Health Equity Alliance of Nova Scotia

Published purpose

Through this 30-month project, the Health Equity Alliance of Nova Scotia (HEAL NS) will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. ACNS will address increasing its own 2SLGBTQI+ capacity generally, but especially queer women’s communities not traditionally served, and transgender communities for whom they recently began developing targeted programming. It will address intersectionality regarding cultural competency and safety for ACNS to be better able to serve Indigenous, racialized, and new immigrant, and disabled individuals and community members. The project will include a provincial 2SLGBTQIA+ Health and Healthcare Access Needs Survey, designed to clarify existing patterns and challenges to inform future programs and initiatives, the development of capacity and resources for a future 2SLGBTQIA+ Cultural Competency Training Program for healthcare workers, the strengthening of IT technical expertise to better utilize web and social resources, and the building of a robust fund development capacity to support future work.