13Feb

Statement to our Proud Partners

February 13, 2025 editor 40

To our Proud Partners, I’m reaching out to you, our valued network, because our community is in crisis. The anti-gender movement is intensifying its attacks on queer and trans people in Canada. For weeks, I’ve been hearing from employees across the country. Some are concerned, others terrified. Your leadership as a Proud Partner has never been more vital. As an employer committed to human rights, reaffirming your place in our network is essential because: Human rights are non-negotiable. These are legal obligations, not optional corporate values. Proactively taking steps to reinforce human rights goes a long way to prevent anti-queer...

21Dec

LGBTQI+ and Allied Civil Society Statement – Global Refugee Forum

December 21, 2023 editor 114

Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada joined the collective voices of +75 civil society groups calling on states to create more dedicated pathways and programs to help LGBTQI+ people who are at risk of persecution, including humanitarian and development funding and resettlement pathways. This initiative is led by Rainbow Railroad and happened at the Global Refugee Forum 2023, which took place from December 13 – 15, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. Rainbow Railroad and the +75 civil society organizations invite you to amplify our collective statement by sharing it across your social media platforms and network. Read the full letter below or visit...

19Dec

Our whole world is full of possibilities!

December 19, 2023 editor 108

Friends, looking back at 2023’s headlines you can see it’s been a difficult year. The support our community has come to count on from corporations is waning. Coordinated and resourced actors are advancing their efforts to segregate us from society. Sometimes it feels like our movement has lost ground that it will be impossible to win back. But those are the headlines. The milestones celebrated by my 2SLGBTQIA+ colleagues this year tell different stories. One became married to her longtime partner, something that was impossible in Canada as recently as 2005. One became an adoptive parent with his husband, which...

28Jun

Addressing Discriminatory Ugandan Law

June 28, 2023 editor 158

On June 15, Pride at Work Canada/Fierté au travail Canada joined the collective voices of 170 civil society groups from around the world to send a letter to The World Bank President, Ajay Banga, calling on him to lead specific, concrete, and timely actions in response to Uganda’s Abhorrent Anti-Homosexuality Law 2023 that is in force and leaving in its wake devastating consequences. Read the full letter below or download it using the link. Urgent World Bank Action Should Address Discriminatory Ugandan Law 170 Groups Call on the New World Bank President to Defend the Importance of Inclusive Economic Development (Kampala/New York, June...

28Nov

Solidarity with the Revolutionary Movement in Iran – Women, Life, Freedom

November 28, 2022 Contractor 173

Pride at Work Canada stands in solidarity with the brave women in Iran who are leading a revolutionary movement and fighting for their basic human rights and liberation. This movement has been sparked by the murder of 22-year-old Iranian-Kurdish woman, Mahsa Jina Amini, by Iran’s “morality police” after she was arrested for allegedly not wearing her hijab (head scarf) correctly. Since the tragic death of Amini, brave protestors have been peacefully demonstrating to demand for the fall of the repressive regime of Iran, the Islamic Republic. This is a mass intersectional revolutionary movement that includes women, youth, LGBTQIA+ communities, ethnic...

30Sep

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation & Orange Shirt Day

September 30, 2021 editor 186

Over the past several months, many of us have been closely following the tragic discovery of the remains of almost two thousand First Nations children across Canada, not including the documented deaths in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Reports. This development prompted the creation of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. September 30 is now a federal statutory holiday honouring the lost children and Survivors of Residential Schools, their families and communities. This day presents an opportunity for all Canadians to have meaningful discussions about the legacy of Residential Schools and to take action by directly supporting Residential School...

17Jun

National Indigenous Peoples Day

June 17, 2021 editor 145

This Monday, June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day. That this day takes place during Indigenous History Month and Pride Month is of great significance to the communities Pride at Work Canada serves, which include Two-Spirit, Indigiqueer and LGBTQ+ Indigenous people. This year these concurrent celebratory months take place following the tragic discovery by the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation of the remains of 215 First Nations children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School. For Indigenous people in Canada the orange shirt is a symbol of the residential school survivor Phyllis Jack Webstad. She shared her story of having...