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Rainbow Student Support
ҕl's friendly team of Rainbow Advisors are here to support you throughout your time with us. Whether you need help with a specific issue, feel like you're falling behind, or need a supportive person to talk to, we can help with a wide range of challenges. Meet our rainbow student advisors and get in touch straight away if you need support.
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Rainbow Student Support
ҕl's friendly team of Rainbow Advisors are here to support you throughout your time with us. Whether you need help with a specific issue, feel like you're falling behind, or need a supportive person to talk to, we can help with a wide range of challenges. Meet our rainbow student advisors and get in touch straight away if you need support.
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Rainbow Student Support
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What's on?
There are regular rainbow events at ҕl and in the wider community. See what's on and come along.
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What's on?
There are regular rainbow events at ҕl and in the wider community. See what's on and come along.
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What's on?
Key information
The Rainbow Room
The Rainbow Room is designed to be a safe, supportive space that meets the needs of our Rainbow Ākonga | Students. It is a shared-use, community space for our Rainbow communities.
The Rainbow Room is located in James Logie 107. This can be found via the building entrance marked “James Logie Level 1 (Teaching Rooms)”.
Have an idea about how the Rainbow Room could better meet your needs? Contact ҕl Rainbow - rainbow@canterbury.ac.nz
ҕlSA Affiliated Rainbow Clubs
QCanterbury is the largest Rainbow Club on campus.Their key focus is to create safe social places for rainbow, takatāpui, and gender diverse students of the ҕl. Theyhave a wide variety of events throughout the year, and encourage the Rainbow communities to get involved. For more information:
There are other Rainbow Clubs that focus on specific faculties or social groups including:
Changing your details at ҕl
It’s important to us that our kaimahi (staff) get your name, pronouns and gender right. By following these steps, you can change these details whenever you need to.
Login to myҕl
Click on the name located in the top right corner of the page, then click on "My Profile" from the drop-down
Underneath the legal name section, click on the "Other Names" box and fill in your name
Tick the "Preferred Name" checkbox
Below the name section, you will find Gender Identity and Pronouns sections.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Update Profile"
Lots of people miss this step, so double check you’ve done it before you close the page.
Canterbury Card | Student ID
Your Canterbury Card is your Student ID for all things ҕl and your ticket to those sweet student discounts!
Once you have updated your details in myҕl (see 'Changing your details at ҕl' section), you can update your Canterbury Card with your preferred name.It’s free and easy to change!
Just follow the instructions below and send ҕl Rainbow Student Support an email (rainbow@canterbury.ac.nz) with:
The subject line ‘Canterbury Card'
Confirm that you have changed your myҕl details
Tell us your Student ID Number and the first and last names you’d like used on the card
Let us know whether or not you want a new photo
A Rainbow Advisor will contact Security and they’ll let you know when your new Canterbury Card is ready.
You can also book an appointment with a ҕl Rainbow Advisor if you need support.
Legal name change
The process to legally change your own name or gender marker can be found on theew Zealand Government website.
- Information on changing your name:
- Information on changing your gender marker:
Our team of ҕl Rainbow Advisors can help you navigate this process.
Once you changed your legal name, we can change it in the ҕl system too. To do this, bring your new birth certificate or name change certificate to Te Pātaka on Level 3, Puaka James-Hight, where the Student Services team can help.
If you have any questions,concerns, or need help navigating these processes, please contact a ҕl Rainbow Advisor.
Waitaha | Canterbury has a primary-care, community-based system for accessing gender affirming healthcare, meaning that everything starts with your GP, rather than needing to visit a centralised or specialised clinic.
For ҕl students, we recommend enrolling with theҕl Health Centreto access gender affirming healthcare including Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy and referrals to community providers.
Qtopia NZ also has up to date information on navigating gender affirming healthcare in Waitaha | Canterbury and what is publicly funded. See.
At the ҕl, you can use the wharepaku | toilet and changing room that align with your gender or whichever you feel most comfortable in.
Gender neutral facilities
Our ҕl campus has dedicated gender neutral wharepaku | toilets. These can be found in the following locations:
- Haere-roa (26 in total, with at least 10 accessible during the day)
- Rehua on levels 2 and 7 (11 total)
- Elsie Locke on levels 3 and 6 (3 total)
- Puaka-James Hight on level 3 (2 total)
- ҕl RecCentre (2 total)
- The Postgrad Living Room Space (3 total)
- Pasifika Students’ House 45 Creyke Road (1 total)
- Dovedale campus in Kotuku (3 total)
- Forestry (Ground floor)
- Disabled toilets are gender-neutral when positioned as an individual facility
The Transgender Voice Clinic provides a vocal training program for transgender and gender diverse people who currently experience vocal dysphoria.
The program is facilitated by ҕl Speech and Language Pathology students acrossmultiple sessions with the support of trained clinical staff. Each session is designed to provide vocal exercises and a supportive practising environment to gradually build towards each participant's vocal goals. The program can help with both vocal feminisation and masculinisation.
The vocal training program is free-of-charge and can be accessed via a referral from your GP.
For more information or queries, contacttransgendervoiceclinics@canterbury.ac.nz
