Grants and Contributions

Through this 11-month project, Queer Yukon Society will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. This will be achieved by improving 2SLGBTQIA+ access to reproductive healthcare in the Yukon Territory by increasing the availability of information, improving providers' capacity to provide informed care, and establishing sustainable partnerships and structures to promote access into the future.

At the end of this project, Queer Yukon Society will have equipped 2SLGBTQIA+ Yukoners and those who serve them with knowledge, tools, and support through cross-sector collaboration, as well as established a reproductive care coalition of equity-seeking groups in the Yukon to solidify the sustainability of this initiative.

This federal–provincial/territorial agreement is to support eligible organizations providing existing crisis hotlines responding to gender-based violence (GBV) that are experiencing a rise in demand for service provision due to the COVID-19 pandemic by agreeing on the term of payments for federal funding intended for these eligible organizations.

Through this 9-month project, TransSask Support Services Inc. will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing LGBTQ2 communities. This will be achieved by helping trans and gender diverse people get the gender-affirming care they need by increasing knowledge of those treating trans and gender diverse people and to identify both discriminatory and promising practices in health, legal and social service systems. The organization plans to do this through identifying and engaging with trans and gender diverse people and their families, equipping and empowering trans and gender diverse people with knowledge, tools and support, and developing and redefining institutional norms attitudes and behaviours through educational activities with existing service providers in the fields of health, legal and social services.

Through this 21-month project, the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre (GPFC) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQI people in and around Grande Prairie, Alberta. The Mamâhtâwihew project will work with the agency’s Board of Directors, all work teams within the Grande Prairie Friendship Centre and community partners from different sectors. The project will ensure that an in-house training curriculum to focus upon and combat GBV is developed that reflects the vast knowledge base housed within and incorporates identified best practices. GBV training efforts within the organization will be internally tracked and evaluated.

By the end of the project, GPFC will have strengthened their internal capacity by incorporating knowledge into practice through the creation of a culturally-informed learning and training framework to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI people, as well as equipping its team to raise awareness on GBV within the larger community.

Through this 24-month project, Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan Inc. will increase its capacity to contribute to a viable women’s movement to catalyze systemic change and strengthen the Gender-Based Violence sector in Saskatchewan. This will be achieved by raising the profile and effectiveness of the violence against women/gender-based violence sector in Saskatchewan to ensure active representation of survivor needs at a policy level and through local, provincial, and national partnerships. The project objectives focus on development of policy working groups; participation in policy network tables; review of existing national and provincial legislations, regulations, and policies; travel and engagement across Saskatchewan to understand the application/impacts of legislation and policies in rural, remote, and fly-in communities; development of briefing notes and a policy review brief to provide an overview of major policy issues and sectoral trends in the province.

The project will collaborate with partners who are committed to advancing gender equality priorities across all sectors including Ending Violence Association (EVA) Canada and advocacy bodies such as the Provincial Association for Transition Houses and Services.

By the end of the project, Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan Inc. will have increased their capacity to contribute to a viable women’s movement to catalyze systemic change at the policy level and through local, provincial, and national partnerships.

Through this 35-month project, the Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg (ACW) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on urban Indigenous people located in Winnipeg.

This will be achieved by making the Winnipeg Indigenous Executive Circle (WIEC), one of the ACW’s initiatives, its own charitable entity; building WIEC’s organizational capacity to focus on addressing violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people; developing a 10-year implementation plan; and, by establishing WIEC’s membership, developing sector partners and the Winnipeg population’s capacity to work together to end violence.

By the end of the project, the ACW will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

This 4 year federal–provincial agreement supports Manitoba’s implementation of its actions under the National Action Plan (NAP) to end gender-based violence (GBV) so that collectively, the vision of the NAP to End GBV can be advanced - “A Canada free of gender-based violence. A Canada that supports victims, survivors and their families, no matter where they live.”

The National Action Plan was made possible through close collaboration between FPT governments and is informed by engagement with Indigenous partners, victims, survivors, front-line service providers, GBV experts, academics and advocates. It is a strategic framework for action within and across jurisdictions with the goal of supporting victims, survivors, and their families, no matter where they live. The five pillars of the National Action Plan are: Support for victims, survivors and their families; Prevention; Responsive justice system; Implementing Indigenous-led approaches; and Social infrastructure and enabling environment.

Through this 32-month project, Under One Sky – Monoqonuwicik-Neoteejg Mosigsig will increase their capacity to provide programs and services to Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in the province of New Brunswick. This will be achieved by developing a Board Governance Structure enhancing Board capacity by providing required training and supports, recruiting new board members to fill identified skills gaps, and reviewing and improving internal operation and human resources policies.

By the end of the project, Under One Sky - Monoqonuwicik-Neoteejg Mosigsig will have strengthened their internal capacity to prevent and address GBV against indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGTBQQIA+ people.

This 10-month project will promote a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. To achieve this, Qikiqtani Inuit Association plans to implement an educational, awareness and engagement governance-based campaign that will focus on women's participation. To achieve this, the group will research and develop informative materials and learning tools, conduct participatory workshops in communities to support Inuit women's political and community engagement, and promote key events and opportunities for Qikiqtani Inuit women to get involved.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to the elimination of systemic barriers by promoting inclusive policies and practices.

Through this 33-month project, First Light St. John’s Friendship Centre (First Light) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Newfoundland and Labrador. This will be achieved by investing in their organizational capacity through recruitment and training opportunities, managing action circles with partners, community members and allies in relation to priority Calls for Change, and building partnerships with the business community. Furthermore, First Light will complete policy research to support the implementation of priority Calls for Change, conduct a cross-sectorial provincial outreach and enhance the organization’s data systems.
By the end of the project, First Light will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Newfoundland and Labrador.