For the second year in a row, all trans, nonbinary, intersex and gender nonconforming students, staff, and faculty at McGill or elsewhere in communities near and far away are invited to join us for this panel discussion about navigating academia as a trans/nonbinary person. This year, the panel is focused on academia in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Our panelists include a current McGill Professor, Lynn Kozak (History and Classical Studies), and a McGill PhD candidate Rine Vieth (Anthropology). With their guidance, we'll be discussing experiences in academia, sharing tips and strategies, and running a Q&A. This is an online event and closed space for trans, nonbinary, intersex, and gender nonconforming guests.
Location: Zoom (link will be given once registered via this form)
Date & Time: 6-8pm EST (Montreal time) Monday, October 24th, 2022
Cost: free - sponsored by Tea4T / McGill Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic)
The event will be live-captioned.
Our online event is hosted on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this land on which people of the world now gather.
This is a closed event for trans, non-binary, gender non-conforming, and questioning people. The event is hosted by the Tea4T community at McGill University, and the event will be in English. Students and post-graduate academics from all universities are welcome to join.
For questions about the event, please email Andrea Clegg (andrea.clegg @ mcgill.ca)
. Speaker bios:
Lynn Kozak is an associate professor at McGill University in the department of History and Classical Studies, working on ancient Greek literature and its receptions (especially queer receptions!), performance, contemporary television and media, and horror. They are also the past chair of McGill's Subcommittee on Queer People of the Joint Board-Senate Committee on Equity.
Rine Vieth (they/iel) is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University, with a particular focus on legal anthropology, governance, and religion. They are curious about intersections between legal processes and religion, as well as engaged community research. Previously, they have held leadership positions in an academic labour union and was an active participant in queer community collectives. They are currently the Anglophone Member-at-Large for the Canadian Society for Anthropology/La société canadienne d'anthropologie. https://rinevieth.carrd.co/
Panel moderator:Steph A. Pang is a resident physician at McGill University. They are currently doing a fellowship in Medical Oncology, with a particular interest in immuno-oncology and phase I-II clinical trials. Between 2018-2021, they served on the McGill Joint Board-Senate Committee on Equity Subcommittee on Queer People. Along with Maddy Shred and Andrea Clegg, Dr. Pang is a co-organizer of Tea4T, a series of community and academic events for transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming individuals at McGill and beyond.
Tea4T organizers:
Andrea Clegg (Equity Education Advisor, McGill Office of the Provost and Vice Principal (Academic)
Maddy Shred (PhD Candidate, Molecular Biophysics)
Steph A. Pang (Resident Physician, McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
