Posted by Wayves volunteer 4/09/2013
By Wayves Staff
On Tuesday, October 1st, Dalhousie’s University's Gender and Health Promotion Studies Unit (GAHPS) and prideHealth are partnering to present a free, lunch-time talk with Dr. Mary K. Bryson, principal investigator for Cancer's Margins and the Choreography of Knowledge: Toward a Queer Biopolitics and the Mobilization of Public Health Knowledge. More after the Jump!
Cancer's Margins is the first national LGBT cancer health research project, focusing on the breast and gynecologic cancer experiences of lesbian, bisexual, and queer (LBQ) women and two-spirited and trans* people.
According to her bio on Cancer's Margins website, "[Dr. Bryson] is Director, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice and Professor, Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Mary is a proud Board of Directors member, of Vancouver’s Catherine White Holman Wellness Centre, which provides low-barrier wellness services to transgender and gender nonconforming people.
Mary is a gender nonconforming, queer advocate for social justice efforts within higher education and far beyond the University. Mary led a successful campaign for same-sex partner benefits at her Vancouver home University, UBC, in 1989, and has taught courses in queer theory and critical gender and sexuality studies. Mary was diagnosed and treated for breast cancer and during that period (2007-2009), authored a queer and trans* cancer blog."
Dr. Bryson will discuss gender and sexual marginality and the availability of culturally responsive and competent cancer health communication, care and advocacy.
Date: Tuesday, October 1, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: RBC Theatre, Halifax Infirmary, 1796 Summer Street
This event is free and open to all.
For more information, contact Cybelle Rieber, prideHealth Coordinator atprideHealth@cdha.nshealth.ca or 902-473-1433.
