Team (in progress)
Project Director & Staff
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Janice Du Mont (she/her) | Director
Janice Du Mont is a senior scientist at Women's College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital and professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. She is a recognized leader internationally in research focused on gender-based violence, particularly in the context of those who are structurally marginalized.
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Sarah Daisy Kosa (she/her) | Research Associate
Daisy works as a research associate for the Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres. She holds a doctorate from McMaster University in health research methodology and provides administrative, methodological, and analytical support to the trans-LINK network’s research activities.
Trainees
Trainees
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Mechaela Alfonso (she/her)
MSW Student, Social Work, Carleton University
Co-developing e-learning curriculum for health and social service providers on IPV against TGD persons.
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Madelaine Coelho (she/her)
PhD Student, Sociology, University of Toronto
Co-leading regional activities and development of the trans-LINK Canada Network.
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Hannah Seo (she/her)
MSc Student, BioStatistics, McMaster University
Supporting development of the trans-LINK Canada national survey on gender-based violence against TGD persons.
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Danielle Toccalino (she/her)
Post Doctoral CIHR-IHSPR Health Systems Impact Fellow, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital
Co-leading interviews with TGD persons, examining their access to services and supports across Canada.
EDI Champions
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Gianni Lorello (he/him)
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto; 2SLGBTQIA+ Health Theme Lead, MD Program, University of Toronto
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Robin Mason (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Scientist, Women’s College Research Institute, Women’s College Hospital
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Notisha Massaquoi (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Health and Society, University of Toronto, Scarborough; Founder and Director, Black Health Equity Lab
Peer Leader Advisors
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Jordana Dallaire-Diaz (she/they)
West Coast
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Kit Hallett (she/her)
West Coast
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Jai Malowski (they/she)
Prairie Provinces
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Sav Jonsa (they/them)
Prairie Provinces
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O.G. Thorne (they/them)
Central Canada
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Sydney Brouillard-Coyle (ney/nem/nir)
Central Canada
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Reid Lodge (they/them)
Atlantic Provinces
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Sei Laroche-Tanguay (il/they)
Central Canada
Co-Applicants
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Cathy Carter-Snell (she/her)
Professor, Nursing Department, Mount Royal University
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Adam Davies (they/them)
Assistant Professor, Gender, Sexualities, and Social Change, University of Guelph
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Sheila Early (she/her)
Co-Founder and Past President, Canadian Forensic Nurses Association
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Aimee Falkenberg (she/her)
President, Canadian Forensic Nurses Association
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Sulaimon Giwa (he/him)
Associate Professor and Interim Dean of Social Work, Memorial University
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Brittany Jakubiec (they/them)
Director of Research, Egale
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Hannah Kia (she/her)
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia
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Sheila Macdonald (she/her)
Director, Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
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Jake Pyne (he/him)
Assistant Professor, School of Social Work, York University
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Annie Pullen Sansfaçon (she/her)
Professor, École de Travail Social, Université de Montréal
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Nadine Schuurman (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
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Chelsea Thacker (they/them)
Executive Director, Northern Mosaic
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Alexa Yakubovich (she/her)
Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Collaborators
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Nadjib Alamyar (he/him)
Senior Manager of Community Programs and Capacity Building Initiatives, Sherbourne Health
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James Ayodele (he/him)
Director, Department of Healthy Living, Municipality of Cambridge Bay
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Josie Baker (she/her)
Executive Director, P.E.E.R.S. Alliance
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Nikki Baldwin (she/they)
Executive Director, Planned Parenthood Newfoundland and Labrador Sexual Health Clinic
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Lena Betker (she/her)
Director of Community Engagement, Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
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Sommer Bousquet
Project Manager, 2Spirit Manitoba Inc.
