Grants and Contributions

Through this 25-month project, Nunavik Investment Corporation (NIC) will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address NIC’s capacity to address and advocate for women's issues and needs within the Nunavik region in relation to the many barriers to entrepreneurship faced by women in the region. The project will include identifying necessary elements to support women’s entrepreneurship in Nunavik; identifying and adjusting NIC’s approaches, methods, and materials according to the identified needs; and establishing and fostering a network to facilitate collaboration to support female entrepreneurs.

The supplement will enable NIC to better understand and address lateral violence preventing women entrepreneurs in Nunavik that can discourage women from starting or even growing their businesses.

Through this 15-month project, Adornment Stories Collective will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address a lack of support, resources, and networks for the Black 2SLGBTQI+ community. The project will include establishing a Board of Governance, applying for and achieving not-for-profit incorporation status, establishing corporation financial systems and by-laws, and providing training to their staff to build their capacity.

Through this 26-month project, SPECTRUM Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the gaps, needs and barriers in services that have been previously identified via surveys and program evaluations by SPECTRUM’s program participants (2SLGBTQIA+ people in their community). In particular, the need for improvement in the areas of equity, inclusion, and accessibility which include the need for increased accessibility both on-line and in-person; the need for a more robust donor database; and the development of tools to help break down barriers with the larger community. The project will include A) Improvements to Organizational Accessibility, B) Improvements to Organizational Fundraising and Development, C) Improvements to Organizational Capacity Through Training, and D) Storytelling to Challenge Queerphobia.

Through this 26-month project, Fierté Canada Pride (FCP) will enhance its organizational capacity as a national network organization. FCP is adopting an innovative operational leadership model of two Co-Executive Directors to amplify its internal capacity and facilitate activities such as strategic planning, diversifying funding streams, expanding policies, devising a communication plan, forging partnerships, and charting an advocacy agenda. This model will bring diverse perspectives and skill sets to enhance decision-making, problem-solving, and enable inclusion and empowerment of equity-deserving groups. Through this project, FCP is positioned to strengthen its foundations and work towards self-sustainability, while contributing to the viability of the 2SLGBTQIA+ sector across Canada, promoting equality, and setting an example for other organizations. All templates, tools and resources developed through this capacity development project can be distributed as a resource to build capacity for FCP members.

Through this 26-month project, TransCare+ will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the health and wellness needs of Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse (2STGD) people and communities by establishing a working group and sub-committees composed of people with lived experience from the Francophone, Black, and Indigenous 2STGD communities. They will address the gaps and barriers in the health and wellness services, legislation, policies, administration, and funding that impact the care needs and experiences of the target group. The project will also contribute to community capacity building by engaging stakeholders at the governmental, healthcare, and community levels in promoting 2STGD health, care, and wellbeing. The project will include A) the establishment of project governance, B) the increase of the organization's knowledge of 2STGD challenges and barriers to health and wellness, C) the creation of a 2STGD Health and Wellness Strategic Plan, D) the development and distribution of a 2STGD Health and Wellness Advocacy Strategy, and E) data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of tools.

Through this 26-month project, The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Youth Project Society will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will enact viable sustainability measures relating to administrative reform, financial sustainability, and leadership empowerment to maintain organizational health and to enhance its scope. The project will also conduct a scan of available resources relating to sexual/gender justice through a queered GBV lens and develop resources related to housing security, consent/bodily autonomy, and youth peer support, which will be disseminated to key stakeholders.

Through this 9-month project, the Zetna Collective will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will conduct research and analysis to identify community needs and gaps in existing programs and services for the African, Canadian, and Black queer and transgender community. The project will include conducting a needs assessment through a summit, creating a final report and incorporating as a non-for-profit organization.

Through this 12-month project, Intersecting Futures Lab will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. The project will begin by building its own organizational capacity to become a legally constituted not-for-profit organization, recruiting members to its Board of Directors, engaging stakeholders, and determining its revenue needs. It will also address identified discrepancies between the economic success and labour attachment of 2SLGBTQI+ self-identified people and their cisgender and heterosexual counterparts through reimagining financial literacy, work-readiness, and entrepreneurship supports through uniquely queer lenses. The project will include the audit, creation, and pilot of culturally relevant resources, establishing a 2SLGBTQI+ youth network, recruitment and skilling of said youth network and 2SLGBTQI+ adult mentors, and incubation of change-making projects by youth cohorts.

Through this 27-month project, Normie Events Society will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the need for access to safer community cultural, celebratory, and social spaces. The project will include developing a strategic plan, building their financial planning capacity, strengthening the organization’s governance model, establishing human resources procedures, and expanding their network of 2SLGBTQI+ organizations.

Through this 21-month project, Ubuntu - Black Trans, Non-Binary and 2Spirit Collective will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the need for services and accessible spaces for Black Trans, Non-Binary, and Afro-Indigenous 2-Spirit people including those with disabilities, newcomers, and older adults. The project will include attaining not-for-profit corporation status; developing a training toolkit for working with Black Trans, Non-Binary, and Afro-Indigenous 2Spirit people; piloting the training toolkit with staff and volunteers; and preparing a 3-year Strategic Plan whose priorities are defined through community engagement.