2SLGBTQQIA+ Education

The Post-Secondary Student Mental Health Grant provides $8 million total annually to the 26 publicly funded post-secondary institutions. Funds support many mental health initiatives, including counselling, peer support programs and institutional capacity building to address student mental health concerns.

Post-secondary institutions are expected to consult 2SLGBTQQIA+ communities on their campuses to inform the types of mental health programs and services offered on campus.

Under the Gender-Based Violence Prevention Grant, $2.5 million total was provided to the 26 publicly funded post-secondary institutions in 2022 for the period of 2022 through 2025 for Post-secondary Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Prevention. Funding may be used towards campaigns, awareness initiatives, training and improving or implementing sexual and gender-based violence reporting tools and processes.

Under the National Action Plan Grant, a total of $1.675 million has been provided to the post-secondary system, including First Nations Colleges since 2024. Funding may be used to support campaigns, awareness initiatives or training that focus on gender diversity and/or preventing violence aimed towards members of the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community. 

To better understand the climate of sexual and gender-based violence experienced by post-secondary students in Alberta, the Campus Climate Survey on Sexual and Gender-based Violence commissioned a survey across 26 publicly-funded Alberta post-secondary institutions. This report summarizes the responses to the survey. 

Under the Student Financial Assistance Act, $82.2 million was available in 2025-26 through the Foundational Learning Assistance to provide financial assistance to unemployed or under-employed Albertans to upskill or re-skill for in-demand jobs and re-attach to the labour market. 

Albertans may receive funding to assist with living costs, tuition, books, supplies, transportation and childcare while attending any of the approved foundational learning and skills development programs offered at 41 educational institutions across Alberta. 

Foundational learning programs include academic upgrading (Grades 10-12), adult basic education (Grades 1-9) and English as an additional language. Skill development programs include integrated foundational pathways, pre-apprenticeship programs and transitional vocational programs.

Under the Community Adult Learning Program (CALP), $21.1 million was provided to a network of 85 providers in 2025-26 to deliver non-formal, part-time foundational learning programs below the Grade 10 level across the province in remote, rural and urban communities. Foundation learners served by CALP often face multiple barriers to success, including mental health issues, poor levels of literacy, interrupted education, under-employment and learning disabilities.

Learn more about legislation and practices to ensure that schools are welcoming, caring, respectful and safe learning environments.

This framework is intended to provide transparent guidelines to help parents, educators and curriculum developers understand curriculum development in Alberta. It notes that Albertans will see themselves in the curriculum regardless of race, religious belief, colour, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, family status or sexual orientation. This is an in-process project.