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The efforts of youth in Toronto to create social connections and improve mental health in the LGBTQ+ community were recognized this month by a Vancouver-based non-profit.
February 11th, 2021 comments Ugandan-born founder of the African Centre for Refugees in Ontario and member of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants’ advisory committee LGBTQ2S+ activist Christopher Nkambwe of Toronto has won the LGBTQ2S+ January Marie Lapuz Youth Leadership Award top prize for 2020. Thirty-year-old Nkambwe, a Black transgender woman originally from Uganda, impressed the awards jury to win the $1,000 award. Nkambwe sought asylum in Canada in 2019 and has founded the African Centre for Refugees in Ontario, which supports vulnerable LG...