Sept 1st, 2025

A couple of weeks ago, Kind Space was informed of a sexual assault that took place near 400 Cooper on their way home after a program. The individual who was assaulted was able to escape that situation, get home safely, and is receiving...

Sept 27, 2023

Kind Space staff will be taking a Mental Wellness break from Monday, October 2nd to Monday, October 9th and returning on the 10th. During this time the drop-in will not be open. All secheduled evening programming and rentals will take place as usual.

Aug 25th, 2023

Hi Kind Space Community! 👋

Our Staff and Board members would like to share some incredible news with you today! 🌈💖 We are thrilled to announce that TD Bank Group has shown…

Feb 3rd, 2022

Dear Ottawa Community, Kind Space is utterly disgusted by and wholeheartedly condemns the racism, threats of sexual violence, physical violence, homophobic and transphobic antagonism…

Aug 10th, 2021

Based on community consultation, Kind Space is conducting a needs assessment for transgender newcomers only within unceded Algonquin territory (Ottawa and the surrounding region). The hope is that the information in this survey…

Jun 28th, 2021

This year, Kind Space is starting something new. From Monday, July 5 to Sunday, July 11, Kind Space staff will be taking the full week off. This means that they will not be reachable during this time to respond to questions…

Aug 24th, 2020

Kind Space wholehearted supports direct investment into the health and wellbeing of young people. Earlier this month the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB) voted to reallocate funding for School …

Jun 3rd, 2020

As a 2SLGBTQ+ community organization led by Black, Indigenous, and people of colour we are enraged, we are heartbroken, we are tired. As individuals we are organizing, we are grieving, we are making the space for others to do …

Mar 13th, 2020

Dear community members, As a precaution, Kind Space will be suspending in-person discussion/support groups, workshops, outreach events, and rentals until April 5. At the time we will reassess based on the information that is available at that time.

Sept 4th, 2017

We at Kind wholeheartedly support Overdose Prevention Ottawa (OPO). This support is extended to all of OPO’s work, including their recent pop-up overdose prevention site. OPO is providing life-saving services that do not yet exist…

Mar 8, 2017

BREAKING: For International Women’s Day, 27 organizations advancing women’s equality call on City Council to make Ottawa a Sanctuary City! A sanctuary is about gender justice and women’s equality.

Mar 6, 2017

To Marc Mayer, Director of the National Gallery of Canada, and to Thomas P. d’Aquino, Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Gallery of Canada, We at Kind were disappointed and dismayed to hear that the National…

Jul 7, 2016

Dear LGBTTQIA Communities in Ottawa, This letter to you has been a difficult one to write. It has been difficult to find words that not only convey the anger, devastation, fear, and exhaustion many of us feel but also the disheartening…

Mar 23, 2016

Ottawa – It’s no joke! On April 1st, Ottawa will have a new…

Jan 1, 2016

For immediate release Ottawa, ON: Thanks to the efforts of dedicated volunteers, Kind remained open this past holiday season, to offer compassion and companionship for members of Ottawa’s queer community

Sep 25, 2015

For immediate release Kind expresses its deepest sympathy to the members of our communities affected by the violent and detestable defacement early yesterday morning of the mural honouring the lives of trans women of colour…