Rural, remote, and small town transitions
If you are living rurally, remotely, or in a small town, the quickest and most anonymous way to access trans-specific information and community is by…
Feature Articles
The 2017 Alt Pride march
On July 22, almost two weeks after the buzz of Pride Week dissipated from the Victoria area for another year, Alt Pride came to the streets of Fernwood.
Bill C-16: Canada’s New Federal Human Rights Legislation
For years, transgender activists and advocates, human rights organizations, Members of Parliament, and many others have worked tirelessly to legislate human rights protections for gender variant people at the federal level…
Public courses are here!
Until now, our courses have been private, custom, in-house events. And they’ve been awesome, but we’re so excited to now announce…
Media: Oak Bay Half Marathoner advocates for gender inclusivity in sport
Kingsley Strudwick ran in Oak Bay’s half-marathon May 28 alongside 1500 other race participants and 150 youth in the Kids Run. A transgender Oak Bay resident, Strudwick has recently been reigniting his connection to sport…
INgrooves Music Group
The first time I went to the INgrooves website, the first picture that appeared in their image carousel was of Against Me! and their totally bad-ass lead singer Laura Jane Grace. Seeing my high school (and current) punk rock hero on their home page only reaffirmed that INgrooves was definitely a company I’d love to work with.
Creating trans-affirming workplaces
After many decades of grassroots organizing, we’ve seen an unprecedented acknowledgement of the transgender community in the past few years…
EVENT: Engaged HR hosts “The Deep Dive” on April 25th
Update: **SOLD OUT** Engaged HR, in collaboration with PeopleOps, is hosting an Ambit training on April 25th from 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Anyone can register for this training, but it may be of particular interest to you if…
What do you want your kid to call you?
What a wonderful experience it was to have a training with Mothering Touch! In a room full of labour and birth coaches, doulas, breast feeding guides, and yoga instructors, we were able to both acknowledge the gendered roots of childbearing and parenting, and also to expand our collective imagination of all the possibilities we can create for…
Gender diversity training with the Hotel Grand Pacific
The Hotel Grand Pacific really does have a little bit of everything. They not only offer beautiful accommodation in the inner harbour, but also a full spa, a gym and pool at the Athletic Club, fantastic food offerings, as well as providing space for conferences, weddings, and many other community & business functions. So it’s not surprising that…
Ambit presents at Victoria’s first DisruptHR
I had the honour of presenting at Victoria’s first (of what will surely be many) DisruptHR event. This event is described as “an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower…
Workshop with Hemma: the home of yoga and acupuncture
My hope for many workshops that Ambit facilitates is that people will come away having even more questions about the content than they did when they arrived. For this reason, and many others, working with Hemma Yoga and Acupuncture has been…