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Evidence to Improve Care

Gender-Affirming Care for Gender-Diverse People

Care for Adults



Ontario Health thanks the following individuals for their generous, voluntary contributions of time and expertise to help create this quality standard:

Egag Egag (co-chair)
Registered Social Worker
Part-Time Professor, Faculty of Social and Community Services, Humber College
PhD Student, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto

Erin Ziegler (co-chair)
Associate Professor, Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing, Toronto Metropolitan University
Nurse Practitioner, Queen Square Family Health Team

Nael Bhanji
Associate Professor, Trent University

Dillon Black
Manager of Culture, Equity, and Belonging, Queensway Carleton Hospital

Holly Brown
Lived Experience Advisor
Trans Health Team Lead, Centretown Community Health Centre

Kate Greenaway
Family Physician
Medical Director, Foria Clinic
Consultant, Gender Identity Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Carley Hoja
Social Worker, Kingston Community Health Centres, Trans Health Program

Susan Hranilovic
Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Unity Health Toronto

Reed Kiss
Lived Experience Advisor
Primary Care and Pediatric Registered Nurse,
Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre, McMaster Children’s Hospital

June Lam
Psychiatrist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lecturer, University of Toronto

Carey Lawford
Social Worker, Adult Gender Identity Clinic, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Cathy Maser
Nurse Practitioner, Adolescent Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children

Mackenzie Mawson
Lived Experience Advisor
Mental Health Worker, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Youth Wellness Centre

Sean Robinson
Family Physician and Gender-Affirming Care Provider, Waves Family Medicine

Leni Salgado
Lived Experience Advisor
Pharmacist, Outpatient Adult Endocrinology, LMC Healthcare

Ashley Vandermorris
Pediatrician, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children

SJ Vriend
Mental Health Counsellor, Centretown Community Health Centre, Trans Health Program

Angelina Wiwczor
Nurse Practitioner, Health Sciences North,
NEO Kids and Family Program,
Pediatric Ambulatory Care Unit


Ontario Health also thanks the following individuals for their contributions to the development of this quality standard:

Jodi Asphall
Clinical Systems Navigator for Trans and Non-binary Health, Rainbow Health Ontario

Sanober Diaz
Executive Director, Provincial Council for Maternal and Child Health

Taylah Harris-Mungo
Clinical Educator, Trans & Non-binary Health, Rainbow Health Ontario

Sil Hernando
Senior Program Manager, Rainbow Health Ontario

Juan Ortiz
Clinical Educator with Lived Experience, Rainbow Health Ontario

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