MAX Ottawa

🌷 What’s up at MAX this May 🌷 ⭐️ Queerspora - community group for queer newcomers: Tuesday, May 19, 6:30PM 🦋 Keeping It 100 - community group for ACB queer people: Wednesday, May 27, 6:30PM 🪻 K1 en français - groupe communautaire pensée spécialement pour les personnes noires queers: Vendredi le 29 mai, 18h30 🤝 Drop by for your free safer s3x, substance use, and HRT supplies Get Involved 🌷 Apply to be our Resource Development Coordinator 🌷 Volunteer Orientation - Saturday, May 23, 12-3:00PM 🌷 Support MAX during Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend And… on MONDAY, MAY 18, all services will be paused so our team can enjoy a long weekend rest. Check out the link in bio for more details 🔗 #ottcity #ottawaqueers #nationalcapitalregion

Service update: We're pausing our weekly anonymous HIV testing for a few weeks. If you're looking to get tested during this time, our team is happy to help connect you to the right services. 📞 613-701-6555 ✉️ [email protected] Thanks for your understanding — we’ll share an update as soon as testing resumes.

Queer & trans happenings for the coming month in the National Capital Region ☀️ Find more events on The List & make sure to subscribe for weekly email updates on queer happenings, including: 🌷 Activities and events 🌷 Job and volunteer opportunities 🌷 News, announcements, and registration 🌷 Sports and competition updates #queer #ottcity #ottawaqueers #nationalcapitalregion #ottawaevents

Ayoooooooooooo! So normally, I'd be revealing this week's flavors on Wednesday morning. But this week's got something extra-special that's worth mentioning a little early: SUNSHINE & RAINBOWS roasted pineapple birthday cake ice cream This is a flavor created in collaboration with Ottawa's own @hardlyknowerdrag ! Very cool. And even cooler: ALL proceeds from this pint will be going towards @maxottawa.ca . This one turned out real nice. A base of white cake, and brown sugar and vanilla-roasted pineapple, with globs of pineapple-frosted cake throughout. It'll be up Thursday, along with a few other bangers I'll reveal tmrw morning. See you then! @tentoescoffeeco 837 Somerset St W. #ottawasmallbusiness #613ottawa #613food #ottawafoodies #ottawacanada

A beautiful Saturday morning with a wonderful running and walking crew! Thanks for joining us, Theo and Wilam, and for helping to promote @maxottawa.ca and the fundraising efforts during the Ottawa Race Weekend (23 and 24 May 2026). Join us Tuesday nights (6:30 pm), Friday nights (5:00 pm; WNBT), and Saturday mornings (9:30 am) at the Lisgar Street entrance of City Hall. All paces and walkers are welcomed. #MAXOttawa #internationalfrontrunners #2slgbtqia #runners

THANK YOU so much to all our volunteers 🙏 For volunteer appreciation week, we want to highlight some of the amazing contributions our volunteers have made this year. 🌈 30+ volunteers supported our outreach, co-pilots initiatives, street festival booth, and vaccine clinic during pride, meaning we were able to attend 15+ events 🎃 15+ volunteers helped us pack 300+ safer s3x and substance use kits at our Kit-Packing Crafternoon 🎬 43 volunteers helped our at the inaugural @chromaqueer festival by working our outreach table, being wayfinders, running registration systems, and promoting the event 🪩 Co-organized by volunteers and MAX staff, Gay Bar 1985 brought in $3,000+ which directly supported MAX’s mission ✨ Our volunteers collectively contributed 20 hours to organize a MAX volunteer social 🤝 Our outreach team attended 50+ events, bringing free safer seggs, substance use, and HRT supplies and educational resources to the community 💜 For Hole-istic Health 3, our 12 volunteers helped prep the event, create and lead games, and supported our outreach and @getakit.ca tables Our work would not be possible without such a fabulous volunteer team, so THANK YOU to all who have lent a helping hand. Want to join the team? Join us for volunteer orientation: 🗓️ Saturday, April 25 📍 MAX Ottawa, 400 Cooper St., Suite 9004 ⏰ 12:00-3:00PM 🔗 Sign up through the link in bio #volunteer #volunteerappreciationweek #nationalcapitalregion #queerottawa #ottawavolunteers

