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Ask an expert: Barriers to care for transgender and nonbinary people

Ask an expert: Barriers to care for transgender and nonbinary people

Dr. Hilary MacCormick, an anesthesiologist in the Department of Women's and Obstetric Anesthesia and assistant professor at Dalhousie, discusses some of the barriers, stress, and marginalization transgender and noxnbinary people face in accessing gender-affirming surgery.  Read more.

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Andrea Hart
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Rina Wehbe, a computer scientist with academic roots in psychology, created Above Water to help shatter the stigma around mental health disorders and encourage people to set actionable strategies to achieve personal goals.
Matt Reeder
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
The alternative energy efficiency of Dal's revamped biomass plant on the Truro campus has performed well above expectations — and has now received a major honour from the International District Energy Association (IDEA).
Kelly Taylor
Monday, July 25, 2022
This year, the Faculty of Management and the Registrar’s Office share the honours for creating a healhy workplace for their employees, with an impressive array of wellness activities that support their teams through personal and professional development opportunities.
Megan Aston, Phillip Joy, and Andrew Thomas
Friday, July 22, 2022
Accessing compassionate health care is often difficult for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual identities, such as pansexual or asexual individuals (2SLGBTQ+).
Cody Turner, photos
Wednesday, July 20, 2022
Scenes from the Halifax Pride Parade: Members of the Dalhousie community joined more than 100 other groups to show their support for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community last weekend at the first parade since 2019.