Reduced Capacity for September
Dear Community, Starting September 6th until September 23rd, drop-in at Kind Space will be temporarily closed and we won’t be taking on any new requests beyond the commitments we’ve previously made. The drop-in will re-open on September 26th. Evening groups, events,...
Statement – Freedom Convoy and ROSE Ottawa Fundraiser
Dear Ottawa Community, Kind Space is utterly disgusted by and wholeheartedly condemns the racism, threats of sexual violence, physical violence, homophobic and transphobic antagonism, anti-sematism, islamophobia, intimidation, and environmental destruction the...
Pausing In-person Programming
Dear community, Kind Space has made the decision to pause our in-person programming for the month of January, with the possibility of extending the pause into February, due to spiking COVID-19 numbers, radical reduction in access to testing, and . We made the...
Ottawa Transgender Newcomer Needs Assessment
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 will be used to help create programs and...
Mental Wellness Week for Staff
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 or requests for resources. The pandemic has...
Kind Space supports OCDSB decision
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 Resource Officers (SROs) in Ridgemont and Gloucester High...
Statement on Anti-Black Racism and Black Liberation
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 the same. As an organization, our usual...
COVID-19 & Kind Space
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. Staff will be...
Kind supports Overdose Prevention Ottawa
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 in Ottawa. These services are as...
Joint Call to Action – Make Ottawa a Sanctuary City!
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. Email Mayor Watson and Council to show your support...