Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Medical Students of Canada

_______________________________________________ [Resources]   [Careers]   [GLBT Health]   [Allies]   [Religion] _______________________________________________ Although many of our activities and discussions are carried out online, we do meet at regular events and meetings, some of these events may be held by various local diversity groups in different medical schools. We also advertise events held by larger GLBT medical organizations, such as SOGLAD (Southern Ontario Gay & Lesbian Associations of Doctors) in Ontario and GLMA (Gay & Lesbian Medical Association) in the U.S., so that we can network with other GLBT residents, physicians, and health care professionals in North America. We also have a few events/gatherings of our own just for GLBT med students at various locations in Canada and at conferences. For details of all these events, email us at glbtmeds@yahoo.com (also email us for various other events held by local GLBT medical groups not listed below). Upcoming 2009-2010 Events of Interest for our Members (including external events organized by other groups): Email us glbtmeds@yahoo.com for details September 30 to October 3, 2009 27th Annual Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) Conference, Washington, DC November 9 to 10, 2009 5th Annual BC Gay Men’s Health Summit, Vancouver, BC March 24 to 26, 2010 Rainbow Health Ontario Conference, Toronto, Ontario April 30 to May 1, 2010 (tentative) Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) conference, Montreal, Quebec May 26 to 30, 2010 Women in Medicine Annual Retreat & Conference for lesbian medical students and physicians, Lake Tahoe, California. September 22 to 26, 2010 GLMA 2010 Conference, San Diego, California Highlights of past events 2006-2008: Thursday, October 5, 2006 SOGLAD Annual Meeting, Toronto Saturday October 7, 2006 7th Annual Party Health Summit, Montreal (Sunday Oct. 8 – Black & Blue Festival) October 11-14, 2006 GLMA 24th Annual Conference, San Francisco, California December 1-2, 2006 2nd Annual BC Gay Men’s Health Summit, Vancouver January 5-7, 2007 McGill GAYMDS social event for GLBT med students during MedGames/FSS, Montreal Saturday, January 13, 2007 SOGLAD Community Cancer Health Forum for the LGBT community, Toronto March 14-18, 2007 U.S. LGBTI Health Summit 2007 http://www.healthsummit2007.org/, Philadelphia, PA Saturday, March 24, 2007 GAYMDS dinner social for McGill and U de M medical students & physicians, Montreal April 5-7, 2007 6th Annual Trans-Health Conference http://www.trans-health.org, Philadelphia, PA July 25-29, 2007 Women in Medicine Annual Retreat & Conference for lesbian medical students and physicians, in Burlington, Vermont (which is 1.5 hour drive south of Montreal) September 26-29, 2007 25th Annual GLMA conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA November 1-2, 2007 3rd Annual British Columbia Gay Men’s Health Summit June 27-28, 2008 1st Annual Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) Conference, Toronto July 9-13, 2008 Women in Medicine Annual Conference & Retreat for lesbian physicians and medical students, Asilomar, California (just south of San Francisco) October 22-25, 2008 26th Annual Gay & Lesbian Medical Association (GLMA) Conference, Seattle, WA Past events in 2005-2006: September 22-24, 2005 GLMA 23rd Annual Conference, Montreal, Quebec Welcome reception for Montreal area physicians and medical students “The Ontario Reception” hosted by the openly gay Ontario Minister of Health: The Hon. George Smitherman (see article from Medscape/Reuters) October 8-9, 2005 Black & Blue Festival 6th Annual Party Health Summit, Montreal, Quebec Trip to Black & Blue gay benefit circuit party October 20, 2005 SOGLAD Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario November 3-5, 2005 2nd Annual Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Social event with Halifax GLBT medical students/physicians November 23, 2005 SOGLAD Hamilton Event: group discussion and social, Hamilton, Ontario November 30, 2005 Wine and cheese social for UBC GLBT Medical Students and Residents and Vancouver-area GLBT physicians, Vancouver, B.C. December 3, 2005 GLBT Meds Ottawa Brunch social, Ottawa, Ontario March 29-April 2, 2006 AMSA Convention (with LGBTPM programming), Chicago, Illinois, USA April 29, 2006 Presentations and social events for GLBT medical students and physicians, London, Ontario May 14-18, 2006 Women in Medicine Annual Retreat and Conference for lesbian medical students and physicians, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA May 20-25, 2006 Annual meeting and social events for the Association of Gay & Lesbian Psychiatrists (AGLP), Toronto, Ontario June 24, 2006 Toronto Pride dinner social for GLBT Meds, 7pm to 9pm SOGLAD Table at the Toronto Pride Community Fair, 9am to 4pm August 5, 2006 Vancouver Pride brunch social for GLBT Meds, Vancouver, B.C. Past Events in 2004-2005: September 30, 2004 SOGLAD Annual General Meeting, Toronto October 9-10, 2004 5^th Annual Black and Blue Health Summit, Montreal Trip to the Black and Blue circuit party, Montreal October 20-24, 2004 22^nd Annual GLMA Conference, Palm Springs, California November 4-7, 2004 Presentation at the 1st Annual Canadian national Rainbow Health Conference in Gatineau, Quebec - Workshop title: “GLBT Visibility and Activism in Medical Education” Post-conference brunch with GLBT Meds Ottawa November 15, 2004 SOGLAD Hamilton Event: Group discussion on the coming out in medicine: Social with medical students and physicians from Hamilton, Toronto, London and Buffalo. January 7-9, 2005 Social gathering at Montreal during MedGames/FSS in Montreal: Dinner party in the Montreal Gay Village February 5-6, 2005 Programming at a national medical student conference (MSFC) on reproductive and sexual health, in Toronto: Workshop on “Fertility options for GLBT couples” February 7, 2005 McMaster Sexual Diversity in Medicine Interest Group presents: Panel discussion on GLBT health issues and queer-affirmative doctor-patient relationship, with panelists from McMaster, UWO, and U of T. March 16-20, 2005 AMSA Convention (with LGBTPM programming), Washington, DC April 10-14, 2005 Women in Medicine 20th Annual Retreat and Conference for lesbian medical students and physicians, Georgia, USA April 30 to May 1, 2005 Dinner meeting for GLBT med students and faculty members, with members of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition Presentation at the 2005 Medical Education Conference, Saskatoon, SK June 25-26, 2005 Pre-Pride Parade Dinner Party Trip to Toronto Pride Parade! July 29 to August 1, 2005 Trip to Vancouver Pride! Trip to Montréal Pride (Divers/Cité)! Past Events in our inaugural year (2003-2004): December 2003 Christmas Social in the Gay Village, Toronto January/February 2004 Meeting and networking during a med student conference (MSFC) in Kingston, Ontario March 2004 Trip to see the play “The Laramie Project” in Toronto Other informal social activities during March Break April 2004 Trip to a GLBT community health fair in Toronto SOGLAD Spring Social, Toronto June 2004 SOGLAD Pre-pride backyard BBQ, Toronto Toronto Pride dinner for GLBT Meds, Toronto Pride weekend July/August 2004 Vancouver Pride Trip Montreal Pride Trip August 2004 End-of-summer party, Toronto Email us at glbtmeds@yahoo.com to find out more about our upcoming fun and exciting events, plus many other great projects/initiatives for GLBT med students! _______________________________________________ [Resources]   [Careers]   [GLBT Health]   [Allies]   [Religion] _______________________________________________ Questions? Comments? Feel free to contact us at glbtmeds@yahoo.com This website is sponsored by Diversity in Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. We would like to thank Alia Qureshi Emili for the original website creation and design and the University of Toronto for providing us the webspace. The materials found on this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Toronto

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