WE ARE DEDICATED TO CREATING A SAFER SPACE FOR 2SLGBTQIPA+ PEOPLE IN THE NWT.

MISSION: OUR PROMISE TO COMMUNITIES

The Northern Mosaic Network is dedicated to creating a safer space for 2SLGBTQIPA+ youth, through: 

• Raising awareness about 2SLGBTQIPA+ issues and identities; 

• Helping 2SLGBTQIPA+ youth build confidence and capacity across the NWT; 

• Being actively anti-racist and challenge colonial systems when delivering programs and services, engaging with communities and collaborating with external partners;

• Supporting families of 2SLGBTQIPA+ people to accept, love, and understand them; 

• Providing advice, support, and resources to community organizations and agencies about 2SLGBTQIPA+ issues; 

• Providing culturally safe and relevant programming and resources; 

• Advocating for a safer and more equitable territory and safer communities for 2SLGBTQIPA+ youth; and 

• Running a Rainbow Youth Centre in Yellowknife. 

VISION: OUR HOPE FOR THE FUTURE

To make the Northwest Territories home to loving, accepting and supportive communities for 2SLBTQIPA+ youth to thrive in their identities.

VALUES: OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES

Accessible - providing equitable opportunity to participate in programs and services

Life-Long Learning - commitment to ongoing education and awareness of the 2SLGBTQIPA+ community

Anti-Racist - Taking action agaist racial hatred, bias, and systemic racism in the work we do to support all 2SLGBTQIPA+ people across the NWT

Community - building a sense of collaboration between 2SLGBTQIPA+ people and their home communities

Pride - create an environment where 2SLGBTQIPA+ youth develop confidence, acceptance, and value in themselves and their communities

Advocacy - to advocate for and support our community through educational opportunities and building allyship

Fun - to incorporate and encourage fun, joy, laughter and healing in all our work, programming and engagement

Inclusion - we seek to construct and adapt programs and services that are delivered in an accessible and equitable manner through trust, integrity, care and respect