U of A Researcher Spotlight Series: Florence Ashley

Florence Ashley, an award-winning transfeminine jurist and bioethicist, is a leading voice on issues faced by transgender people in the legal and healthcare systems. Join them for an insightful presentation on the importance of gender self-determination, the science of gender-affirming care and how we should factor human rights into policy decisions regarding trans rights.

Don’t miss the chance to engage with one of the foremost experts in the field and gain a deeper understanding of how we can use the areas of law and medicine to better the lives of trans communities.

Florence Ashley is a transfeminine jurist and bioethicist whose work focuses on trans issues in the legal and healthcare systems. They are an assistant professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and Dossetor Health Ethics Centre. Florence holds BCL/JD and LLM degrees from McGill University and an SJD from the University of Toronto. They served as the first openly transfeminine clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada. Florence is widely published in scholarly journals and is the author of Banning Transgender Conversion Practices: A Legal and Policy Analysis (UBC Press, 2022).