{"id":128,"date":"2016-10-06T15:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T22:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/?page_id=128"},"modified":"2025-07-17T15:57:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T22:57:55","slug":"selected-invited-addresses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/selected-invited-addresses\/","title":{"rendered":"Selected Invited Addresses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>2025<\/h1>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Plenary Address.<\/strong> Rocky Mountain Atheists WeCanReason Conference, \u201cSex and Gender Rights: Finding the Right Balance.\u201d Calgary, AB. May. 2025.<\/p>\n<h1>2024<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Keynote Address.<\/strong> National Queer &amp; Trans History Conference, \u201cThe Transgender Archives: Preserving and Sharing Trans+ History.\u201d Edmonton, AB. May. 2024.<br \/>\n<strong>Keynote Address.<\/strong> BC Teacher of English as an Additional Language Conference. \u201cThe Language of Gender Diversity.\u201d Vancouver, BC. May. 2024.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>Featured Speaker.<\/strong> Transgender Day of Remembrance Address. BC Legislature Flag Raising Ceremony. Nov. 2023.<strong><br \/>\nFeatured Speaker. <\/strong>Transgender Day of Visibility Address. BC Legislature Flag Raising Ceremony. March. 2023.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Trans+ People in Prisons. William Head Prison, Victoria, BC. Feb.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Panelist. Screening of National Film Board of Canada\u2019s Unarchived. Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, BC. Feb. 2023.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada. Jewish Employees Network Jewish Pride \u2013 A Panel on Difference and Inclusion. Online. Feb. 2023.<\/p>\n<h1><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Shoulders to Stand On: A Glimpse of Trans+ History. Lululemon. Online. Nov. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Featured Speaker. <\/strong>Transgender Day of Remembrance Address. BC Legislature Flag Raising Ceremony. Nov. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>History of Care for Gender Diverse People. Post-Graduate Psychiatric Academic Day. University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine. Online. Nov. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>The Transgender Archives Celebrating 10 Years: A Year in Review. 5 Days of Action. UVic. Nov. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Obligation to Memory: The Value of Lived Experience. Planning with Pride Conference. Online. November. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Keynote Address. <\/strong>\u201cTrans+ Research: From Obscurity to Everywhere.\u201d 65th Annual Conference of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality. Vancouver. October. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Storytelling Trans Futures Workshop. Athabasca University. Online. Sept. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>History in the Raw: The Transgender Archives. Aspire to Action High School program. June. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Shoulders to Stand On: A Taste of Trans+ History. Environics Analytics (online). June. 2022. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eGFEia95oeg (51:03)<br \/>\n<strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Trans 101: The Basics. Jewish Community Centre, Victoria, BC, May. 2022.<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Invited Lecture. <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Framing Agnes film screening commentary. UVic. Mar. 2022<br \/>\n<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Invited Lecture. <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Social Sciences Research Lightening Rounds, UVic, Mar. 2022<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div><strong>Keynote Address<\/strong>. \u201cWhat You Should Know About the Chair in Transgender Studies.\u201d25th Congress of the World Association for Sexual Health. Online, Sept.<br \/>\n2021.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Plenary Panel Address<\/strong>. \u201cThe Transgender Archives: Acquisitions, Omissions, Uses.\u201d Third Libraries and Archives Canada Forum with University Partners: Memory Institutions as Equitable, Diverse and Inclusive Places. Online, June. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Plenary Panel Address<\/strong>. \u201cTrans* Leadership in Higher Education: Challenges and Change.\u201d 2021 LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education Leadership Institute. Online, June. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture.<\/strong> Repository for Remembering: The Transgender Archives. Museum of Contemporary Art &amp; Design, Manilla, Philippines (online). Nov. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Shoulders to Stand On: A Glimpse of Trans+ History. Lululeman LGBTQ+ Resource Group (online). Nov. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>The Transgender Archives: Celebrating 10 Years. Five Days of Action. UVic. Nov. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>The Transgender Archives: Preserving Trans+ History. Vancouver Art Book Fair. Vancouver (online). Oct. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>History in the Raw: The Transgender Archives. Friends of the BC Archives, Victoria (online), May. