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A B.C. nurse accused of making "discriminatory and derogatory" statements on social media about transgender people is being suspended and ordered to pay almost $94,000 to the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives.

Amy Hamm is accused of making these statements across various online platforms from July 2018 to March 2021 in podcasts, videos, published writings and social media, while identifying herself as a nurse or nurse educator.

The decision was made on Aug. 14 by a college disciplinary panel, and the money is an award of costs to the college. Hamm will have two years to pay, pending an appeal she filed in March to the B.C. Supreme Court.

She is alleged to have made comments online and to have sponsored a billboard in Vancouver supporting Harry Potter

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