Miriam Kaufman, BSN, MD, FRCPC is a Professor at the University of Toronto. Her research interests are Pediatrics, Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Health.
Fran Odette has worked in social justice and equity for approximately 25+ years. Her work has particularly focused on issues impacting women with disabilities and Deaf women. While in her position as Program Manager at Springtide Resources, Fran worked alongside Cory Silverberg to create and implement the Sexuality and Access Project, an initiative offering information and workshops to address the connection between violence prevention through healthy sexuality and sex-positive programming. Fran works closely with service providers, including health care practitioners who work with marginalized communities, to ensure that programs reflect a human rights perspective, which includes working from a place of respect and dignity.
Cory Silverberg is a educator, author, workshop facilitator, and founding member of the Come As You Are Co-operative who worked as a researcher and television consultant in Canada for over 10 years. Cory is a core team member of ANTE UP!, a virtual professional freedom school founded by Bianca I Laureano. Cory is the co-author of 3 other books including What Makes a Baby, Sex Is a Funny Word, and the forthcoming You Know, Sex, all with Fiona Smyth. White, Jewish, and queer, Cory tries to center justice in their life and work. They have learned (and continue to learn) to do this by centering collaboration, humility, curiosity, and accountability, working across and within the spaces that divide race, gender, embodiment, disability, and identity.
