A great panel has been announced by MusicOntario, and well worth your time, and it’s free online.
Tune Up Toronto: Beyond the Binary – An Intersectional Guide for Working with Trans and Nonbinary Communities
Facilitated by Ronnie Ali, R.P. (they, them, their) from Leaves on a Stream
Session 1: August 30, 2021 @ 5:30-6:30PM ET via ZOOM
Session 2: September 27, 2021 @ 5:30-6:30PM ET via ZOOM
You can register for free here.
Beyond the Binary invites industry peers to join us over two workshops, the first of which will review basic terms and concepts related to trans and nonbinary experiences, including an analysis of ‘gender’ based in intersectional anti-oppression, anti-racist, and decolonial perspectives. Participants will also learn about the impact of privilege and oppression while exploring best practices of meaningful accountability and harm reduction when working with trans and nonbinary communities. This is a valuable step in beginning to support trans and nonbinary creatives and voices in Ontario’s music sector.
For the second session, we invite participants to return with questions they might have after sitting with what they learned and experienced during the first session, once again facilitated by Ronnie Ali.
Ronnie (they/them/their) is a psychotherapist and consultant serving intersectional communities in and around Tkaronto since 2010. Last year, they founded Leaves on a Stream, a consulting practice that is built on radical empathy, ethical process, mindfulness, and collective healing. Through Leaves on a Stream, they offer clinical consultation, trauma-informed coaching, and social programming. Ronnie identifies as an immigrant-settler, trans femme, non-binary, queer, able-bodied, person of colour.