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Lecture. <\/strong>Interview for Organizational Equity and Inclusion: A Strategic Roadmap. UBC Certificate in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (online). Mar. 2021<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h1><strong>2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div><strong>Plenary Address<\/strong>. \u201cQueering Memory, Defending the Future.\u201d Queering Memory Conference. Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Special Collections LGBTQ+ Association. Berlin. June. 2019.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker.<\/strong> \u201cTrans 101 for Law Enforcement.\u201d Police Leadership Conference. \u00a0Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. Vancouver. April. 2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker. <\/strong>Transgender Day of Remembrance Address. BC Legislature Flag Raising Ceremony. Nov. 2019<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker.<\/strong>. \u201cThe World\u2019s Only Transgender Archives and Chair in Transgender Studies. What Are They, and How Did They Happen?\u201d Fantasia Fair, Provincetown MA, Oct. 2018<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker. <\/strong>Hitotsubashi University National Campus. Tokyo, Japan, April. 2018.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker. <\/strong>Umeda Gakuto Hall, Osaka, Japan. April. 2018.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Keynote Address. <\/strong>Canadian Association of University Teachers 4th Equity Conference, Ottawa, April. 2018.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2017<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker<\/strong>. The Shifting Landscape of Gender, Salt Spring Forum, Mar. 2017.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Panel Speaker<\/strong>. Universities Canada. Ottawa, Feb. 2017.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker<\/strong>. Canadian Federation of University Women. Victoria, Feb. 2017.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker.\u00a0<\/strong>Transgender Pioneer Virginia Prince. Royal BC Museum,<\/div>\n<div>Victoria, BC. July. 2017<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker.\u00a0<\/strong>Connect U Conference. The University of Victoria is a World<\/div>\n<div>Leader in Transgender Studies. How Did it Happen? UVic, May. 2017<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Invited Speaker<\/strong>. Law Enforcement &amp; Transgender People. 2017<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker.<\/strong> Critical Studies in Sexuality 301, Introduction to Trans Studies, UBC, Jan. 2017.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2016<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Plenary Address<\/strong>. Jin Xing Conference. Beijing, China. Dec. 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong>. BC Law Enforcement Diversity Network, Vancouver, Nov. 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker<\/strong>. Transgender Archives. New View Conference. Kinsey Institute, Bloomington IA. Oct. 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Featured Speaker<\/strong>. Gender Odyssey Professional Conference, Transgender Ageing. Seattle, WA. Aug. 2016.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Roundtable<\/strong>. Archivist\u2019s Talk &amp; Curator\u2019s Roundtable, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary. June. 2016<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong>Keynote Address<\/strong>. \u201cHistory in the Raw: The Transgender Archives.\u201d Without Borders: LGBTQ+ Archives, Libraries, Museums &amp; Special Collections. London, UK. June. 2016<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2015<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Keynote Address<\/strong>. \u201cHistory in the Raw: The Transgender Archives.\u201d Fantasia Fair. Provincetown, MA. October. 2015<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address<\/b>. &#8216;History in the Raw: The Transgender Archives.&#8221; Fantasia Fair. Provincetown, MA. October, 2015.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address<\/b>. &#8220;History in the Raw: The Transgender Archives.&#8221; Canadian Sex Research Forum. Kelowna, BC. October, 2015.<br \/>\n<b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. <\/span> &#8220;History in the Raw: The Transgender Archives.&#8221; National Transgender Health Summit. <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Oakland, CA. April, 2015.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2014<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FVy1o3ZQaEc?list=PLjWymvKNnUWKVHr7uunoliE4keInn6D9E\"> &#8220;Moving Trans* History Forward 2014 Founders Panel&#8221;<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Moving Trans* History Forward 2014 Victoria, BC. March, 2014.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2013<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">. <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SJkdUGO3ZzU\"> &#8220;50 Years of LGBTQ Activism.&#8221;<\/a> University of Victoria Provost&#8217;s Diversity Forum. <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Victoria, BC. January, 2013.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2009<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address<\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.<\/span><a style=\"font-size: 1rem\" href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2016\/12\/OPT-09.pdf\"> &#8220;Talking About Gender &amp; Sexual Diversity.