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• Understanding organizational responses in Edmonton to reports of hate crimes
  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!"
• Trans-femme Sexual Health CommunityBased Research Project
  Funded 2019-2020 Exploring barriers and facilitators in achieving positive sexual health among trans-femme youth using a community-based approach. From Funding Recipient: "Thank you for your generous grant for my master’s thesis project titled “Exploring barriers and facilitators in achieving a positive sexual health among trans-femme young adults: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project”. The project was focussed on engaging trans folks in photovoice project to explore their sexual health concerns and involving them in co-creating various artsy knowledge translations materials. Through your grant, I have been able to accomplish the objectives of my project and will continue working towards the improvement of sexual health and sexual health care services for trans folks. Your grant program truly made a difference in the initiation and continuation of my research project, and I will forever remain extremely grateful!"
• Last Days on Krypton
  Funded 2018-2019 Last Days on Krypton was a one-person comedy show created and performed by Mav Adecer, directed and managed by Linh Lu, presented as part of the 2019 Edmonton Fringe Theatre Festival. The show explored the climate crisis, and the collective and very personal anxiety it produces, through children’s cartoons and other pop culture figures. The show was a community effort to create, with Mav testing out the show at friends’ houses, community centers and open mic nights for months before the Fringe. The work paid off. The production was a resounding success, bringing a no-name comedian from the “lonely task of crafting jokes within a swirling vortex of racism” to a near full house and a hold-over at the Grindstone. Joy and laughter are critical to surviving climate anxiety and the crisis itself, and Last Days on Krypton delivered.
• Shades of Colour (SOC)
  Funded 2018-2020 Shades of Colour is a grassroots collective located within treaty 6. They are QTBIPOCs (Queer + Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) making space for other QTBIPOCs who need this space to breathe. They hope that this will help to fill the gaps within community in ways that affirm our experiences and identity and move towards strengthening healthy multi-generational relationships that are needed.
• Community Board
  APIRG Bulletin Board: Includes APIRG campaign button and note. Note reads "Follow @yesapirg on Instagram!"
• #YESAPIRG Instagram Story
  Screenshot of rylankafara Instagram story post about #YESAPIRG social media campaign. Caption reads "Vote #YESAPIRG @alberta_pirg has supported incredible #UAlberta students and community initiatives for two decades. Help that support continue!"
• Changemaker Day
  APIRG staff member managing changemaker day community outreach information table
• Changemaker Day
  Video pans from Changemaker day community outreach information table to APIRg staff member at Mother Margaret Mary Catholic high school
• RootUp Buttons
  RootUp working group member making buttons
• RootUp Buttons
  TikTok video clip showcasing working group RootUp making buttons
• RootUp Buttons
  RootUp working group member displaying buttons
• RootUp Buttons
  RootUp Working Group using button press
• Changemaker Day
  Changemaker day community outreach information table. Pictured on table, information brochures, APIRG buttons, and business cards.
• RootUp Buttons
  Working group RootUp buttons
• Changemaker Day
  Tiktok video of changemaker day information table at Mother Margaret Mary Catholic high school. Pictured on table, information brochures and booklets, APIRG buttons, and business cards.
• RootUp Buttons
  RootUp working group member with APIRG button press
• Changemaker Day
  Changemaker day community outreach information table. Pictured on table, information brochures/booklets, APIRG buttons, and business cards
• RootUp Buttons
  RootUp working group member displaying buttons made with APIRG button press service
• Art Build 'One People'
  People working on a textile painting at Art Build. The title of the piece is 'One People'.
• Art Build Shirts
  Art Build participants screen printing t-shirts for protest event. T-shirt's hanging on a line in the background.
• Art Build Silk Screening
  Close-up of art build participant prepping screen print for tshirts
• Art Build 'It Has Begun'
  Large painted flag/ banner from Art Build event. Banner reads "It has begun"
• Art Build Shirts 2
  T-Shirts hanging to dry at Art Build Event
• AWOL Friday
• AWOL Friday 2