Overview

• A disciplinary panel of the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives ruled that four of Hamm’s public statements between July 2018 and March 2021 constituted professional misconduct against transgender people
• The panel imposed a one-month suspension and ordered Hamm to pay $93,639.80 in costs and disbursements following a 332-page investigation and 22 days of hearings
• Hamm has appealed the decision to the B.C. Supreme Court, which has stayed both her suspension and the cost order until the appeal is decided
• The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms is supporting Hamm’s challenge and has filed two complaints with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal alleging discrimination
• The college described the penalty as upholding its mandate to enforce non-discrimination standards in health care