The Siksikaitsitapi Agriculture Project is an equity diversity and inclusion project run by Rural Routes to Climate Solutions connecting Blackfoot agricultural producers and traditional harvesters with traditional knowledge, resources, and peers to engage with and implement culturally-appropriate agricultural climate solutions i.e. they align with Blackfoot culture . The project also explores how these solutions can support community health and food security within the Blackfoot Confederacy.
The Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services (iSMSS) at the University of Alberta is creating a Calgary location of our CHEW OUTpost Emergency Shelter for 2SLGBTQ+ youth. Through this frontline support centre (iSMSS) can provide lifesaving essential services and supports to unhoused and street involved youth while also created a place for them to belong. At the OUTpost, youth can rest. eat, shower, do laundry, connect and access support services.
The Western Muslim Initiative (WMI) is building the capacity of its organization and long term sustainability. The WMI is serving the community by expanding current programming that fosters creative collaboration, community, artistic expression, and spiritual and mental well-being.
This project aims to strengthen the Women s Centre internal capacity to be an inclusive place for Indigenous and Racialized women to work volunteer and get services. We will do this by building relationships with Indigenous and racialized communities creating an intentional Reconciliation and Anti-Racism strategy integrating this in all organizational processes and procedures to ensure equitable practices and ensuring there are pathways for input into all aspects of the organization.
WCS Canada’s Alberta Community Bat Program protects bats through public outreach, training and working with communities to address conservation challenges. WCS Canada has developed two initiatives to expand the reach and impact of this project. 1) an online training platform for those working around bats and 2) an initiative to document, describe and monitor bats using bridges. Together these projects will result in significant improvements in how bats are managed in the Calgary region.
A community event to celebrate grassroots leadership in the neighbourhood and inspire more
A community event to introduce students to careers in medicine, health, and STEM
Adult LINC student volunteers will work with their peers and a local artist to create two murals to celebrate the return to community life
A video creation project by seniors from various African and Caribbean communites to connect across shared and diverse life experiences
Black women and their supporters gather success stories and concerns to discuss with Calgary’s mayor at a participatory event