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Jakkie Buckeridge (she/her)
Manager, Family Services Department, Indus Community Services
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Aaron Devor (he/him)
Chair of Transgender Studies, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria
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Carmel Farahbakhsh (they/them)
Executive Director, Youth Project
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Kimberley Floyd
CEO, Wellfort Bloom Clinic
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Sean Garcia (he/him)
Manager of Health Promotion & Prevention Programs, Moyo Health & Community Services
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Felix Gilliand (they/them)
Manager of Social Change, Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
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Meg Grudeski (she/her)
Psychologist, Ignite Counselling
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Marlene Ham (she/her)
Executive Director, Ontario Association of Interval & Transition Houses
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Ketsia Houde-McLennan (she/her)
Victim Support Coordinator, Sexualized Assault Response Team, Government of Yukon
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Kerrie Isaac (she/her)
Executive Director, Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan
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Sam Loppie (she/her)
Executive Director, Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
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Maureen Macleod Frazer (she/her)
Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Program Coordinator, Perth and Smith Falls District Hospital
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Sandra McKellar (she/her)
Executive Director, End Sexual Violence NL
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Ellie Neary (she/her)
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, Brightshores Health System
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Ashley Oakes (she/her)
Executive Director, PearlSpace
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Kelly Peck (she/her)
Executive Director, PEI Sexual Assault Centre
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Cindy Peternelj-Taylor (she/her)
Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan; Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Forensic Nursing
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Mary Picher (she/her)
Manager, Client Services, Lumenus Community Services
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Mitchell Rae Cousineau (he/him)
Executive Director, Project 10
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Haley Scott (she/her)
Co-Chief Executive Officer, Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services
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Skylar Sookpaiboon (they/them)
Education Coordinator, ARCH - HIV/AIDS Resources & Community Health
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Christine Taylor (she/her)
Program Manager, Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Treatment Centre of Waterloo Region at St. Mary’s General Hospital
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Michelle Turner (she/her)
Program Manager, Sioux Lookout Meno Yo Win Health Centre
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Rianne van Bruggen (she/her)
Senior Vice President, Northern Counselling and Therapeutic Services
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Debby Warren (she/her)
Executive Director, Ensemble Greater Grand Moncton
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Ayn Wilcox (she/her)
Executive Director, Klinic Community Health
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Jack Woodman (they/them)
Vice President Strategy, Quality, Risk & Privacy, Women’s College Hospital
Partners
National
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Canadian Forensic Nurses Association
Promotes evidence-based comprehensive health care across the spectrum of forensic nursing with an aim to prevent violence or reduce its consequences at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels.
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Egale
Dedicated to improving the lives of 2SLGBTQI people and enhancing the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education, awareness, and legal advocacy.
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Ending Violence Association Canada
Educates about and responds to gender-based violence, bringing together all of the sectors involved in the array of anti-violence issues for national dialogue and action, collaborating across provinces and territories to develop comprehensive and coordinated responses and best practices.
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Women and Gender Equality Canada
Works within the public sector to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression through the inclusion of people of all genders. Includes gender-based violence knowledge hub and an Indigenous Women’s Advisory Group.
West Coast (BC)
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ANKORS
Responds to the evolving needs of those living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C, and other blood borne pathogens. Fosters healthy, informed communities. Trans Connect Program offers community education workshops and support services for queer youth and adults.
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Atira Women's Resource Society
Works to end violence against women through direct, non-barrier service. Striving to increase awareness of the scope and impact of violence against diverse women and children in the community through projects like Stopping the Violence Counselling.
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Cowichan Women Against Violence
Provides counselling, advocacy, emergency shelter, community development, and education for every woman. Founded on principles of compassion, dignity, and confidentiality, aiming to support and empower all women and children affected by abuse.
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Nanaimo Family Life Association
Provides a range of services supporting resiliency and touching community, individuals, and families throughout all stages of life and across all backgrounds. Includes Indigenous-informed sexual assault response program and gender journeys support group for youth and adults.
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Pearl Space
Provides transitional housing, support, resources, and advocacy related to violence and abusive relationships with specialized outreach to TGD people.
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Prince George Sexual Assault Centre
Provides counselling and support services in a safe and supportive environment for individuals, families, and groups. Provides educational and support groups for survivors, as well as community work and outreach such as training services. Is the only sexual assault help centre north of Kamloops.
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Robson Valley Community Services
Works on strengthening all individuals, families, and communities by providing diverse programs and services, and by collaborating within a rural environment.
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Salal Sexual Violence Support Centre
The largest rape crisis centre in the BC provides support services to gender diverse and Indigenous sexual assault survivors who have shared experiences of gender marginalization (i.e., cis women and TGD people). Also provides community education and training.
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Shuswap Area Family Emergency Society
Provides safe, nonjudgmental services, including transitional housing, sexual assault support services, victim services, outreach, and community counselling related to intimate partner violence and other forms of abuse.
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Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser is one of the biggest universities in West Coast Canada and is at the forefront of innovative and solution-driven research. Dr. Schuurman’s work has assisted policy makers and service providers in making evidence-based decisions to improve the accessibility of health and other types of services (incl. for trauma survivors).
