Grants and Contributions

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue improving the economic, health, education and overall standard of living for Indigenous women and advancing gender equality in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: board governance training; organizational financial health; partnership development; human resource management; and advocacy.

A supplement for this project has been allocated to undertake sector capacity building activities, and to further increase organizational financial health and partnership development.

A one-year extension with a second supplement have been allocated to the Newfoundland Aboriginal Women’s Network to research and develop a fundraising plan, and to develop and implement a volunteer recruitment and retention strategy, both for the Ne’ata’q Place Transition House.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: Board governance, Strategic Planning, Human Resource Management, and Organizational Financial Health.

A supplement has been allocated to improve the technology, acquire new equipment and train staff.

A supplement and time extension has been given to the project to allow them to diversify their funds, establish a Result-Based Management framework, and establish sector coalitions and partnerships.

This 60-month project will address organization capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: development of a provincial strategic plan, including an implementation plan with strategic pillars, development of a sustainability plan and assessment of current practices to improve the strategy for advocating for the rights of women who have been subjected to violence, establishment of memoranda of understanding with various partners at the provincial, municipal and community levels to help improve the sector's sustainability, collaboration with a consultant to assess awareness activities, development of a human resources management plan, and development of a website for the network.

A supplement has been allocated to offer training to staff, improve the website, enhance sector capacity by hosting events, workshops and participation on provincial committee.

A second supplement was provided in 2023 to allow the organization to research and compile best practices in the victim services sector, related to human resources, recruitment and retention.

This 60-month project will build the organization’s capacity in order to better respond to increasing demands and to continue working towards its mandate of eradicating sexual violence against women and children. The project will meet its objectives through a membership strategy designed to recruit and retain volunteers in the community and a capacity building strategy that will increase leadership and mentoring opportunities as well as develop board governance expertise.

An extension and supplemental funds were provided to develop a strategic framework and an implementation plan for strategic direction to strengthen organizational capacity.

This 60-month project will increase organizational capacity to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: improved board governance, development of a strategic plan, development of strategic partnerships, improved financial stability and an in-depth analysis of the reality and needs of women in Nova Scotia through a GBA+ lens.

The supplementary funds will enable the organization to develop and implement a leadership-building plan by and for women and girls to ensure continued commitment within the organization.

This 60 -month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities; strategic and succession planning; partnership development, collaboration and networking; development of an advocacy strategy; implementation of result based management; organizational financial health; and sustainability plan.

An extension in time and with the supplement have been allocated to Be the Peace Institute to enhance HR management, to review governance models and increase board effectiveness.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough, in partnership with two local organizations, to continue to promote social and systemic change towards gender equality. Through this project, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Peterborough will contribute to developing a hub of services with the Kawartha Sexual Assault Centre and the Peterborough Community Legal Centre, to increase their collective capacity to respond to clients living with complex trauma, as a result of gender-based violence and its intersecting oppression. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a strategic plan for the hub model, the creation of Human Resources strategies for the hub, as well as the development of a collective advocacy strategy to strengthen the support offered to self-identified women living with complex trauma within Peterborough and surrounding communities.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to develop and implement an organizational succession plan, including professional development and management skills training for leaders.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. The organization will develop and implement a detailed knowledge-transfer plan within the organization to ensure the delivery of continuous quality services and organizational sustainability.

The additional amount granted will be used for the creation of an additional knowledge transfer and acquisition tool: a series of video vignettes featuring concrete examples of the application of feminist principles in the daily work of a CALACS.

The additional amount for 2023 will be used to review and update techniques for supporting and accompanying survivors to equip workers to support survivors in an intersectional approach while taking into account new trends in post-COVID-19 pandemic survival. The organization will conceptualize new integration and training tools to take into account the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and equip workers who are members of the network committee with an intersectional feminist approach on the use of feminist sandplay therapy adapted to the needs of Francophone survivors of sexual and spousal violence.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow YWCA Sudbury to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced by building and maintaining a culture of leadership continuity that utilizes a results-based management and a gender-based analysis approach, and through the creation of a fundraising plan that includes revenue diversification and the development of strategic partnerships and collaborations.

Additional funds provided in December 2020 supported the implementation of the Women In Safe Housing (W.I.S.H.) database to help deliver online staff training and development sessions.

Supplemental funding provided in spring 2023 will support the organization’s human resource management, through the development of tools and processes related to staff performance management and the development and delivery of in-house trauma-informed care training for staff, board and volunteers.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue advancing gender equality in its community. To achieve its objectives, the project will oversee the following capacity building activities: board governance training; partnership development; strategic planning to enhance financial health; Advocacy strategy; and GBA+ training.

An extension and supplement have been allocated to East Prince Women’s Information Committee to develop a new policy and procedures manual, to ensure compliance of the policies and procedures with current legislation, and to develop a human resources guide.