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Funded 2021-2022
Understanding organizational responses in Edmonton to reports of hate crimes and/or incidents from the perspective of those reporting is a study that aims to describe the experiences of people who have reported hate crimes and/or incidents.
The research questions are:
What are the experiences of people who report hate crimes and/or incidents to organizations (e.g.,. police, social agencies, workplaces) in Edmonton?
How do individuals who have reported hate crimes and/or incidents experience organizational responses to these reports?
What are the implications of these experiences for organizations that respond to hate crimes and/or incidents?
From Funding Recipient:
"I want to express my sincere gratitude to the Alberta Public Interest Research Group for funding the compensation of research participants in a community-based study looking to understand the experiences of people who have reported hate crimes or incidents to organizations in Edmonton. It is my hope and the hope of my research partners that more knowledge in this area can inform the service delivery of organizations that receive reports of hate crimes and incidents. APIRG's support helped make this research a reality!"
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Funded 2021-2022
The Queer Agenda is a recurring zine publication looking to give a platform to queer voices. They exist to uplift and promote voices from the community and want to educate their audience on experiences different from their own, and show their own experiences so they feel supported and not alone. The goal of this project at its inception was to produce something for our community to showcase the lives and experiences of queer people.
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Funded 2021-2022
Students for Consent Culture Canada (SFCC) is an organization dedicated to supporting intersectional and grassroots anti-sexual violence advocacy and activism on campuses across Canada by serving as a hub of resources, tools, and institutional memory for students to engage with.
SFCC is planning a Speaker Series of free, accessible, educational virtual talks centering issues of gender-based violence prevention and survivor support. Speakers and panelists will include experts, activists, and those with lived experience on topics such as: sexualized violence and the law, creating communities of accountability, community care, supporting survivors through reporting processes, accessible protest organizing, disability justice, and more. This project is entirely student-led, for students.
Visit the SFCC website to learn more and keep in touch with SFCC on facebook & instagram!
https://www.sfcccanada.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SFCCCanada
https://www.instagram.com/sfcccanada/
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Funded 2021-2022
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Funded 2021-2022
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Funded 2021-2022
La Connexional’s Adult Swimming Program is an individualized and accessible swimming program designed to help adults learn how to be safe in the water and how to swim. It is primarily designed to create an accessible and safe space for BIPOC folks to acquire swimming skills.
https://laconnexional.com/lasp/
La Connexional is a community focused social enterprise expanded to a creative consulting agency led by UAlberta alumni and current UAlberta students.
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Funded 2021-2022
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Funded 2021-2022
How To Get A Thigh Gap is a multimedia project by Nisha Patel (she/her) and Bree Meiklejohn (she/her). Nisha Patel is an artist specializing in poetry and spoken word was the 2019-2021 City of Edmonton Poet Laureate. Nisha’s work explores themes including disability and ableims, illness, identity and race, and her life as a queer South Asian woman. Bree is a University of Alberta student studying English and Creative Writing who writes to themes of marginalization, including fatphobia and sexism, mental illness and disability, and works towards using her artistic work to explore social justice and the role of the arts in achieving it.
The multimedia photo/poetry series, How to Get A Thigh Gap, will articulate systemic fatphobia through creatively rewriting the WikiHow Article “How to Get a Thigh Gap” (writing and illustration laden with fatphobia), and replacing the illustrations with self-taken photos exploring fat joy in a fat body.
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Funded 2021-2022
The Everyday Harm Reduction Online Zine is an online semi-instructional zine about what harm reduction is and how one can incorporate harm reduction principles. They aim to fight stigmas associated with the current and ongoing opioid crisis which disproportionately affects QTBIPOC+ folks, with different groups of people needing to cope with differential traumas inflicted by intersecting sources of oppression.
The zine will incorporate research on addiction and harm reduction practices and illustrations and writings from local artists.
This project is led by Alexa Bender. https://www.instagram.com/penance_art/
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Funded 2021-2022
The Black Pharmacy Students’ Association (BPSA) aims to increase Black representation and engagement in the pharmacy profession, and provide a safe space for Black pharmacy students, empower them, and create a strong and extensive network.
Effect of Racism and Micro-aggressions on Mental and Physical Health: A focus on Black Healthcare Students and Professionals is a virtual talk by Dr. Nnorom who will be dissecting how anti-Black oppression presents itself within many health sciences programs, including pharmacy.
