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

Out Jasper LGBTQA Society

$278,361.00

Get Prouder: Improving LGBTQ2 Equity and Community Building in West Yellowhead County.

FY 2023-24 · 2023-09-01

Summary
Through this 7-month project, Out Jasper will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps to address the rural experiences of the LGBTQ2 communities in the West Yellowhead Region of Alberta. This will be achieved in partnership with Options HIV West Yellowhead by conducting focus groups in Jasper, Hinton, Edson and Whitecourt in Alberta to identify unique issues facing each town that will form a LGBTQ2 advisory committee to explore and develop practical solutions and guide our project, decreasing barriers for the LGBTQ2 community of each rural town through education, building community through creating alliance groups and implementing LGBTQ2 focused events and improving access to services for all through intersectional analysis, and increasing local visibility and awareness. They will also facilitate advisory committee meetings and work with committee members to implement proposed solutions to the rural LGBTQ2 communities and will develop and coordinate Safe Space training in collaboration with local LGBTQ2 members and will offer training to local businesses and agencies in order to facilitate a welcomeness towards diversity at the community level.
Program
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Location
Jasper, Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Agreement Number
SO220233
Agreement Start Date
2023-09-01
Agreement Title
Get Prouder: Improving LGBTQ2 Equity and Community Building in West Yellowhead County.
Agreement Title (French)
Augmenter votre sentiment de fierté : améliorer l’égalité pour les personnes LGBTQ2 et développer les communautés LGBTQ2 dans le comté de West Yellowhead
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$278,361.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
Through this 7-month project, Out Jasper will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps to address the rural experiences of the LGBTQ2 communities in the West Yellowhead Region of Alberta. This will be achieved in partnership with Options HIV West Yellowhead by conducting focus groups in Jasper, Hinton, Edson and Whitecourt in Alberta to identify unique issues facing each town that will form a LGBTQ2 advisory committee to explore and develop practical solutions and guide our project, decreasing barriers for the LGBTQ2 community of each rural town through education, building community through creating alliance groups and implementing LGBTQ2 focused events and improving access to services for all through intersectional analysis, and increasing local visibility and awareness. They will also facilitate advisory committee meetings and work with committee members to implement proposed solutions to the rural LGBTQ2 communities and will develop and coordinate Safe Space training in collaboration with local LGBTQ2 members and will offer training to local businesses and agencies in order to facilitate a welcomeness towards diversity at the community level.
Description (French)
Dans le cadre de ce projet d’une durée de sept mois, Out Jasper développera des solutions communautaires aux problèmes et aux lacunes importantes vécues par les communautés LGBTQ2 en milieu rural dans la région de West Yellowhead Region en Alberta. Pour atteindre cet objectif, des groupes de discussion seront organisés en partenariat avec Options HIV West Yellowhead à Jasper, Hinton, Edson et Whitecourt, en Alberta, dans le but d’identifier les problèmes propres à chaque ville. Ces groupes formeront un comité consultatif LGBTQ2 dans le but de chercher et de développer des solutions pratiques et orienter notre projet, d’atténuer les obstacles vécus par les communautés LGBTQ2 dans ces villes grâce à l’éducation, de renforcer la communauté en créant des groupes d’alliances et en organisant des événements qui mettent en valeur les personnes LGBTQ2, d’améliorer l’accès aux services pour toutes et tous grâce aux analyses intersectionnelles, et d’améliorer la sensibilisation et la visibilité locale. Ces groupes faciliteront également les réunions du comité consultatif et collaboreront avec les membres du comité pour mettre en œuvre les solutions proposées dans les communautés LGBTQ2 rurales. Ils développeront et coordonneront une formation sur les espaces sûrs (Safe Space) en collaboration avec les membres de la communauté LGBTQ2 locale et offriront de la formation aux entreprises et aux organismes locaux afin de faciliter l’accueil de la diversité dans la communauté.
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.
Expected Results (French)
Des partenariats et des collaborations sont mis en place ou améliorés pour appuyer le mouvement de la diversité sexuelle. Les organisations de la diversité sexuelle ont de meilleures connaissances et une capacité accrue pour faire avancer l’égalité en ce qui concerne le sexe, l’orientation sexuelle ainsi que l’identité et l’expression de genre.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotion de l’égalité des sexes, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité et de l’expression de genre
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.
Program Purpose (French)
L'objectif du programme ESSOGIE est de faire progresser l'égalité sociale, politique et économique en ce qui concerne le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre. Le programme encourage la progression vers une meilleure compréhension de l'intersection du sexe et du genre avec d'autres facteurs identitaires, notamment la race, l'origine nationale et ethnique, l'origine ou l'identité autochtone, l'âge, l'orientation sexuelle, la condition socio-économique, le lieu de résidence et le handicap.
Recipient City
Jasper
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Out Jasper LGBTQA Society
Recipient Postal Code
T0E 1E0
Recipient Province or Territory
AB
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q2-00070