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This is a disciplinary matter, proceeding to a hearing in September of 2022. Ms. Hamm is a nurse who was investigated by her regulatory College after public complaints about her online commentary on gender ideology. Recently, the College changed its citation against Ms. Hamm to remove the allegation that her commentary constituted "medical misinformation". Ms. Hamm's representation is funded by the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, which has retained Ms. Bildy, along with BC lawyer Karen Bastow, to continue carriage of the matter. 

"Hamm’s case will set an important precedent for regulating professionals who engage in the public policy debates," Bildy said in the JCCF news release. "The College is tasked with keeping patients safe and regulating the profession in the public interest. Their job is not to give social justice activists a tool for ‘cancelling’ people with whom they do not agree or who have opinions outside of a narrow orthodoxy," she said.

Epoch Times article: BC Nurses’ Regulator Drops ‘Medically Inaccurate’ Allegation in Charge Against Nurse for Endorsing Sex-Based Rights

Lisa Bildy argued this human rights case on behalf of a young child who was told by her teacher that there is no such thing as boys and girls. The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms and its donors generously funded the case. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, the case was unsuccessful. 

For more details (before the decision), see Pam Buffone (the child's mother) in Canadian Gender Report: "Transgender Ideology in Our Schools – Crossing the Line of Gender Discrimination?" and Barbara Kay in the National Post: "When gender rights only protect those who do not fit stereotypes: Grade 1 students at an Ontario school were told 'there’s no such thing as boys and girls'"

The ensuing decision was widely reported on. A statement from Ms. Bildy on Twitter can be found here.

Pamela Buffone's case summary on Canadian Gender Report:  "Tribunal avoids putting guardrails on how gender identity theory can be taught"

Other media: 

Epoch Times: Human Rights Tribunal Dismisses Gender Identity Discrimination Case, as Child’s Mother Decries ‘New Political Dogma’ in Schools

CBC: Tribunal rules 'teachable moment' on gender identity did not breach Grade 1 student's rights

National Post:  Grade 1 teacher who said boys and girls no different in 'gender fluidity' lesson cleared by rights tribunal

Globe and Mail: Court dismisses gender identity discrimination case as schools see increased pressure from social conservatives