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Changing the World (one system at a time)

Are you ready to disrupt the status quo, shake up the establishment, and be a catalyst for change in your community? The QTHC’s community health advocacy program, Pivot, is back!

Pivot is a Health Empowerment through Active Leadership (HEAL) program that builds individual and community capacity to respond to community health challenges through social justice strategies that impact systems change. 

This 2-year program will commence late August 2024 and will have participants engaging with sessions on theories of social change, 2S/LGBTQIA+ health issues, social justice, and advocacy. Additionally, practical skills will be offered in the areas of project design and management. Participants will also learn from and build connections with local activists and community organizations doing work in this area. 

Program Structure

During the program, participants will complete a series of curriculum modules which will be delivered in a hybrid format. Participants will be able to choose whether to attend in-person or online. Following the curriculum, participants will move through a project ideation/planning process where they will identify a community health issue and then design a project to address it. The design and planning phase of the program will consist of 6-8 weekly online meetings. QTHC staff will then implement the project in the second year of the program and participants can continue on in an advisory capacity to support project implementation.

Tentative Program Dates

August 17h-18th, 2024: Curriculum Delivery in Hybrid Format (participate online or in-person)

September-November 2024: Project ideation and planning

January 2025: Project implementation begins

One of our last projects can be viewed here! 

Questions? Contact QC (he/they): qc.gu@ourhealthyeg.ca

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The QTHC is based in Amiskwaciwâskahikan (ᐊᒥᐢᑲᐧᒋᐋᐧᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ) within Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting ground and home of the Nêhiyaw (Cree), Denesuliné (Dene), Nahkawininiwak (Saulteaux), Niitsítapi (Blackfoot), and Îyârhe Nakoda (Nakota Sioux), as well as nations not represented by the treaty, and is located in Region 4 of the Métis Nation of Alberta. We commit to engaging in an ongoing process of decolonization, and will strive to conduct our work in an anti-oppressive and anti-racist way, working towards equity, empowerment, and inclusion for all Two Spirit, queer, trans, and non-binary people.