Morgane Oger is a Tech leader in Vancouver with a background in submarine engineering and robotics and Internet software and Tech..
A graduate of UBC in Mechanical Engineering with a decade of submarine engineering and international finance technology consulting behind her, Morgane Oger is currently working as a Technology Manager in Vancouver for a publicly-traded international electronics retailer.
Morgane’s personal experiences have fueled her passion for creating a more equitable society and for advancing good governance and transparency.
During the last decade, Morgane has been contributing to Canadian and public policy and governance through her volunteering through leadership and as representative roles with a number of nonprofit and non-government organizations.
Morgane has a track record of activism dating back to the 1990s focused on addressing systemic injustice and uplifting fundamental rights. A transgender mom with two teenagers, Morgane is a highly-effective community organizer and changemaker who is recognized for successfully reaching the hearts and minds of others by working with everyone to convince detractors there is better way.
Morgane’s advocacy work focused
Morgane has helped others throughout Canada win significant victories on issues focused around equality and inclusion at all levels of Government and successfully spearheaded the push to convince Canadians to support human rights law that protects us all against discrimination based on gender identity or expression.
Morgane Oger founded the Morgane Oger Foundation to help narrow the gap between Canada’s laws and the experience of people on the ground who face systemic discrimination because of who they are. Through this non-profit society, Morgane helps drive public-policy change for a more-inclusive society and supports vulnerable persons in BC and elsewhere.
With a number of successful policy and law reform wins in municipalities, provinces, and at the federal level behind her – as well as a number of successful interventions across Canada, Morgane’s advocacy work was featured in Cannes Short Films Festival award-winning short documentary “In Alliance (2016)”, as well as in “1253 Letters (2017)”, and “Morgane Oger: Moving Forward (2019)”.
Morgane was the BC NDP candidate in Vancouver – False Creek during the 2017 British Columbia general election and ran for School Trustee in the 2018 Vancouver General Election and for Municipal Council in the 2022 Vancouver General election. Morgane has served on the executive of Vancouver DPAC, Trans Alliance Society, and the BC NDP and served two years as BC NDP Vice-President. Morgane was part of the delegation of the British Columbia Council for International Cooperation (BCCIC) at the 65th Convention on the Status of Women of the United Nations.
In 2019, Morgane Oger successfully complained to the BC Human Rights Tribunal in a high-profile precedent-setting case against an anti-LGBT activist that demonstrated once and for all that personal beliefs or the right to free expression do not trump another person’s right to live free of discrimination. The case is now widely cited in other legal cases including a decision of the Supreme Court of Canada.
For her contribution to inclusion and equality, Morgane Oger was named “National Hero” Grand Marshal at the 2016 Vancouver Pride Parade.
Morgane Oger was awarded the Kimberly Nixon Pride Legacy Award in 2016 and received the Shakti Trailblazer Award in 2018.
In recognition for her service to Canada in extending human rights for LGBTQ2+ persons, Morgane Oger was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal on behalf of The Queen and all Canadians by the Governor General of Canada in 2018. Morgane received the medal on Dec 7 2023.
The Meritorious Service Decorations recognize great Canadians for exceptional deeds accomplished over a limited period of time that bring honour to our country. They honour achievements in both military and civil divisions.
Publications, Book Contributions
Business in Vancouver (2023): Morgane Oger: A letter to the ‘keep your hands off our kids’ protesters and organizers
McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2020: “We Resist: Defending the Common Good in Hostile Times” – Edited by Cynthia Levine-Rasky and Lisa KowalchukChapter contribution: “Yet We Rise: Cultivating a Resilient Transgender Community that Overcomes Systemic Barriers”
Battered Women Support Services (2019): Naming it is just the beginning of the journey…
Globe and Mail (2019) Jessica Yaniv’s fight for trans rights misses the very point of that fight: equality
Globe and Mail (2016) It’s time for Christy Clark to show solidarity with B.C.’s LGBT community
Globe and Mail (2015) Transgender people still struggling to be heard
Notable Mentions in media
BCCIC: CSW65: The diverse and powerful voices of transgender women at the UN Commission on the Status of Women
The Tyee: Trans Activist Morgane Oger Steps into a New Role: Acting
WOMEN on the BALLOT – Pathways to political power 2019, Betsy McGregor
The Economist (2019): Culture War, Canadian Style
Toronto Star (2019): Vancouver activist Morgane Oger wins ‘landmark’ transgender rights decision
Vancouver Sun (2017): Transgender Trailblazer Narrowly Lost in B.C. Election, But Vows to Continue Her Advocacy
Vancouver Sun (2017): Anti-gay activist ordered to pay $55,000 to B.C. trans candidate in fight over hateful flyer
Rabble (2013): Memorial draws controversy over invitation of speaker Janice Raymond
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