Accessibility Action Plan
Making health resources, services, and information more accessible for the 2SLGBTQIA+ community
Many of the community members QTHC serves experience challenges accessing health information, resources, and services integral to their health and well-being because of institutional barriers. These barriers exclude marginalized folks and are created by systemic racism, xenophobia, ableism, settler-colonialism, cissexism, transphobia, heterosexism, and homophobia. This dynamic can seriously threaten the health and well-being of individuals and their communities.
QTHC firmly believes that access to adequate health information, resources, and services is a right and that all community members deserve safe access to health care. Our goal is to provide the best support possible to 2S/LGBTQIA+ folks in accessing and navigating health care services by providing helpful health information and acting as advocates for 2S/LGBTQIA+ folks in the Alberta health care system.
As QTHC continues to grow and serve a greater number of 2S/LGBTQIA+ community members, we’ve developed an Accessibility Action Plan to ensure the perspectives of a diverse range of 2S/LGBTQIA+ individuals in Edmonton are included, especially those most vulnerable to barriers to health care services and information.
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The Accessibility Action Plan is based on findings discovered through various community consultations. Our goals are to explore, define, and enhance access to health services and resources for 2S/LGBTQIA+ people through consultation and inclusion of perspectives of the people this organization is made of, by, and for.
We aim to achieve a reality where all 2S/LGBTQIA+ folks feel able to engage with QTHC’s education, programming, and services in a safe, inclusive, and meaningful way. This plan is a starting point for improving accessibility. As we evolve as a community-based organization, our approach to improving accessibility will evolve as well.
Please contact us with any suggestions and feedback for increasing accessibility for all members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community.
A more detailed report of these findings can be requested by contacting connect@ourhealthyeg.ca. We ask you respect the integrity of the data provided by our community members and acknowledge the contributions of the QTHC where appropriate.
