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Background:
The Dismantling Racism and Hate Act mandated OEA to develop a provincial equity and anti-racism strategy to address systemic hate, inequity, and racism. The Equity and Anti-Racism Strategy, released in July of 2023, responded to feedback from the following communities:
Mi’kmaw and Persons of Indigenous Descent
African Nova Scotians and Persons of African Descent
2SLGBTQIA+ Community
Gender Diverse Communities
Newcomers (Immigrants and Refugees)
Faith-based Communities
Persons with Disabilities
As OEA worked to develop the Strategy, it became clear that a more in-depth, collaborative approach was needed to address the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ community through the development of a dedicated action plan. The strategy committed OEA as the government lead to work with community over the next year to develop an action plan to address needs identified by the community.
Action Plan:
The upcoming action plan will be an all-of-government, five-year action plan. OEA will be engaging with members of community to learn about specific concerns facing 2SLGBTQIA+ Nova Scotians and identify what the Provincial Government can do to support the community.
Follow this page for updates as times and locations are announced for engagement.
Background:
The Dismantling Racism and Hate Act mandated OEA to develop a provincial equity and anti-racism strategy to address systemic hate, inequity, and racism. The Equity and Anti-Racism Strategy, released in July of 2023, responded to feedback from the following communities:
Mi’kmaw and Persons of Indigenous Descent
African Nova Scotians and Persons of African Descent
2SLGBTQIA+ Community
Gender Diverse Communities
Newcomers (Immigrants and Refugees)
Faith-based Communities
Persons with Disabilities
As OEA worked to develop the Strategy, it became clear that a more in-depth, collaborative approach was needed to address the needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ community through the development of a dedicated action plan. The strategy committed OEA as the government lead to work with community over the next year to develop an action plan to address needs identified by the community.
Action Plan:
The upcoming action plan will be an all-of-government, five-year action plan. OEA will be engaging with members of community to learn about specific concerns facing 2SLGBTQIA+ Nova Scotians and identify what the Provincial Government can do to support the community.
Follow this page for updates as times and locations are announced for engagement.
From August-December 2023, OEA researched the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, completed a jurisdictional scan of other Action Plans for the community across Canada, and held conversations across government to better understand the current landscape for the community.
Engagement
2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan is currently at this stage
OEA will be engaging with community to determine specific, tangible concerns and actions they would like to see throughout the plan.
Engagement Reporting
this is an upcoming stage for 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan
OEA will develop a "What We Heard" document to report on what was discussed by community through community engagement, and will work with government departments to determine what can be added to the Action Plan.
Action Plan Development
this is an upcoming stage for 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan
OEA will work with government departments to develop and release the Provincial 2SLGBTQIA+ Action Plan.
