List of funded 2SLGBTQI+ organizations announced on January 31, 2025
The following organizations received funding from Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) as part of the “Strengthening 2SLGBTQI+ communities to advance equality in Canada” announcement on January 31, 2025.
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National scope
Affirm United (Ottawa, ON)
Project name: Building Capacity and Championing Equality: Strengthening Inclusion of 2SLGBTQIA+ in Faith Communities and Beyond
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: up to $245,583Community-Based Research Centre (Vancouver, BC)
Project name: We Lead: Creating more equal sexual, reproductive, and gender-affirming care access through community health leadership
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $1,243,216Project name: Dignity Network Canada Capacity Building Project
Intersectional Community-Based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQI+ Data and Evidence amount: $250,000Dignity Network Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Dignity Network Canada Capacity Building Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $150,772Egale Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Addressing Anti-2SLGBTQI Hate Through Rainbow Action
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $1,172,346Intersex Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Create awareness and visibility, advocate for intersex rights and project the Intersex voice in Canada
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $538,800It Gets Better Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Pathways to combating anti-2SLGBTQI+ online hate and embracing safe digital literacy
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $997,396Project name: Increasing Capacity in Strategy, Execution and Governance to Advance Equality for Canada's 2SLGBTQI+ Youth
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $515,906Les 3 sex* (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Which bodies, what choices?
Intersectional Community-Based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQI+ Data and Evidence amount: $249,273Pink Triangle Press (Toronto, ON)
Project name: The Pink Triangle Press (PTP) Canadian 2SLGBTQI+ Health Guide: Insights, Answers, Community
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $995,000Project name: PTP Advocacy - Building Capacity for Change
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $563,730Pride at Work Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Generating 2SLGBTQI+ Inclusion in the Canadian Electricity Sector
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $287,644QueerTech (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Certified Inclusive Tech: Fostering 2SLGBTQI+ inclusion in tech products and workplaces
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $1,175,657Rainbow Faith and Freedom (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Understanding and Ending Religious-based Homophobia and Transphobia in Senior Care
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $494,310Rainbow Railroad (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Building the internal capacity, cybersecurity and engagement of Rainbow Railroad
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $589,015Senior Pride Network (Cobalt, ON)
Project name: Unifying Voices: Establishing a National Coalition of Organizations Serving Older 2SLGBTQI+ Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $25,000Walling Consulting (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC)
Project name: Building community capacity to support and empower 2SLGBTQI+ Indigenous people through understanding and appreciation
Intersectional Community-Based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQI+ Data and Evidence amount: $250,000Wisdom2Action (Halifax, NS)
Project Name: Queer Joy Photovoice Project: Intergenerational and Intersectional Community-based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQI+ communities
Intersectional Community-Based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQI+ Data and Evidence amount: $219,276 -
Pacific
ARC Foundation (Vancouver, BC)
Project name: Supporting Educators in Addressing Anti-2SLGBTQI+ Hate in Education
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $999,999Dignity Seniors Society (Vancouver, BC)
Project name: Identifying Culturally Appropriate Care Facilities for 2SLGBTQIA+ Older Adults in BC
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $200,122Fernie Pride Society (Fernie, BC)
Project name: 2SLGBTQ+ Mapping and Recording History of the Columbia Basin
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $299,209Northern BC Queer Connection Society (Prince George, BC)
Project name: Northern BC Rainbow Legacy Project
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $299,999Northern Mosaic Network (Yellowknife, NT)
Project name: Connecting the NWT to 2SLGBTQIA+ Identity in the Past, Present & Future
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $703,823Out on Screen (Vancouver, BC)
Project Name: Championing authentic and transformative 2SLGBTQIA+ experiences through film, education, and dialogue
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $402,500QCHAT Support Association(Victoria, BC)
Project name: QChat Capacity Fund: Cultivating a Grassroots 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth Organization in BC
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $144,137Queer Yukon (Whitehorse, YT)
Project name: Safer Together: Combating Isolation, Discrimination and Anti-2SLGBTQIA+ Hate in Yukon Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $971,217Project name: All of Us Under the Rainbow: Building capacity to reach and support all 2SLGBTQIA+ Yukoners
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $546,604Rise Up Indigenous Wellness Society (Salmon Arm, BC)
Project name: Visionary Bridges: Embracing Two-Spirit Wisdom
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $156,000Sher Vancouver LGBTQ Friends Society (Delta, BC)
Project name: To develop a comprehensive survival guide for 2SLGBTQI+ people in Metro Vancouver and British Columbia
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $299,129Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour (Victoria, BC)
Project name: Reconciliation and Equity Voices: Empowering Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $465,191Surrey Pride Society (Surrey, BC)
Project name: Telling Our Stories: A Rainbow Oral History of Surrey, BC
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $60,374 -
Prairies
Metis Nation-Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, SK)
Project name: Community Based 2SLGBTQQIA+ Engagement
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $299,574Pride Winnipeg (Winnipeg, MB)
Project name: Increasing Our Reach: Recruiting an Executive Director, Building a Pride Network, & Increasing BIPOC Representation
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $96,145Queer and Trans Health Collective Society (Edmonton, AB)
Project name: Supporting Albertan Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists in Providing Trans Affirming Care
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $888,848Rainbow Resource Centre Inc. (Winnipeg, MB)
Project name: Queer Resistance: Empowering 2SLGBTQI+ Individuals and The Broader Community to Overcome Hate
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: Up to $774,341Saskatchewan Queer Mental Health Collective (Saskatoon, SK)
Project name: Building an Improved Mental Health Sector for Queer, Trans and Two Spirit People in Saskatchewan
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount:$726,360Project name: Strong Foundation for the Saskatchewan Queer Mental Health Collective
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $23,200Spark Your Pride (Vanscoy, SK)
Project name: Building Bridges from the Past to the Future
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $336,495West Flat Citizens Group Inc. (Prince Albert, SK)
Project name: Coming in Project
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $1,151,390 -
Ontario
Adornment Stories Collective (East York, ON)
Project name: Moving Our Stories
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $18,180African Centre for Refugees in Ontario Canada (Toronto, ON)
Project name: System and Capacity Growth and Enhancement for the African Centre for Refugees in Ontario Canada
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $110,933AIDS Committee of Toronto (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Employment ACCESS
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $52,092Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Trans Power Plus - engaging racialized trans communities to develop agency, resilience and leadership skills.
