diff --git a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope.js b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope.js
index 7af8591f0..f0911b566 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope.js
+++ b/ui/core/app/routes/scopes/scope.js
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import Route from '@ember/routing/route';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
+import { hash } from 'rsvp';
+import { A } from '@ember/array';
 
 export default class ScopesScopeRoute extends Route {
   // =services
 
   @service intl;
+  @service session;
 
   // =methods
 
@@ -35,14 +38,24 @@ export default class ScopesScopeRoute extends Route {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Adds the set of all org scopes to the controller, which is used by the
-   * scope navigation template.
+   * Load all scopes within the current scope context.  For example,
+   * if **this** scope is a project, attempt to load all projects for the owning
+   * org, as well as all orgs.  If **this** scope is an org, attempt to load all
+   * orgs within the global scope.  These are used for scope navigation.
+   */
+  async afterModel() {
+    this.scopes = await hash({
+      orgs: this.store.query('scope', { scope_id: 'global' }).catch(() => A([]))
+    });
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds the scopes hash to the controller context (see `afterModel`).
    * @param {Controller} controller
    */
   setupController(controller) {
     super.setupController(...arguments);
-    const orgScopes = this.modelFor('scopes').filterBy('isOrg', true);
-    controller.setProperties({ orgScopes });
+    controller.setProperties({ scopes: this.scopes });
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/-header-nav.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/-header-nav.hbs
index 00484b51a..be1e33452 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/-header-nav.hbs
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/scopes/scope/-header-nav.hbs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       {{t "titles.global"}}
     </dropdown.link>
     <dropdown.separator />
-    {{#each this.orgScopes as |scope|}}
+    {{#each this.scopes.orgs as |scope|}}
       <dropdown.link @route="scopes.scope" @model={{scope.id}}>
         {{scope.displayName}}
       </dropdown.link>