while canadian researchers had already been publishing on trans issues before baril, this work was done by anglophones. examples of these trans researchers, working in canadian english-language universities, include: jin haritaworn, aaron devor, dan irving, trish salah, bobby noble and viviane namaste. in the context of french-language universities, there is line chamberland, the research chair on homophobia, and annie pullen sansfaçon, co-founder of gender creative kids canada (enfants transgenres canada) and professor at the université de montréal, who work on trans issues but those scholars are not self-identified as trans people.