You can contact the Board of Directors at [email protected].

Christopher Gallardo-Ganaban, Chair
Chris is a lawyer practicing municipal law, and has a keen interest in corporate and nonprofit governance. Since 2010, he has been an active volunteer in various health organizations, such as Health Initiative for Men, Edmonton Men's Health Collective, and now CBRC. Chris has also been involved in organizations providing legal assistance to marginalized populations, including Pro Bono Law Alberta, Pro Bono Students Canada, and Access Pro Bono BC.

Andrew Barker, Vice-Chair
Andrew has been involved in various fields of gay men’s health and community-based research since 1996. He coordinated the Gay Men’s Health Program at AIDS Vancouver from 1996-2001 where he helped launch the Boys R Us program for male sex trade workers. Andrew is a past board member of YouthCO AIDS Society and worked on several community-based research projects including the Gay Men’s Action Plan (GMAP), the Three Cities Project, the Sex Now Survey, and Totally Outright. He has also worked as a facilitator and strategic planner for non-profit organizations. Andrew currently runs an interior and landscape design studio where he works with a mix of non-profit, residential and commercial clients.

Tara Chanady
Tara is the executive director of the Quebec Lesbian Network. She also teaches queer approaches to media studies at Université de Montréals' communication department. She was previously a research advisor at Université de Montreal’s Centre for Public Health Research. Throughout her PhD in communication and her postdoctoral fellowship in public health, she specialized in social and health issues for lesbian, bisexual and queer women, including media representation, mental health, and substance use. As a lesbian concerned with visibility and equity, her lectures, publications, and university classes aim to critically examine discourses and norms around gender and sexuality.

Dr. JJ Wright
Dr. JJ Wright (she/they) is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at MacEwan University on Treaty 6 territory in ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan) in Edmonton. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Social Justice Education at the University of Toronto's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and held a postdoctoral fellowship at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Dr. Wright is a community-engaged researcher who works with regional, provincial, and national organizations to address gender-based violence and other issues impacting 2SLGBTQ+ communities through anti-oppressive, trauma-informed, and community-responsive education and policy. Their present research uses participatory visual arts-based methodologies to examine queer and trans joy as methods of imagining alternative futures that are less hateful and violent and more just, sustainable, and caring.

Kimberley Paradis
Kimberley (she/her/elle) is a PhD student at the University of Edinburgh, where her research explores community-driven approaches to natural language processing and applies Queer and intersectional frameworks to technology governance. As a Queer woman with a disability who grew up in rural Quebec, she is passionate about improving healthcare access for equity-seeking groups. Kimberley is actively engaged in grassroots advocacy and has previously worked on projects examining how Canadian legislation has historically created “hidden” harms for the 2SLGBTQ+ community.

Dr. Todd Sakakibara
Dr. Todd Sakakibara is a family physician working at Three Bridges Community Health Centre in Vancouver. He provides care to vulnerable populations including those dealing with poverty, mental health, addictions, HIV, and the LGTB communities. Prior to medicine he was involved with YouthCO AIDS Society where the importance of ties to the community was ingrained. He also is a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC where he teaches medical undergraduate and resident students in the areas of health equity.

Max Derenoncourt
Max (he/him) is a medical doctor and public health professional. He specializes in providing mental health services, and building and implementing mental health programs for members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities across Canada. He has over a decade of experience in nonprofit management, and federal and provincial health policy work. He travels throughout Canada when involved in community engagement projects. He uses his academic research background to support monitoring and evaluation work for federal and provincial governments.

Lucas Corbin

Asya Gunduz
Asya Gunduz (she-her) is a community incubator, trans activist and researcher who has an M.A in Gender Studies at the University of Gothenborg. Currently working as policy lead on trans and gender diverse HIV prevention at the Ontario HIV Treatment Network, she has had more than 6 years of experience in front-line and administerial roles at sexual health clinics, peer-to-peer navigation programs and NGOs in Turkey, Sweden and Canada. She is one of the initiators of LubunTO, a recently fledging community for LGBTI+ people from Turkey living in Toronto. She is co-chair of Trans Women and Gender Diverse People HIV/STBBI Research Initiative (TWIRI) as well as co-Vice chair at the Board of Maggie's Toronto, sex worker justice organization. Her intersectional endeavors are rooted in anti-colonialism, refugee advocacy and GIPA/MEPA.