+ youth – SFU experts available

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), a program designed to make schools in British Columbia more inclusive, continues to be under threat by some groups and spark ongoing debate and protests across the province.

The debate over SOGI is just one aspect of a wider discussion in Canada and the U.S. over the issues LGBTQIA2S+ youth are experiencing, their rights and how to support them. 

Simon Fraser University has put together a list of available experts who can speak about SOGI in various languages to provide accurate information to help parents, LGBTQIA2S+ youth and their peers gain a better understanding of these topics through the media.
 

AVAILABLE SFU EXPERTS

TRAVERS, professor, sociology/anthropology
atravers@sfu.ca

TRAVIS SALWAY, assistant professor, health sciences
travis_salway@sfu.ca

GENEVIEVE FUJI-JOHNSON, professor, political science
genevieve_johnson@sfu.ca

VICTORIA THOMAS, assistant professor, media and public engagement, communication
vethomas@sfu.ca

SHARALYN JORDAN, associate professor, education
sjordan@sfu.ca

EXPERTS AVAILABLE WHO SPEAK ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES

OULDOOZ BAGHBAN KARIMI, lecturer, computing science 
Farsi/Persian
ouldooz@sfu.ca

PAOLA ARDILES GAMBOA, senior lecturer and special projects advisor to the Vice President, People, Equity and Inclusion, health sciences 
Spanish
pardiles@sfu.ca

HELEN LEUNG, professor and chair, gender, sexuality and women’s studies 
Cantonese
hhl@sfu.ca

LOIC MILLION, sessional instructor, French
French
loic_million@sfu.ca

MAUVE PAGE, lecturer, publishing
French
mpage@sfu.ca

BIDISHA RAY, senior lecturer, history 
Hindi, Bengali (both Indian and Bangladeshi) and Urdu
bidisha_ray@sfu.ca

OKONG'O KINYANJUI, executive director & co-founder, Queer African Network
Swahili
okongokinyanjui@gmail.com

CONTACT 

MATT KIELTYKA, SFU  Communications & Marketing 
236.880.2187 | matt_kieltyka@sfu.ca

Simon Fraser University
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778.782.3210

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