Title:
Beyond Survival: Queered Culturally Relevant Community Health Interventions, Tangible Organizational Sustainability
Agreement Number:
SO230028
Agreement Value:
$525,496.00
Agreement Date:
Feb 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
Through this 38-month project, The Nova Scotia 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.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, The Nova Scotia Youth Project Society will engage in action-oriented and innovative advocacy strategies and coalition building, advance its financial strategic management to further sustainability, and reform structural frameworks pertaining to membership/volunteer engagement. Through this, they will further advance Gender Equality.
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
Additional Information:
Increase of agreement value, Change of end date
Amendment Date
Apr 21, 2026
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.