About MAX Ottawa

Our Team

Our team is made up of passionate and engaged community members who are dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our friends, family, lovers, and neighbours.

Adam Awad

Executive Director

Ahmed Muslimani

Director of Community Programs

Massimo Lunardon

Executive Assistant

Brenna Egan

Events and Outreach Coordinator

Antonio Wilson

Peer Facilitator - Keeping It 100 (K1)

Jas / J.

Harm Reduction Distribution

Xiaojian Wang

Peer Facilitator - Queerspora

Maticus Adams

Resource Development Officer

Noor Abdel-Mageed

Trans Health Project Associate

Rémi Samson

Chairperson

Tamir Virani

Vice Chairperson

Curtis Fillier

Treasurer

Joseph Flores

Austin Zygmunt

Theo Hug

Teilhard Paradela

Yannick Galipeau

Strategic Direction

We’re in the process of developing our next strategic plan to direct MAX’s work in the coming years. In the meantime, we’ve adopted the following priorities, which reflect the needs of our community and the organization at this time.

  1. Empower queer men and trans and non-binary people to navigate health and wellness pathways across their lifecourse
  2. Foster and support community leaders
  3. Establish a network of high quality healthcare services for queer men and trans and non-binary people
  4. Solidify our organisational foundation
  5. Lay the groundwork for an integrated health and wellness center in Ottawa

Get more familiar with MAX’s 5 Strategic Priorities laid out in this booklet:

Retrospective

We are happy to share with you our retrospective which documents our activities and accomplishments from 2019 to 2022:

max's work

Since 2002, we have been dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of our community. We do this in two main ways: working with individual community members to educate and empower them to make the choices that work for their lives; and working with healthcare and other service providers to improve the quality of care available in the city.

Today, we offer a variety of psychosocial support programs that help build community and provide space for important discussions on health  with people who face similar challenges and share similar life experiences.

We distribute harm reduction supplies—from condoms, lube, and dental dams, to fisting kits, pipes, and syringes—to make sure everyone has access to the tools they need to help reduce the transmission of HIV and other infections.

And we offer training, resources, and consulting to health service providers to support inclusive and appropriate care for members of our community.