Frequently Asked Questions

The conference will be held July 27 - 30, 2027, at the Sheraton Wall Centre in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Registration and speaker info will be released in summer 2026. Be sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date on conference info.

The bid process will open summer 2026.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research explains:

Two-Spirit is a term coined by Indigenous lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and/or non-heterosexual (LGBTQ+) leaders at the Third Annual Intertribal Native American/First Nations Gay and Lesbian Conference in Winnipeg in 1990. Two-Spirit is a community organizing strategy or tool and a way to describe one’s self. It is a way to organize the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island who embody diverse sexualities, gender identities, roles and/or expressions. Two-Spirit is meant to facilitate Indigenous Peoples’ connections with Nation-specific expressions and roles of gender and sexual diversity. It is a way for Indigenous Peoples to reconnect with their traditional languages, ways and cultures within a pre-Colonial setting.

Find out more here:  Meet the Methods Series: “What and who is Two-Spirit?” in Health Research - CIHR and here What Is Two-Spirit? Part One: Origins | CMHR