Indigenous Perspectives on Sex and Gender
It is important to explore inclusive approaches to concepts of sex and gender from an Indigenous lens. The following resources share culturally safe and respectful approaches to working with Two-Spirit people and also explore approaches to collecting Two-Spirit data in culturally respectful and inclusive ways.
The podcast, Unreserved – How two-spirit people are ‘coming in’ to their communities, with host Rosanna Deerchild, explores Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer perspectives
This video explores part of Myra Laramee’s dream that led her to conceptualizing the term Two-Spirit and sharing it with an international gathering of Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ people
In 2022, the ICH program partnered with the Women, Sex, Gender and Dementia cross-cutting program to provide a webinar on Indigenous perspectives on sex and gender, hosted by Jessy Dame, a proud Two-Spirit registered nurse, researcher, and Director of the Two-Spirit Program at the Community Based Research Centre.
Sarah Robinson recognizes the impacts of colonization on Indigenous women and the differences between pre and post contact
The Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women has an Indigenous Gender Based Analysis PlusToolkit
Understanding Sexuality and Gender from a Nehiyô maskihkiwiyiniw (Plains Cree Physician) Perspective within Treaty Number Six Territory
We prepared an extensive list of outside resources