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Victoria Sexual Assault Centre
Under a feminist lens, works to end sexualized violence through healing, education, and prevention, with programs supporting sexual assault survivors including counselling, advocacy, and empowerment. Provides gender-inclusive care through individual crisis support services and a sexual assault response team (SART).
Prairie Provinces (AB, SK, MB)
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Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services
Providing leadership, coordination, and collaboration of frontline sexual assault services in Alberta through awareness and access work.
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Mount Royal University
Mount Royal University (MRU) is an undergraduate institution located in Calgary with an emphasis on community development and social wellbeing. Dr. Cathy Carter-Snell has extensive experience in curriculum development and supervises students from both MRU and University of Calgary.
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Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton
Provides a broad range of services for sexual assault survivors of any age, gender, sexual orientation, and background, as well as community education.
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OUTSaskatoon
Provides support services, 2SLGBTQ+ youth housing called PrideHome, and education on gender-based violence, two-spirit and queer identities, and research services through a harm reduction, culturally-informed, equity-seeking, and community-based approach.
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Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan
As the member association for agencies that provide intimate partner violence services across Saskatchewan, PATHS represents agencies who work on a daily basis with all women, men, and children who have experienced, perpetrated, or been exposed to violence in the home.
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Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan
Works provincially with front-line agencies, community partners, and governments to provide support and advocacy for sexual assault survivors.
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2Spirit Manitoba Inc.
Helps 2Spirit and Indigiqueer folks holistically improve their circumstances through providing awareness workshops, advocating to prevent homo/transphobia and other intersecting forms of discrimination, hosting community events, and partnering with other organizations and initiatives to enhance their services.
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Klinic Community Health Centre
Rooted in social justice values, provides a full range of health-related services from medical care to counselling, education, a specialty clinic for TGD persons, and a sexual assault crisis centre. Promotes health and quality of life for people of every age, background, ethnicity, gender identity, and socioeconomic circumstance.
Central Canada (ON, QC)
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Brightshores Health System
Provides care and shares resources on the supports available for all intimate partner violence and sexual assault survivors.
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
A global leader in paediatric health care and research, provides peer supports, resources, workshops, and training for LGBTQ2S+ communities and pediatric sexual assault care.
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ARCH - HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health
Provides programs, services, education, and supports to people living with, affected by, and at risk of HIV and AIDS, with specialized TGD healthcare and peer supports.
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Indus Community Services
Provides culturally appropriate, person-centred, anti-oppressive services to newcomers, families, women, and seniors, including employment, community development, and housing services, as well as engages with communities to better understand challenges faced by LGBTQ2S+ newcomers.
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Lumenus Community Services
Offers a broad range of high quality mental health, developmental, autism, and early years intervention services to children, youth, families, and individuals across Toronto, including mental health supports for Ontario LGBTQ2S+ children, youth, and families.
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METRAC Action on Violence
Addresses violence against women and youth through work with individuals, communities, and institutions to change ideas, actions, and policies with the goal of ending violence against women and youth. Partnered with Centre Francophone to lead a survey of intimate partner violence among TGD persons.
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Moyo Health & Community Services
Provides an array of stigma-free health promotion, education, social, and support services to diverse LGBTQ2S+ communities and those living with, most affected by, and at systemic risk of HIV/AIDS.
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Ontario Association of Interval and Transition Houses
A coalition of first stage emergency women's shelters, second stage housing organizations, and community-based women organizations, working towards ending violence through training, education, advocacy, research, public awareness, government relations, and knowledge translation.
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Ontario Network of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Treatment Centres
Provides leadership and support to 37 hospital-based sexual assault/domestic violence treatment centres across Ontario. Acts as a source of information and expertise about the health and forensic care of victims/survivors of violence.
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Perth & Smiths Falls District Hospital
Provides comprehensive care for all intimate partner violence and sexual assault survivors, community outreach, and education.
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Sherbourne Health Centre
A research catalyst, providing an array of health services, with expertise in addressing the physical, mental, and emotional needs of 2SLGBTQ people and their families and fostering networks to improve TGD healthcare. Rainbow Health Ontario project works to enhance healthcare services for genderqueer people. Host of Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ conference.
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Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre
Provides holistic community healthcare and, in partnership with community services, serves sexual assault and intimate partner violence survivors in First Nation communities and northern Ontario.
