Evaluation

Mapping and Assessing the Capacity of Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ Centres

The Mapping Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ Movement: Growth, Capacity, and Futures project was led by The Enchanté Network | Le Réseau Enchanté (TEN) in collaboration with the University of Saskatchewan’s Social Innovation Lab and Psystem. This project provides insight into the work of 2SLGBTQI+ community, education, and resource centres across Canada. It specifically focuses on their capacity, operations, governance, programming, and finances, and the impact of COVID-19 throughout the past few years.

Driving Transformational Change: A Funder's Guide to Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ Organizations

Chronic underfunding of 2SLGBTQ+ organizations hurts gender and sexually diverse people and demonstrates a missed opportunity for funders to drive equitable, intersectional, and sustainable change in order of everyone within the country, especially those who are the most marginalized, to exact their full potential. The funding landscape only changes at the hands of grantmakers and so this report is primarily directed at government funders, including federal, provincial, and municipal bodies. The recommendations are applicable to a broader audience, aiming to improve the funding processes and procedures of all grantmakers.

2STNBGN Perspectives on Access to Justice Report

JusticeTrans’ project 2STNBGN Perspectives on Access to Justice is a mixed-method research study. It seeks to understand Two Spirit, trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming (2STNBGN) people’s access to justice needs across Canada, with a particular focus on the barriers faced by 2STNBGN people within formal legal systems.

Queer Older Adults in Saskatchewan: A Needs Assessment and Community Report

This study was led by the Queer Seniors of Saskatchewan (QSoS), a non-profit organization for 2SLGBTQ+ older adults that focuses on improving the quality of life for queer older adults across the province. The collected data was provided to the Social Innovation Lab (SIL) on Gender and Sexuality at the University of Saskatchewan. SIL worked in collaboration with QSoS to develop this report.

Driving Transformational Change: A Funder’s Guide to Supporting 2SLGBTQI+ Organizations

2SLGBTQI+ organizations are systematically underfunded, despite offering crucial social services. To address these concerns, the Enchanté Network partnered with the Social Innovation Lab to author a paper outlining recommendations on how funders can make their grant-making process more accessible to 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

Ambit Pilot Evaluation

Ambit is a course on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in the workplace, delivered through a series of four modules. Ambit invites participants to consider diverse perspectives and to develop skills and behaviours that increase positive participation in society. The Social Innovation Lab was asked to assist with evaluating the pilot and moving the United Way toward being able to evaluate and monitor the program independently.