Policy

Press conference

From 2018-2024, CGSHE provided resources to support academic and community partners to mobilize evidence from creating and supporting social media campaigns and international book launches to designing infographics, policy briefs and reports; hosting dialogues with policy makers, organizing press conferences and facilitating academic open letters to federal, provincial, and local leaders, in partnership with community including Amnesty International, CBRC, Enchanté Network, Global Network of Sex Work Projects, No Conversion Canada, Open Society Foundation, Pivot Legal, Sanctuary Health, WestCoast LEAF, and many others.

CGSHE has also supported and facilitated researchers to provide expert evidence and testimony at the Supreme Court of Canada and the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. CGSHE and affiliated UBC/ SFU faculty have played key roles on policy and practice guidelines, including the following international, national, and local guidelines committees:UNAIDS/NSWP expert consultations on HIV & sex work, BC Ministry of Health Provincial Sexual Health Framework, City of Vancouver Sex Work Taskforce, Gender Equity Advisory, Global Commission on HIV and the Law Recommendations, CTN National Trans Advisory Committee, Transcare BC Advisory Committee, WHO Department of Reproductive Health, and Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

You can check out some of these policy projects here.