Positive Spaces and Other Training

There are many resources available for organizations looking to create a positive and inclusive workplace. Toolkits, guides and training videos/resources are listed below to assist organizations, schools and health care providers who want to create a safe and welcoming environment for two-spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, pansexual, genderqueer, etc. (2SLGBTQ+) persons.

Organizations becoming a positive space

Rainbow Health Ontario: Offers in-person and virtual training opportunities on a range of topics
Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants: Positive Spaces Initiative (PSI)
PSI Tool Kit Resources
PSI Starter Kit
Online Positive Spaces Initiative Training Course
Ontario Public Service (“OPS”) Pride: Words Matter - A Positive Space Course A six-part mini video series developed by the OPS Pride Network, a group created to give voice to and effect positive change for LGBTQ+ employers in the OPS workplace.

The 519 Community Centre in Toronto: Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Toolkit. A toolkit that can be used towards creating an affirmative work environment for people who identify as trans and gender non-conforming.
ItsPronouncedMetrosexual.com: Let's Talk About Bathrooms. A guide to understanding the value of all gender washrooms and how to move towards them.

Schools becoming a positive space

Around the Rainbow: Toolkit for GLBTTQ Parents/Guardians (Creating GLBTTQ-friendly learning spaces for our children ages 0-6 (Family Services a la famille Ottawa and the Ottawa Community)
Challenge Homophobia & Transphobia: A Campus Guide (Canadian Federation of Students-Ontario and the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line)
Championing LGBT issues in K-12 Education (Gay, Lesbian, & Straight Education Network [GLSEN])
Schools in Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender in K-12 Schools (Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Gender Spectrum and American Civil Liberties Union)
Students and Gender Identity: A Toolkit for Schools (University of Southern California)
Trans Student Educational Resources: Youth-led organization dedicated to transforming the educational environment for trans and gender nonconforming students through advocacy and empowerment.

2SLGBTQ+ inclusion

Best Start: Welcoming and Celebrating Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity in Families: From Preconception to Preschool
Gay and Lesbian Health Victoria: The Rainbow Tick Guide to LGBTI-inclusive Practice, 2^nd ed
Rainbow Health Ontario: Provides training to health and social service providers across the province on a variety of LGBTQ health related topics.
The 519: Provides organizations with insight, tools and understanding to create environments that are LGBTQ-inclusive, respectful and welcoming.
Trans Health Knowledge Base (Rainbow Health Ontario)

Standards of care and best practices in health care provision for people who are trans

World Professional Association for Transgender Health: Promotes the highest standards of health care for individuals through the articulation of Standards of Care (“SOC”) for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People. The SOC are based on the best available science and expert professional consensus.

Sherbourne Health Centre: A focus on LGBTQ people has resulted in the Centre having a larger than average population of trans clients. Because trans hormone treatments have been a major component of their practice, they have developed a protocol to reflect and inform hormone administration in the clinic. These protocols enable more family physicians to be involved in care of trans clients.