Power in Numbers: National Research
In 2019, we launched the second national survey on inclusion in Canadian secondary schools. The first survey which resulted in the Every Class in Every School report, showed alarming rates of homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in Canada’s high schools. With the results of the second survey, we will be able to see, for the first time, how inclusion has shifted over the last decade for LGBTQI2S youth in high school. In the new year we also look forward to doing national scale research to look at the unique issues facing LGBTQI2S seniors. Learn More Legal Advocacy
In 2019 we saw some incredible achievements for LGBTQI2S rights and inclusion in Canada. Legal advocacy has long been a part of our history at Egale and an area of our work that we remain dedicated to. This year alone, Egale intervened in two provincial court cases and one Supreme Court of Canada case, resulting in important legislative reform benefiting our community. This brings Egale’s total supreme court interventions to 13, with a 100% success rate. Learn More OUTShine 2019 and LGBTQI2S Youth
Earlier this year, we held the 4th national OUTShine Summit, bringing together over 400 LGBTQI2S students, allies and educators in Fredericton, New Brunswick for three days of workshops, inspirational keynotes, and a Queer Prom! OUTShine provides our future leaders with the skills, network, and confidence to create safer spaces in their schools, campuses, and future workplaces. Learn More Egale Youth Services and Egale Centre
We recently launched a new organization, Friends of Ruby, which was many years in the making since we opened Egale Youth OUTreach in 2014 and launched the capital campaign to build Egale Centre in 2015. Friends of Ruby is now an independent registered charity that provides direct services to LGBTQI2S homeless youth through the drop-in and counselling centre, and soon through the transitional and emergency housing facility. Learn More International
Working with the international community is a deeply important component of our mission at Egale. Through our partnerships and memberships with networks like TCEN (The Commonwealth Equality Network), ILGA and more, we are able to collaborate, work with, support, and learn from our international LGBTQI community. We look forward to doing more international police and judiciary training following past work in St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Montenegro. Learn More In addition to the above, we continue to be a leading voice for LGBTQI2S rights in Canada. In the past year, Egale has focused on the inclusion and rights of LGBTQI2S seniors who suffer from a multitude of unique challenges when it comes to ageing. We have stood loudly and strongly with the intersex community to advance basic human rights that have been established and recognized by international governing bodies such as the UN, and which Canada is failing to adhere to. We've also striven to create more inclusive spaces for LGBTQI2S people in sports and recreation in Canada through partnerships and engagement with global forums such as the WHO. Lastly, I’m sure you’ve noticed our new look! Our brand refresh was created to welcome people in who are seeking to improve and who are looking for ways to create a Canada and a world that embraces everyone for who they are. Please consider supporting our work with a monthly donation today. We are extremely excited to continue building upon our work in 2020 and beyond with important, relevant, and much needed research projects in the areas of gender-based violence, trans un/under employment and workplace inclusion, sports inclusion, and intersex. And sticking with our legal roots, we’re building a training program specifically for legal aid clinics and the legal industry across the country as well as seeking legal reform to ban conversion therapy and provide protection for intersex infants and children, nationally. We sincerely couldn’t do it without you and we greatly appreciate your dedicated support! Best wishes for the holiday season from our team at Egale! | 
With the holidays coming into full swing, we want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season and thank you all for another incredible year! We’ve seen some great achievements in 2019 including everything from being 
