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Title:

Building Bridges with Cultural Communities

Agreement Number:

SO220190

Agreement Value:

$177,391.00

Agreement Date:

Mar 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 13-month project will develop community-informed solutions to address the main barriers and gaps facing LGBTQ2 communities. Measures that will be taken by the Comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest to achieve this will involve establishing an advisory committee and hiring a community development and liaison officer to build organizational capacity as well as develop the project plan, a survey, and an informational document in collaboration with various key partners from the community. At the end of the project, the Comité FrancoQueer de l’Ouest will gather perspectives on 2SLGBTQIA+ issues and analyze the data. It will then develop an awareness campaign packaged in a reference document that will be shared with Francophone community organizations across the province as well as being available on the site. This will be followed by an assessment of the project.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Location:

Edmonton, Alberta, CA T6C 3N1

Reference Number:

001-2022-2023-Q4-00039

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Comité FrancoQueer de l'Ouest

Program:

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.