&#8221; <\/a>Options for Sexual Health <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> Annual Conference. Vancouver, BC. October, 2009.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2008<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><b>Keynote Address<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2016\/12\/3Pioneers.pdf\">&#8220;Providing a Founding Framework: The Vision and Activism of Three Transgender Pioneers.&#8221;<\/a> 1st Annual Meetings of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health. Toronto, ON. June, 2008.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address<\/b>.<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2016\/12\/Devor@TransHealth_2008.pdf\">&#8220;Honoring Our Past, Envisioning Our Future.&#8221; <\/a> 7th Annual Mazzoni Center Trans-Health Conference. Philadelphia, PA. May, 2008.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2007<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address<\/b>. &#8220;Talking About Sexuality in a Diverse Society.&#8221; Sex in Your City Conference. Vancouver, BC. February, 2007.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2006<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2016\/12\/TransmenPast.pdf\"> &#8220;FTMs of the Past.&#8221;<\/a> Transgenders in Different World Cultures Symposium. Grupo Luna, Turin, Italy. November, 2006.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Invited Featured Address<\/b>. &#8220;Realizing a Vision: Reed Erickson and the Erickson Educational Foundation.&#8221; Trans\/Equity Past, Present and Possibilities. Public\u00a0Symposium. York University, Toronto, ONT. April, 2006.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Invited Featured Address<\/b>. &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2020\/07\/UChicagoTalk5.pdf\">Seeking Gender (In)Difference.<\/a>&#8221; Trans\/Forming Knowledge: The Implications of Transgender Studies for Women&#8217;s, Gender, and\u00a0Sexuality Studies. Public Symposium. University of Chicago. February, 2006.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1><strong>2001<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b>Keynote Address.<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca\/ahdevor\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2247\/2016\/12\/WhoAreWe.pdf\"> &#8220;Who are &#8216;We&#8217;? Where Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Meet.&#8221;<\/a> 15th Meetings of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists, New<\/div>\n<div>Orleans, LA, May, 2001.<br \/>\n<b><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b>Plenary Address.<\/b>\u00a0&#8220;The Scholarship of Teaching.&#8221; Western Canadian Deans of Arts and Sciences Conference, Victoria, BC, March, 2001.<br \/>\n<b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>1999<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address. <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> &#8220;Blending and Transgendering: Confronting the Limits of Lesbianism.&#8221; 25th Meetings of the <\/span>International Academy of Sex Research<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, Stony Brook, NY, June, 1999.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>1998<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Keynote Address. <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> &#8220;<\/span>How Many Sexes? How Many Genders? When Two Are Not Enough<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">.&#8221; 3rd Western Canadian Sexual Health Conference, Edmonton, Alta, May, 1998.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>1997<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address. <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> &#8220;A Social Context for Gender Dysphoria.&#8221; XV Symposium of the <\/span> World Professional Association for Transgender Health <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> , Vancouver, Canada, September, 1997.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Keynote Address. <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> &#8220;Female Gender Dysphoria in Context: Personal Problem or Social Problem?&#8221; <\/span>Society for Sex Therapy and Research<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, Chicago, IL, March, 1997.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>1996<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Provost&#8217;s Lecture. <\/b> &#8220;How Many Sexes? How Many Genders? When Two are Not Enough,&#8221; <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, November, 1996.<br \/>\n<\/span><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<h1>1995<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div><b style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Plenary Address. <\/b><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"> &#8220;The Fallacy of Duality in Conceptualizations of Sex, Gender, and Sexuality.&#8221; 38th Annual Meetings of the <\/span>Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">, San Francisco, CA, November, 1995.<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 Plenary Address. Rocky Mountain Atheists WeCanReason Conference, \u201cSex and Gender Rights: Finding the Right Balance.\u201d Calgary, AB. May. 2025. 2024 Keynote Address. National Queer &amp; Trans History Conference, \u201cThe Transgender Archives: Preserving and Sharing Trans+ History.\u201d Edmonton, AB. May. 2024. Keynote Address. 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