Reading Time: 3 minutes Canada needs laws to protect vulnerable transgender youth, who experience bullying at much higher rates than their peers
Author: Elizabeth Meyer
Elizabeth J. Meyer is the Associate Dean of Students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Previously she held positions as Assistant Professor in the School of Education at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo and Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec Canada.
Dr. Meyer is a former high school teacher whose research and writing focuses on issues related to gender and sexual diversity in K-12 schools. Current research projects include investigating the experiences of Title IX coordinators in school districts in California and Colorado. Other recent projects include: a California-based action research project on the implementation of Seth’s Law and the FAIR Education Act (www.centralcoastinclusiveschools.org), a Montreal-based action research project on empowering gender creative kids and their families (www.gendercreativekids.ca), and a national survey of Canadian K-12 teachers’ training and experiences with Gender and Sexual Diversity (GSD) education. In 2018, she joined the inaugural class of fellows as part of the University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement [https://freespeechcenter.universityofcalifornia.edu/fellows/] . As part of this fellowship she is investigating speech controversies in K-12 classrooms and university campuses