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2SLGBTQ Health in Focus Episode 6: Intimate Partner Violence in 2SLGBTQ+ Relationships

2SLGBTQ Health In Focus is a podcast from Rainbow Health Ontario where we talk to experts in the field and share knowledge about health and health care systems and 2SLGBTQ folks. 

In Episode 6, our guests discuss an important and under-reported issue – Intimate Partner Violence in 2SLGBTQ+ Relationships. IPV in 2SLGBTQ+ relationships happens, but stigma and invisibility makes it difficult to discuss within our communities, and even harder in a medical setting. Our guests today discuss what IPV looks like in our communities, and how to better serve those impacted. Listen to find out more.

Our podcast was recorded on traditional territories of many Indigenous nations, including: 

  • Toronto (Tkaronto): Treaty 13 territory. The Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat 
  • Waterloo, Ontario: Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe and Chonnonton Peoples, covered by the Haldimand Treaty of 1784
  • Kelowna, British Columbia (kiʔláwnaʔ): Unceded traditional territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.

We acknowledge these, and any other Nations who care for the land–acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded. These territories are still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to record these stories for the people who call these lands home today. 

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Kristyn Wong-Tam is the Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto Centre as well as an award-winning former City Councillor whose recognized accomplishments include the creation of new affordable housing, small business tax reforms, recreation and social development programs, community-based mental health services and revitalized parks. They are the Ontario NDP’s Critic for 2SLGBTQ+ Issues, Small Businesses, and the Ministry of the Attorney General. Kristyn served on the Toronto Preservation Board and successfully worked to save the historic Foundry buildings. A community and arts champion, Kristyn is a founding board member of the Church Wellesley Village BIA and the Toronto Biennial of Art. Committed to equity, Kristyn chaired the Toronto Accessibility Advisory Committee and launched Toronto’s 2SLGBTQ+ Advisory Committee. Kristyn lives in Toronto Centre with their wife and energetic son.

Tori Stranges is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Instructor in the Faculty of Health and Social Development at the University of British Columbia. Tori’s research interests include health research funding trends, health care access, brain injury, and intimate partner violence in the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Tori has a particular interest in how survivors access health and community care. Tori is an Institute of Community Engaged Research Scholar. She sits on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the GenWell Project and Community – University Engagement Fund, is an affiliated researcher with the Institute for Social Connection, and research with the Roundtable – BC’s LGBTQ2S Mental Health and Substance Use Networking Space. Tori is a Brock University alumni graduating from the inaugural year of the Masters of Professional Kinesiology program. Tori recently moved to the unceded, traditional territory of the Silyx Okanagan Nation where she continues to play an active role in her community advocating for social justice and change.    

Iona Sky is an Indo-Canadian social worker, consultant and educator who has been recognized globally for their insights and innovative leadership. Renowned for their experience, expertise and empathy in organizational and system-change work, Iona always begins the work with a rare combination of humility and confidence to get the job done. They regularly work in consultation with public and private sector organizations. Iona currently educates the next generation of leaders at the University of Waterloo. 

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