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Title:

Beyond Survival: Queered Culturally Relevant Community Health Interventions, Tangible Organizational Sustainability

Agreement Number:

SO230028

Agreement Value:

$405,496.00

Agreement Date:

Feb 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

Through this 26-month project, The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Society will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will enact viable sustainability measures relating to administrative reform, financial sustainability, and leadership empowerment to maintain organizational health and to enhance its scope. The project will also conduct a scan of available resources relating to sexual/gender justice through a queered GBV lens and develop resources related to housing security, consent/bodily autonomy, and youth peer support, which will be disseminated to key stakeholders.

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:

Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA B3K 2Y9

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q4-00029

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

The Nova Scotia Youth Project Society

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.