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $824,175Alphabet Sports Collective (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Making Space on the Ice for Everyone
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $443,150Black Queer Youth Collective (London, ON)
Project name: Black Queer Youth Collective Capacity Building Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $20,528CAAT – Community Alliance for Accessible Treatment (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Pathways to Queer & Trans Health Equity: Rainbow Resilience Project
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $723,738CANVAS Arts Action Programs (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Advancing Safety for Trans and Non-Binary Communities in the Peel and Toronto District School Boards
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $1,044,969Project name: CANVAS Arts Action Programs' Capacity Building Project to Increase Access to 2SLGBTQI+ Education
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $410,613Casey House Foundation (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Hosting a Trans Client/Peer Advisory Committee and Establishing a Trans Health Hub
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $180,100Centre33 (Kanata, ON)
Project name: Centre33 Capacity Building: Organization Incorporation/Registration and Knowledge Increase
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $25,000Cercle de Jeunes Rainbow (Pickering, ON)
Project name: Together for vulnerable persons
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $180,030Cultura - Where Expression can Thrive (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Developing an Organization where 2SLGBTQI+ Folklorists and Artisans can Thrive
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $22,400Elevate Equity (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Elevate Equity Organizational Capacity Building Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $342,800FrancoQueer (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Growth and Sustainability of FrancoQueer's Operational Capacity and Impact
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $440,893Project name: Training, demystification and empowerment project for the respect and inclusion of 2SLGBTQIA+ Francophones in Ontario
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $1,150,871Friends of Ruby (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Organizational-Wide Change Management to Adopt Technology, Enhance Work-Life Balance, and Improve Volunteer Engagement.
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $450,000Hamilton Trans Health Coalition Inc. (Hamilton, ON)
Project name: Increasing Capacity to Support Trans Wellness with Skills Development, Mentoring, Novel Partnership, and Shared Leadership
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $105,130LGBT YouthLine (Toronto, ON)
Project name: LGBT YouthLine's Capacity Building Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $204,680North Bay Pride (North Bay, ON)
Project name: Building Inclusive 2SLGBTQI+ Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $177,992Ontario Digital Literacy and Access Network (Toronto, ON)
Project Name: Digitally Empowering 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $405,901Out on the Shelf (Guelph, ON)
Project name: Transcendence Guelph-Wellington: 2SLGBTQIA+ Education and Empowerment Training and Resources
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $710,523Prism Strategic Planning (Milton, ON)
Project name: PRISM Strategic Planning
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $23,930Queer Toronto Literary Magazine (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Queer Toronto Literary Magazine Capacity Building
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $101,667Rainbow Coalition of Waterloo Region (Waterloo, ON)
Project name: Sustainability for 2SLGBTQIA+ Community Capacity-Building in Waterloo Region
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $133,458Rainbow Service Organization (Peterborough, ON)
Project name: Peterborough City and County 2SLGBTQIIA+ Community Needs Assessment and Next Steps Planning
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $145,350Rainbow Universel (Oshawa, ON)
Project name: Securing Our Legal Status to Strengthen Our Capacity
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $22,766Sault Pride (Sault Sainte Marie, ON)
Project name: Sault Pride Incorporation and Development
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $19,800Singing Out (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Singing for our lives - Singing Out's Framework Support Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $149,228SPECTRUM Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space (Kitchener, ON)
Project name: Increasing Spectrum's Capacity Through Fundraising and Development, and Training
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $112,111Stratford Pride Community Centre (SPCC) (Strantford, ON)
Project name: The Proud Community Project
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $166,505Thunder Pride Association (Thunder Bay, ON)
Project name: Building Connections within the 2SLGBTQI+ Communities of Northwest Ontario
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $69,368Toronto People With AIDS Foundation (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Creating a HIV/STBBI Hub for Black, Indigenous, Racialized and Marginalized 2SLGBTQI+ Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $450,000Toronto Queer Film Festival (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Medium- and Long-Term Governance, Transition, and Strategic Planning
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $366,931Trans Wellness Ontario (Windsor, ON)
Project name: Embracing Diverse Identities Project
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $221,094TransCare+ (Kingston, ON)
Project name: 2STGD Health and Wellness Capacity Building, Knowledge Enhancement, and Advocacy Planning Project
