This guide is designed to help mental health and addictions organizations create safer and more inclusive spaces for trans staff, volunteers, service users, and community members people. It includes current terminology and pronouns, consideration of overlapping identities, and tips for the use of gender-inclusive language (language that doesn’t discriminate against a particular gender or gender identity).
This guide was developed by the Equity and Engagement team within the Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) at CAMH with support from the PSSP Knowledge Mobilization team.
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About the Provincial System Support Program
The Provincial System Support Program (PSSP) works with communities, service providers, and other partners across Ontario to move evidence to action to create sustainable, equitable, system-level change. With staff situated across the province, PSSP is on the ground collaborating with partners to build a better system through our work in implementation, knowledge mobilization, evaluation, data management systems, health equity and lived-experience engagement.