Reports, Guides & Toolkits

Empowering 2SLGBTQIA+ Workers in Energy

Empowering 2SLGBTQIA+ Workers in Energy is a result of community-led research aiming to translate worker testimony into actionable steps to advance 2SLGBTQIA+ rights and inclusion that employers in the energy sector can implement on the frontline – not just in the corporate office. This research is part of a larger project funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada and will be accompanied by a practical toolkit that can be used in workplaces across the sector to cultivate safer and more inclusive environments for 2SLGBTQIA+ workers.

Advancing Equity for 2SLGBTQIA+ Workers in Canada with the Employment Equity Act

This policy brief, prepared by Pride at Work Canada and the Enchanté Network, calls for long-overdue updates to Canada’s Employment Equity Act. Despite over 50 years of advocacy, 2SLGBTQIA+ workers remain excluded from the Act’s protections, leaving them underrepresented in data and equity initiatives, and facing persistent barriers such as wage gaps, precarious work, and higher unemployment.

The brief highlights the costs of this exclusion for both workers and employers, and provides clear recommendations to ensure 2SLGBTQIA+ people are recognized as a designated group. It also calls for stronger intersectional data, secure workforce reporting, and meaningful transparency.

Progress on blood donations for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities

Emergency Messaging Guide

This resource equips our Proud Partner network with clear, proactive strategies to navigate current challenges and counter the rising anti-gender movement. Grounded in human rights law, it provides tools to combat misinformation, protect queer and trans employees, and foster safe, inclusive workplaces where everyone can thrive without fear.

Lead with Pride: Best Practices for Advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ Leadership

This resource features an analysis of the career pathways and experiences of queer and trans leaders, as well as the workplace practices of private, public, and non-profit sector employers, to establish an understanding of the barriers, supports, and opportunities for queer and trans professionals to reach leadership positions in Canada.

Know Your Rights: A Guide for LGBTQ2+ Employees

This resource is a guide for 2SLGBTQIA+ workers who are seeking information about their rights in the workplace, are uncertain whether they have experienced discrimination at work, or are looking for ways to hold their employers accountable.

Transitioning Employers: A survey of policies and practices for trans inclusive workplaces

The Transitioning Employer report shows how organizations can invest in building a future where all people, including all trans and gender non-conforming individuals, have safe and affirming workplaces. The report is available in English and French.

Hiring Across All Spectrums: A Report on Broadening Opportunities for LGBTQ2+ Jobseekers

Hiring Across All Spectrums provides insight into the crucial steps many employers are missing when creating inclusive environments and equitable hiring practices.

Beyond Diversity: An LGBT Best Practices Guide for Employers

This Pride at Work Canada guide, produced with the support of Great Place to Work in 2017, presents the top twelve strategies to meet the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ people in the workplace.

Building the evidence base about economic, health and social inequities faced by LGBTQ2S-Plus individuals in Canada

The reports present findings from the project Building the evidence base about economic, health, and social inequities faced by LGBTQ2S+ individuals in Canada. The study has found persistent earnings gaps and other inequities experienced by lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals (LGB) in comparison with heterosexual men; outcomes for bisexual-identified people were consistently the poorest. Ongoing data gaps in Canada limit our understanding of the full LGBTQ2S+ community.

Creating Authentic Spaces: A Gender Identity and Gender Expression Toolkit

The Creating Authentic Spaces toolkit is part of community efforts to challenge transphobia and to foster environments that are inclusive of gender identity and gender expression. People who identify as trans often experience barriers to accessing necessary services due to discrimination or harassment based on their gender identity and gender expression. The toolkit is available in English and French.

The Micropedia of Microaggressions

The Micropedia of Microaggressions is a comprehensive tool to learn about microaggressions through definitions, information and real-world examples from culture, media, and daily interactions. Each entry explains why the microaggression is harmful in an easy-to-understand, judgement-free way.