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $450,000Ubuntu - Black Trans, Non-Binary and 2Spirit Collective (Toronto, ON)
Project name: Creating Access and Capacity for Black 2STNB Community
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $24,980UPlift Black (Barrie, ON)
Project name: You Belong Here - UPlifting 2SLGBTQI+ newcomers from across the African Disapora across Canada
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $287,059
Project name: UPlifting UPlift Black: Strengthening Our Capacity to Serve BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities in Simcoe County
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $226,950WorQshop (Brantford, ON)
Project name: Strengthening WorQshop's sustainability and organizational capacity to ensure community building and advancement of 2SLGBTQIA+ equality
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $103,268York Pride Fest (Newmarket, ON)
Project name: York Region 2SLGBTQ+ Community Action Plan
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $299,490 -
Québec and Nunavut Region
AGIR: Action LGBTQ+ avec les immigrantEs et réfugiéEs (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Solidifying and strengthening work by-and-for LGBTQ+ migrants and refugees at AGIR Montreal
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $450,000Alliance Arc-en-ciel de Québec (Québec, QC)
Project name: Building and Consolidating the Capacity of the Alliance Arc-en-ciel de Québec
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $317,963Archives lesbiennes du Québec (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Preserving and disseminating Quebec lesbian history and culture
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $231,106Centre de solidarité lesbienne (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Launching the CSL of Tomorrow Together
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $149,996Coalition des groupes jeunesse LGBTQ+ (Montréal, QC)
Project name: LGBTQIA2+ Youth Leadership Development in Quebec
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $381,590Conseil québécois LGBT (Montréal, QC)
Project name: A How-to Guide for Making Employment Services More Inclusive of Sexual and Gender Diversity
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $477,509Divergenres (Québec, QC)
Project name: Towards a Better Understanding of Trans Rights
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount $225,547
Divers-Gens (Granby, QC)
Project name: Divers-Gens' Certified Allies
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $225,802Project name: Strategic Planning
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $134,453Diversité 02 (Chicoutimi, QC)
Project name: Diversity Clinic: Towards Integrated, Inclusive Health
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $318,248Project name: Consolidation of Diversité 02 in the region
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $207,207Espace LGBTQ+ (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Strategic and Philanthropic Planning for Espace LGBTQ+
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $330,000Euphorie dans le genre – Fierté trans (Montréal, QC)
Project name: From the Grassroots to a Non-profit: Phase 3 of Capacity Building and Mobilization for Euphorie
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $419,283Fondation Massimadi (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Raising the Profile of Afro-LGBTQ+ Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $232,080Gris-Québec (Québec, QC)
Project name: Governance and Collaboration – Committing to the 2SLGBTQIA+ Community
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $350,216LGBT Haute-Gaspésie (Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, QC)
Project name: Restructuring the governance and capacity building of the association LGBT Haute-Gaspésie
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $24,796Réseau des Lesbiennes du Québec (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Creating Inclusive Signposts: Promoting Visibility for Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Women and Non-binary People in Canada
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $234,868RÉZO, santé et mieux-être des hommes gais et bisexuels (Montréal, QC)
Project name: RÉZO: Optimizing GBQT+ Community Engagement to Better Serve Members
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $281,647TransEstrie (Sherbrooke, QC)
Project name: Bolstering Rights and Promoting Access to Healthcare for Gender-Diverse People
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $365,644Voulez-Vous Productions (Montréal, QC)
Project name: Consolidating our expertise and taking the time to meet
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $350,750 -
Atlantic
Alter Acadie NB (Moncton, NB)
Project name: Enhancing Equality for New Brunswick's 2SLGBTQIA+ Francophones in Healthcare, Education, and Arts and Culture
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $766,896Halifax Pride (Halifax, NS)
Project name: Advancing Organizational Equity Through Skills Building in QTBIPOC Communities
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $293,595PEERS Alliance (Charlottetown, PEI)
Project name: QuEARing Each Other: Collaboration for 2SLGBTQA+ Inclusion in PEI
Canada's Action Plan on Combatting Hate amount: $1,163,680Trans Support NL (St. John's, NL)
Project name: Trans Healthcare is Primary Healthcare: Gender Affirming Healthcare Settings Toolkit
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: $571,415Truro Pride Society (Truro, NS)
Project name: Framework Development for Knowledge and Resource Sharing Among Rural 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations
2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund amount: $335,797Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance (Halifax, NS)
Project name: Understanding the Complexities of 2SLGBTQQIA+ lives to Grow Safer Futures in Wabanaki Territory
2SLGBTQI+ Projects Fund amount: up to $1,196,211