Grants and Contributions

This 7-month project will strengthen the capacity of Kemptville Pride and networks to advance 2SLGBTQ2 equality. This will be achieved by building managerial capacity and strengthening collaboration among organizations.

At the end of the project, the organization will have recruited additional diverse and qualified board members and volunteers and created an on-boarding manual for recruiting and training new board members.

Through this 14-month project, Centre for Gender Advocacy will develop community informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing LGBTQ2 communities. This will be achieved by supporting initiatives to address and overcome issues related to 2SLGBTQI+ people engaged in the sex trade, increase the understanding of this demographic, create new tools and make services more inclusive.

Through this 44-month project, Qujigiartiit Health Research Centre will increase its ability to prevent or address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This will be achieved by strengthening the Inuit and Indigenous mechanisms of governance within the organization; improving and expanding skills to prevent violence within cross-sectoral program delivery and strengthening mechanisms for collaborative community programming with other organizations participating in the Inuusirvik Hub.

This project implemented by the Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton will augment already-existing SACE services and increase access to them by the CAF community. The funds will be split between two primary, and most utilized, programs: clinical services and public education.

This project aims to improve maternal and newborn health among remote and marginalized populations in Tanzania by providing access to synchronous mobile ultrasound technology. Project activities include: (1) training front-line health workers to effectively use remote ultrasound technology and identify high-risk cases for referral; (2) training front-line health workers to increase awareness of ultrasound benefits and safety through counselling and routine services; (3) promoting antenatal care services in target communities and countering socio-cultural and gender beliefs preventing care seeking; (4) training and mentoring health managers to plan, monitor, manage and evaluate gender-responsive antenatal care and sexual and reproductive health service delivery; and (5) collecting data on remote antenatal care activities to contribute to evidence-based policy improvements.

Canadian Physicians for Aid and Relief implements this project, in collaboration with local partners. This includes Upendo na Matumaini (UMATU), Tanzania’s ministry of health, regional and district medical offices and the Association of Gynecologists and Obstetricians of Tanzania.

Through this 29-month project, Queer and Trans Health Collective Society will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

Funding provided through this agreement will support the continued operation of Cybertip.ca; provide a range of public awareness and educational resources to children, youth, parents and educators, as well as provide support and referral services to help Canadian families stay safe while using the Internet; and allow C3P to fulfill its role as Canada's national reporting agency under Bill C-22.

This 31-month project will address organizational capacity needs of The Enchanté Network to support its incorporation and expansion from coast to coast; strengthen its governance, develop and implement a communication strategy; work on partnership development; organize its funding national general meeting; and provide micro-grants to support the capacity building of LGBTQ2 centres and establishment of other centres across the country.

The additional funding of $700,000 will allow for the continued expansion of the organization by further strengthening its communication practices; mobilizing and disseminating knowledge on its member’s capacity, as well as providing them with micro-granting and supports services; and fostering the networking and collaboration between LGBTQ2 service centres. The organization will also join forces with Fierté Canada Pride and 2 Spirits in Motion Foundation to development joint policies, procedures and capacity-building programming, thereby strengthening the infrastructure of LGBTQ2 organizations across the country.

Through this 22-month project, Intersex Canada will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by: developing and sharing tools for accessible services for intersex individuals, building awareness to increase visibility of intersex individuals past and present and conducting research activities to understand the needs and experiences of intersex individuals.

Through this 28-month project, the Conseil québécois LGBT will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ needs and barriers to equality, and it will work to permanently remove barriers to employment for trans and non-binary people and for 2SLGBTQIA+ people more broadly. To achieve this, the organization will conduct a needs analysis and collect data, produce a recommendation guide promoting the development of inclusive practices for employment assistance services, develop interactive training for professionals supporting job seekers that educates and equips staff to serve 2SLGBTQIA+ people, and finally, support organizations that provide employment services in implementing lasting practices for inclusion.