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St. Mary's General Hospital
Responds 24/7 to all sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and trafficking survivors. Partners with researchers to support training development.
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WellFort Community Health Services
Provides treatment/supports and ongoing preventative care for TGD clients, as well as holistic transition-related services. Bloom Clinic offers care and supports for individuals living with or at risk of Hepatitis C and HIV, including trans and gender diverse folks.
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Women's College Hospital
Creates an equitable integrated health care system for gender and sexual minorities, including training providers in trans-affirming care.
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Fondation Marie-Vincent
Supports children and adolescents who are victims of sexual violence by advocating for their needs and working to minimize service gaps by ensuring access. Helps to prevent violence through education and awareness and builds capacity by training professionals and supporting other organizations.
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Projet 10
Provides a meeting place, support services, and specific BIPOC and trans services, while advocating for LGBTQ2S+, intersex, and questioning youth in Montréal.
Atlantic Provinces (NB, NS, PEI, NL)
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ENSEMBLE Moncton
Through education and prevention programs, provides services that improve and support safe environments for LGBTQ2S+ persons, harm reduction, the quality of life for persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS, as well as helping to reduce the spread of HIV and other STIs.
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Sexual Violence New Brunswick
Provides information, support, and counselling to those affected by sexual violence (sexual assault, sexual harassment, child sexual abuse, and incest) and dating violence.
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Coverdale Justice Society
Works to improve access to justice for Nova Scotian women, girls, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and trans persons by preventing and addressing the causes and consequences of criminal justice involvement through innovation, collaboration, advocacy, and support.
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Dalhousie University
Dalhousie is one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities. Dr. Alexa Yakubovich’s interdisciplinary research program advances structural understandings of interpersonal violence and related health inequities, with a particular focus on intimate partner violence.
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Pride Health, Nova Scotia Health Authority
Works to improve access to safe, coordinated, comprehensive primary health care for 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals by providing mental health, addictions, and trans-affirming care, as well as sexually transmitted and blood borne infection testing and treatment, referrals to community resources, and educational programming.
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Youth Project
Provides support and services to youth 25 and under around issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. Focuses on the safety and health of LGBTQ2S+ youth through education and community development.
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P.E.E.R.S Alliance
Supports those living with and at risk for HIV, Hep C, and all sexually transmitted infections in PEI by offering a variety of programs and services targeted to diverse communities and using diverse strategies to engage with audiences on sexual health, harm reduction, sexual orientation, and gender identity
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PEI Rape & Sexual Assault Crisis Centre:
Provides a range of support services for all sexual assault survivors including trauma therapy groups for indigenous, BIPOC, and 2SLGBTQ+ survivors, as well as community education and advocacy on sexual assault.
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End Sexual Violence NL
Leads the province in supporting all sexual assault survivors through empowerment, advocacy, and awareness initiatives such as accompaniment programs, safe harbour outreach, legal support, and a 24-hour information and support line.
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Planned Parenthood Newfoundland & Labrador Sexual Health Centre
Promotes positive sexual health and facilitates LGBTQ2S+ inclusion through education, community partnerships, information, and services within an environment that supports and respects individual choice.
Northern Territories (YK, NT, NU)
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Ignite Counselling
A private-sector organization that supports policy change and provides counselling to persons across Yukon, including those who are trans.
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Queer Yukon Society
Supports, promotes, and organizes events and safe spaces for the LGBTQ2S+ community and allies. Provides workshops, programs, and community conventions on topics including gender-based violence, housing insecurity, and gender marker/name changing.
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Sexualized Assault Response Team, Government of Yukon
An initiative of the Yukon government that provides health provider training and a network of services for sexual assault survivors, including LGBTQ2S+ and Yukon First Nations people.
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Northern Mosaic
Strives to make communities in the Northwest Territories a safer, more open, more knowledgeable place for all 2SLGBTQIPA+ people and their allies by providing support services, resources, community programming, and workshops and training.
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Northern Counselling and Therapeutic Services
A private sector group of professionals that provides counselling and consulting services in the areas of policy, program development, training and organizational reform, research, and evaluation across Canada’s Northern Regions.
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Cambridge Bay Wellness Centre
Provides a wide range of educational programming and counselling services related to addiction, violence–including gender-based and family violence–and health. Offers support programs for former residential school students and their families.
Past Staff and Trainees
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Taha Arshad (he/him)
Project Coordinator, 2023