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This January, we're sharing with you: Egale’s dementia resources, a legal update in Alberta, new webinars, and more.
| | | Honouring Alzheimer’s Awareness Month January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month in Canada, an opportunity for everyone to learn more about dementia and its profound impact on those living with and supporting those with dementia.
The Canadian healthcare system isn’t equipped for many in the 2SLGBTQI community who get dementia. We might get equal care, but it’s often not up to par or inclusive of our specific needs.
Let's change the way 2SLGBTQI people with dementia are treated. To learn how, use Egale’s dementia related resources and attend our free webinar, Help
Us Remain: Understanding and Supporting 2SLGBTQI Experiences with Dementia, to gain practical tools and strategies for delivering identity-affirming, inclusive care for 2SLGBTQI people living with dementia. | | | | | The Injunction Against Bill 26 has been Lifted Despite our best efforts, the Government of Alberta was able to bring an end to the injunction against Bill 26 on the basis of its use of the notwithstanding clause. This is not a total ban: some categories of youth will remain eligible to receive puberty blockers and hormones.
The fight in Alberta isn’t over. Egale Canada and Skipping Stone, represented by lawyers from McCarthy Tétrault LLP, are continuing legal action against
the Government of Alberta, challenging the constitutionality of Bill 26 on new grounds.
We are fighting for a society where all people are able to live authentic and full lives.
Stay up to date on this legal challenge here | | | | | Egale Canada’s 2025 Impact Report Your allyship and support matters. Together, we are helping to inform significant changes to policies, programs, and legislation that affect the everyday experiences and freedoms of 2SLGBTQI people and communities.
Despite many challenges and rising anti-2SLGBTQI hate, we were able to achieve great things in 2025, made possible thanks to so many generous supporters. To learn more about the impact we made in 2025, please read our 2025 Impact Report.
We look forward to what we can achieve for 2SLGBTQI communities, together, this year and beyond.
Be part of our history and please donate today to help us build on our impact! | | |
| | Bring 2SLGBTQI Workplace Inclusion into the New Year Start
the new year with inclusion in mind with Egale Canada's 2SLGBTQI Workplace Inclusion training.
According to a recent global survey by Out Leadership, 92% of LGBTQ+ talent consider a company’s reputation on LGBTQ+ inclusion when job seeking.
When organizations invest in inclusive training, it benefits everyone and helps create representative workplaces
that attract diverse talent, while minimizing attrition costs and enhancing organizational identity.
Contact us to book your training today at: [email protected] | | | | | |
Understand and Counter Mis/Dis/Malinformation The rise in anti-2SLGBTQI and specifically anti-trans hate is directly linked to the spread of misinformation, disinformation, and malinformation (MDM).
To counter this, Egale has created resources and explainers
to empower everyone with the knowledge they need to have informed conversations on complex issues and topics related to 2SLGBTQI communities, including how to recognize, understand, and respond effectively to harmful misinformation and disinformation used against 2SLGBTQI communities.
Access our free MDM resources here | | |
| | Research Spotlight: Coming Out and Coming in to Living with Dementia In Egale's and the National Institute on Ageing's research report, Coming Out and Coming in to Living with Dementia, we found that 2SLGBTQI communities who experienced social inequities (e.g., due to systems of homophobia, transphobia, biphobia, and racism) are at a higher risk of premature cognitive decline, including dementia.
This report provides specific action-oriented recommendations to enhance support for 2SLGBTQI people living with dementia and their primary unpaid carers.
Read the full report here |
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| | | Egale Canada
120 Carlton Street, Suite 217 | Toronto, Ontario M5A 4K2
416-964-7887 | [email protected]Egale works to improve the lives of 2SLGBTQI people in Canada and to enhance the global response to 2SLGBTQI issues. Egale achieves this by informing public policy, inspiring cultural change, and promoting human rights and inclusion through research, education and community engagement.
Our vision is a Canada, and ultimately a world, without homophobia, biphobia, transphobia, and all other forms of oppression so that every person can achieve their full potential, free from hatred and bias. |
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