From Funding Recipient(s):
"On behalf of the Black Pharmacy Students' Association (BPSA), University of Alberta, I would like to thank you for sponsoring our webinar, "(in)Tolerance & Pain: Brown Skin, White Coats, and Micro-aggressions. Through your generous contribution, we raised awareness about the harmful effects of anti-Black racism on Black healthcare students and professionals. The event was very impactful, and we had an excellent discourse on the topic in question, how it relates to other racialized students, and how Faculty and leaders can take concrete steps to support Black, Indigenous, and other students of color.
In addition, BPSA was able to fulfill our goal to advocate for safe spaces for Black pharmacy students, staff, and the community, and this would not have been possible without your support. Your partnership has moved us a step closer to tackling systemic issues and dismantling oppressive systems in academia, specifically pharmacy and medical education, and workplaces in healthcare systems.
We appreciate your support for this event, and we look forward to more opportunities for partnership in the future"
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Funded 2021-2022
The Creative Writing Club is a student group whose mission is to provide a social space for students interested in writing at the University of Alberta to network, learn, and practice their craft in a supportive environment.
The Creative Writing Club Anthology is a publication of student- and/or alumni written and edited fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and flash fiction. The Anthology aims to provide the university community with a creative publishing opportunity that is accessible to all kinds of writing, regardless of style, topic or past publishing experience. Additionally, this project seeks to include voices that are underrepresented in the Canadian literary world, including those of women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+2S, neurodiverse, and disabled writers.
Keep in touch with the Creative Writing Club on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/TheCrWUofA/
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Funded 2021-2022
Anakbayan Alberta is a grassroots non-profit Filipino youth organization in Alberta.
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Funded 2021-2022
All Y’All Calendar, an astrology calendar for prairie queers and gender-bending BIPOC cowboys.
Salem (they/them) is a multimedia story-teller, astrologer and an amiskwacîwâskahikan-based prairie boy, Born and barely raised in small-town Alberta, they have loudly declared amiskwacîwâskahikan their soul’s muse. Salem’s vision of the prairies paints it as the backdrop to the stories of flourishing black and indigenous creatives. Their work as an emerging filmmaker and digital media artist works to elevate narratives that centre the stories, aesthetics and values of QTBIPOC and BIPOC artists. Salem’s artistic practice and mission is fueled by astrology, Afrofuturism, and Emergent Strategy practices.
In 2021 Salem launched project the All Y’All Calendar, an astrology calendar for prairie queers and gender-bending BIPOC cowboys.
“The ultimate spirit of this project is to foster a creative space where Black, Indigenous, and creatives of colour of all bodies can access experience on a photoshoot that celebrates decolonizing what it means to be a cowboy. Queer and racialized people aren’t commonly associated with Western wear, cowboy lifestyles, and gritty plains that are so emblematic of Alberta and the Prairies. This project inserts these people and histories into the contemporary narrative of what it means to be an Albertan.”
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Funded 2021-2022
Ubuntu-Mobilizing Central Alberta is a registered non profit with an engaging youth council that is made up of high school and university students. We focus on equity, justice, solidarity and providing access for Black people and other communities that have been historically marginalized in central Alberta. Our mission statement is to act as a bridge and connect communities through advocacy and community building. We have completed numerous projects which focused on gender equity, queer representation, diversity, community advocacy and community engagement.
In response to food insecurity in central Alberta amongst historically marginalized communities Ubuntu started the All Spoons Project to share skills and resources for participants to learn how to start and maintain a garden.
Visit their website to learn more: https://ubuntualberta.com/
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Funded 2020-2021, 2021-2022
From Organizer(s):
"Thank you for your support, APIRG! It made it possible for us to test out an idea, and develop the pilot issue of Hungry Zine! We were able to work with 16 contributors, a designer, and pay for printing, thanks to your support!"
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Funded 2019-2020, 2021-2022
From Event Organizer:
The 2019-2020 Centre for Autism Student Association Annual Conference is a virtual educational conference that will examine the unique challenges that individuals on the spectrum may face when transitioning to different stages of life, the supports that are already available, and what still needs to be addressed.
"The 2019-2020 Centre for Autism Alberta Students’ Association (CFASA) executive team thanks APIRG for their generosity, support and partnership in our 4th annual symposium. The organization contributed to the promotion and facilitation of our event. "
