Soon a site for the LGBTQ2 + National Monument
The National Capital Commission (NCC) is due to consider Thursday the allocation of land to accommodate the new LGBTQ2 + National Monument to be erected in Ottawa.
The monument will highlight discrimination against LGBTQ2 + citizens, including the period of the LGBT purge where employees of the federal public service, the RCMP and the Canadian Armed Forces members of these communities were victims of discrimination, harassed and often dismissed in because of a policy in force that authorized these practices, from the 1950s to the mid-1990s.
"The evaluation of the land grant project by the NCC's board of directors is an important milestone in the evolution of this major initiative," said Michelle Douglas, Executive Director of the LGBT Purge Fund. Beyond the symbol, the construction of a permanent monument that reflects the discrimination experienced by LGBTQ2 + Canadians will play an educational role, in addition to inspiring its visitors. "
After the approval of the land grant, the Department of Canadian Heritage will coordinate an international bidding process for the architecture of the monument, and it will hold electronic consultations with Canadians on the subject, according to the Fonds. LGBT purge.
"The evaluation of the land grant project by the NCC's board of directors is an important milestone in the evolution of this major initiative," said Michelle Douglas, Executive Director of the LGBT Purge Fund. Beyond the symbol, the construction of a permanent monument that reflects the discrimination experienced by LGBTQ2 + Canadians will play an educational role, in addition to inspiring its visitors. "
After the approval of the land grant, the Department of Canadian Heritage will coordinate an international bidding process for the architecture of the monument, and it will hold electronic consultations with Canadians on the subject, according to the Fonds. LGBT purge.
In addition to building the monument, the LGBT Purge Fund is also supporting the development of an exhibit on the LGBT purge at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. The exhibition is scheduled to open in 2023.