Grants and Contributions

The Project Time for 5 will be addressing gender-based violence (GBV) and women’s economic security, which is aligned with the Recipient’s work and experiences in seeking gender equity for all women in Canada. The focus of this project will specifically be on GBV, economic security and emerging issues in rural, remote and northern communities (using WAGE’s contribution to the Project), along with advancing gender equality for girls and women throughout Canada (using other sources of funding). In addition to providing direct contribution funding, the project will also provide capacity building supports for community-based organizations and grassroots initiatives within these communities.

Supplemental funding for the project will enable an expanded reach of the project to distribute additional funding to eligible organizations and to further support project activities.

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2+ individuals and increase awareness of their disappearance and death. Project activities will include a commemorative event promoting the healing of families and a monument will be erected in memory of the women and girls from the community of Pikogan, missing and murdered in the community.

This 7-month project will address organizational capacity needs of the 2-Spirits in Motion Foundation (2SiMF) and promote collaborative knowledge generation and dissemination amongst Two Spirit peoples and organizations in order to foster the creation of a safe and supportive environment for Two Spirit peoples in Canada. Organizational capacity building will be enhanced through the development of a strategic plan to advance 2SiMF’s finance, governance and human resource management structures, as well as disbursement of micro-grants to strengthen the capacity of locally and regionally engaged two-spirit organizations in Canada. A national Two Spirit gathering will inform priority setting for future policy and planning.

This 43-month project will address organizational capacity needs to strengthen the organization’s foundational structure and network to support the growth and capacity of Pride organizations across the country by engaging them in an asset mapping exercise, developing and launching a 5-year strategic plan, implementing a micro-granting program for small and medium Pride organizations, and providing members with capacity-building support services.

Second Phase : The additional funding of $400,000 will allow for the continued expansion of the organization and provision of supports and services to Pride members, including micro-granting, a national conference and national Pride event, access to a human resources management online platform, and fundraising and grant-writing workshops. The organization will also join forces with The Enchanté Network and The 2 Spirits in Motion Foundation to development joint policies, procedures and capacity-building programming, thereby strengthening the infrastructure of LGBTQ2 organizations across the country.

Third Phase: The additional funding of $30,500 will be used to hire specialists and professionals who will help make the AGM and the 2022 Annual Gathering more accessible, visible, and impactful, and thus reach more participants. A consultant will be hired to undertake an anti-racism audit to build a better understanding of how racism may be unknowingly perpetuated through the organization and develop the capacity of the board and team. This audit will be used to provide a strong framework on what needs to be implemented within the organization and to develop future anti-racism projects.

Fourth Phase: This one-year extension and additional funding of $175,000 will contribute to further strengthen and stabilize the organization by hiring and maintaining its first Executive Director, developing HR policies, supporting its four leadership councils and providing a smooth transition for the organization to move from a working board to a governance board. On the external side, this will support FCP’s work with its membership and the national network of 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations to ensure they can access services, develop their capacities and become more resilient. Finally, pride organizations and those that are marginalized within the movement will be engaged and best practices will be shared between prides with the aim to reduce discrimination and barriers by changing norms, attitudes and behaviors.

This 8-month project will address organizational capacity needs of Enchanté: a Network of 2SLGBTQ+ Centres of Canada, to support its incorporation and expansion from coast to coast, strengthen its governance, develop and implement a communication strategy, work on partnership development, organize its founding national general meeting and provide micro grants to support the capacity building of LGBTQ2 centres and establishment of other centres across the country

This 3-month project will bring together diverse groups of trans, non-binary, and two-spirit activists within the trans movement from across Canada through the organization of a Canadian Transgender Network Summit in order to discuss collectively the future of the trans movement in Canada.

This 7-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include monthly meetings for suvivors and families to improve the See me Exhibit, the development of an education curriculum to offer during the exhibition and providing a healing space with activities for women and families.

This 14-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include introducing video resources to 12 communities in order to provide them with more information and facilitate healing.

This 20-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: bi-weekly circles of Singing and Drumming and inviting a well-known Indigenous elder to be a keynote speaker at community gatherings, as well as organizing a three-day conference of ‘Drum Beats-Using Our Voice to Empower Our People’.

This 16-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include weekly indiudual and group counselling sessions, the planning and participation in the walking with our Sisters ceremony, the development of Haudenosaunee traditional items, welcoming ceremony of vamps and the creation of a commemoration display.