PRs are hot. Supporting your community is hotter 🏃 We’ve joined the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend as an official fundraiser 🏁 Already registered? You can still run with MAX: 👉 Add us as your charity 👉 Or add us as a second fundraising option (yes, you can do that 👀) Plus, get race-ready by lacing up with one of Ottawa’s queer running groups! Swipe left for more details on @frontrunnersottawa , @ottawagrc and @ottqueerrunclub ’s weekly meetups. Not registered? There’s still time to run, walk, or support from the sidelines. Sign-up for a race, share this post, or donate directly through our fundraising page to help us hit our goal of $5000. Every dollar you raise supports MAX’s queer health programs—funding free testing, mental and sexual health education, and community support across Ottawa. Let’s make every step count 🖤 🔗 Link in bio to get started #nationalcapitalregion #tamarackraceweekend #ottawaqueers #ottawahealth

💲 Plan today. Feel stronger tomorrow. This Wednesday, join us for a practical conversation on financial preparedness. For this K1, we’ll explore everyday strategies for budgeting, planning, and navigating financial systems with confidence. Build knowledge, reduce stress, and take steps toward stability — at your pace. 💛 Who: queer African, Caribbean, and Black people 📍 MAX Ottawa (400 Cooper St., Suite 9004) 📆 Wednesday, April 22 ⏰ 6:30PM Reserve your spot by signing up through the link in bio.

She came, she danced, she asked for cigarettes… 💜💃 Thanks to everyone who attended our third edition of Hole-listic Health. The team at MAX were thrilled to present a night of education, entertainment, and eroticism to a sold out crowd 😇 Special thanks to our presenters Dr. Paul MacPherson and Dr. Andrew McNaughton, our pleasure-savvy panelists @antoineincuir , @tanya_king_official , Derrick, and Sam Whittle, and the incomparable @samilandri who spoiled us with multiple numbers and a meet-and-greet. Stay tuned for the next one! Photo credits: @ediedoesart #ottawa #queerottawa #trans #sexualhealth #nationalcapitalregion

Join the MAX team as a Resource Development Coordinator. The Resource Development Coordinator plays a key role in advancing MAX’s mission by securing critical funding and partnerships, strengthening the organization’s resource development infrastructure, and strategically leveraging existing resources and equipment to launch MAX’s social enterprise. In this role, the coordinator will work closely with the Executive Director and the broader MAX team to drive stakeholder engagement and partnership development, oversee donation tracking and grant writing efforts, and implement a Financial Sustainability Roadmap. Please submit a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. We will begin reviewing applications on April 20, 2026. Click the link in our bio to learn more!

Happy April from the MAX Team! Here’s what’s on this month: 🌱 Sign up for our social programs through the link in bio 🌱 We offer free harm reduction supplies and STI testing swabs 🌱 How are you feeling? Let us know how we can better support your mental health needs by filling out our Tea2Go survey in the link in bio 🌱 Our office is closed for in-person services between Tuesday, April 14 and Friday, April 17. Make sure to pop by before we close to stock up on supplies #ottawa #nationalcapitalregion #ottawahealth #queer #ottawaqueers

How are you feeling? Tea2go is taking some time to check in with our community, and see how you’re doing. Mental health is just as important as our physical health, but oftentimes mental health support can be hard to find. So we want to check in, and see what people want, what people need, and how we can help them get it. Please take a few minutes to fill out our needs assessment survey, and let us know how you’re doing and what services you think would benefit our community. The survey is 100% anonymous, and will only be used by us to help develop future programming. Find the form in the link in bio 🔗