MAX provides health and wellness services and programs for guys into guys in Ottawa.
Services For You
Programs For You & Your Community
health + wellness campaigns
strategic plan (2019-2022)
We also offer service provider training for healthcare professionals.
Need Help navigating mental health services?
MAX can help create a navigation plan, connecting you to the proper resources.
Our programs foster connection and combat isolation through the creation of community-led social spaces where guys into guys can congregate.
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Join us at one of our fun events!
MAX is proud to support health and wellness campaigns from our allied organizations that help guys into guys make smart decisions about their health.
Our Campaigns
With our partners we have launched some campaigns to better equip yourself.
MAX wanted to share our strategic plan as widely as possible for many reasons. One, as a THANK YOU gift to all of the people who shared their time and words with us. Two, we want to be held accountable to what guys into guys told us they wanted and needed in order to achieve maximum health and wellness. Three, we want to make sure that listening to community needs remains a constant priority for us.
Strategic Direction
See what we have planned over the next few years.
MAX Ottawa’s Response to COVID-19
As Ottawa’s health and wellness connection for guys into guys, MAX is working hard to keep our commitment to maximize the health and wellness of our communities. As such, we have added this COVID-19 response page to serve as a resource for guys into guys to maintain their mental, social, sexual, physical, emotional, and spiritual health during this crisis.
Our Services
MAX offers the following services for people and for healthcare providers.
For You
MAX offers individual support and education services by and for guys into guys in the Ottawa region.
For You & Your Community
MAX offers group programs, community support and education services by and for guys into guys.
For Your Service Providers
MAX offers support and education services to the healthcare providers that serve guys into guys in the Ottawa Region.
Peer Support Program
Our new volunteer peer support program can connect you to a listening ear.
Mental Healh Navigation
MAX can help create a plan, connecting you to the proper resources through our 3 step approach!
Harm Reduction Services
MAX is excited to announce the opening of the In-Person and Online Harm Reduction Dispensing Program!
Our Programs
MAX offers group, and community support and education programs by and for guys into guys in the Ottawa region.
"The List" is Ottawa's Wednesday to Thursday guide for GBT2Q+ guy friendly events.
Check back every Wednesday for updates!
News & Views
Check out all the latest happenings at MAX and your Ottawa Guys into Guys community.
Updates from Acting Executive Director
Greetings, While I understand that these are unprecedented times, I sincerely hope you are staying safe, connected and finding support in ways that are meaningful. From isolation and stress to financial insecurity, the pandemic has certainly affected all of us in a number of ways. I’ve seen the numbers and…
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Giving Back with MAX
Supporting health and wellness for guys into guys As the pandemic rages on, affecting every part of our society, one thing remains steadily true: the queer community continues to be one of the hardest hit. Due to COVID-19, queer people face more challenges with employment security, financial security, and physical…
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Category is…Rapid Test Realness
Wearing a mask, using hand sanitizer, and social distancing aren’t the only ways you can take charge of your health. For the GBTQ2 community, COVID-19 hits close to home, reminiscent of the spread of HIV almost forty years ago. It was a shapeless power that stigmatized an entire community. In…
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Watch some of our short videos to better understand the work we do.
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Getting Involved
Join MAX Ottawa in either volunteering, employment or donate to us!
Volunteer
Become a volunteer and join MAX’s team! MAX is THE place in the National Capital Region for guys into guys to volunteer for and with other guys into guys!
Donate
MAX is working to improve the health and wellness for guys into guys in the capital region. MAX Ottawa, legally called the Ottawa Gay Men's Wellness Initiative, is a charitable organization.
Campaigns
MAX is proud to support health and wellness campaigns from our allied organizations that help guys into guys make smart decisions about their health.
Equip Yourself
Equip Yourself is an education campaign created by and for guys who are into guys (cis and trans) living in the nation's capital region. It provides you with information on combining sexual health practices and services to promote your health!
The Sex You Want
The Sex You Want Campaign, created by The Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance, has a fun, sex-positive site to help you access the sexual health information to many commonly asked questions.
Boom
BOOM is a fun new online resource for young guys who like guys launched by the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR) to help explore sexuality, identity, and more.
