Grants and Contributions

This 31-month project will promote a feminist response to and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. To achieve this aim, the Association chrétienne des jeunes filles de Montréal plans to: strengthen an understanding of the issues surrounding sexual violence by conducting research in the aim of developing tools adapted to needs; support college communities in fulfilling the mandate imposed on them by framework legislation for preventing and combatting sexual violence on campuses; support the professionals responsible for deploying this specific mandate by creating a platform containing turnkey training and tools for CEGEP staff dealing with issues of diversity, abuse of authority and toxic masculinity in certain male-dominated programs; support school communities in integrating tools and practices relevant to their circumstances; and develop an evolving evaluation strategy.

An additional amount is provided for developing and deploying an innovative sexual violence awareness tool using a virtual reality scenario and an immersive experience. A platform containing turnkey training and tools will be developed for CEGEP staff dealing with issues of diversity, abuse of authority, and toxic masculinity in certain male-dominated programs. School communities will be supported in integrating tools and practices relevant to their circumstances and a scalable evaluation strategy will be developed.

By the end of the project, the organization will have helped eliminate systemic barriers by promoting inclusive policies and practices, by expanding networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change and by changing persistent and harmful gender norms and attitudes in support of women’s equality.

This 31-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Hiatus House will achieve this by developing and implementing community-wide approaches to address barriers for women from diverse backgrounds who are experiencing gender-based violence; building relationships between equality-seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaborate across sectors to advance gender equality, and; by improving the local system's ability to recognize and respond to gender based violence.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

Hiatus House will establish and coordinate the Violence Against Women’s Committee in Windsor Essex composed of people with lived experience, Windsor Police Service, Windsor Sexual Assault Crisis Center, Victim Witness Assistance Program, Legal Assistance of Windsor/WEFIiGHT and Réseau-femmes du sud-ouest de l'Ontario to improve collaboration amongst likeminded organizations in the region responding to gender-based violence and lead the dissemination of key recommendations for policy and programs towards a recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU) will achieve this by developing a feminist economic recovery plan for all women business owners (WBOs) in Nova Scotia, including under-represented groups. The establishment will conduct ongoing interviews with WBOs from across sectors, analyze and monitor current policies and procedures put in place to assist WBOs during the pandemic, and seek action from government and key stakeholders through recommendations following assessments and findings.

At the end of the project, MSVU will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and increase networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change to support women’s equality.

Partners involved are specialized in the field of business and will offer their expertise at all stages of the project, particularly the Centre for Women in Business and the Department of Business and Tourism of Mount Saint Vincent University who will act as lead. Results will include allowing the Centre for Women in Business to design and implement policies and practices to build targeted programs that increase women’s labor market participation and opportunities, specifically for underrepresented women including Indigenous, Black, immigrant, and LGBTQ community members.

This 31-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Status of Women Council of the NWT will achieve this by promoting change in government internal policies and procedures, developing community awareness sessions, creating tools to address and escalate responses to economic abuse, and disseminating resources to government and non-government organizations.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

This project will build and enhance partnerships with financial services, social services and private industry partners by developing and sharing knowledge and resources on how to systematically address economic abuse by empowering women in the Northwest Territories to regain control of their financial livelihood and security.

This 31-month project will develop and implement an interagency network model across Ontario to address the root causes of gender-based violence (GBV) and support GBV survivors in the new post-COVID context. The Redwood will achieve this by formalizing partnerships with key GBV-service providing stakeholders across Ontario and developing and piloting the network model and protocols, which will include the following key elements: mapping channels of GBV service supports, developing and piloting a Safety and Support Circle program to mitigate risks and promote self-determination for GBV survivors, and developing and piloting a Perpetrator and Community Accountability and Healing program.

At the end of the project, The Redwood will have developed promising practices that increased networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supported positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, advanced inclusive policies and practices, and encouraged a more equitable and effective sharing of resources, to support GBV survivors across Ontario.

This project will foster partnerships with GBV-service organizations, GBV experts and academics, community-based organizations, and survivors with lived experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of this promising practice. The survivor-centered interagency network model will address the systemic barriers to gender equality experienced by GBV survivors by leveraging and strengthening community networks, working in concert with survivor-elected professional services and supports, supporting and promoting survivor self-determination in safety planning, and redressing perpetrators’ harmful behaviour, to help break the GBV cycle.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women’s Place of South Niagara will achieve this by educating the community, including men and boys, on the gender-based stereotypes that perpetuate the mistreatment of women and girls at home and in the workplace. During public education sessions, information on how to stop the cycle of abuse and healthy relationships will also be provided. Workplace consultations on how to best support employees dealing with gender-based violence will be held.
At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.
Women's Place of South Niagara will work with partners, including District School Boards, Gillian’s Place, Community Centers, and Regional and Municipal Governments to improve collaboration amongst likeminded organizations in the region addressing gender-based violence to design and disseminate resources and key recommendations for policy and programs towards a recovery from the impacts of COVID-19.

This 28-month project will develop and implement a promising practice in the form of a peer support group that will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for survivors of human trafficking and forced labour in the Montreal region. Furthermore,
a peer mentor training component will be offered to interested participants for them to take part in delivering the promising practice, thereby regaining control of their narrative. This will allow them to move from a survivor mentality to an empowered mentality. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the relevance and success of the promising practice.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Collective Interchange Co-operative will achieve this by engaging stakeholders, assessing the capacity of services and raise awareness on barriers immigrant women experience, designing and delivering a pilot project and, sharing knowledge and delivering professional development activities for community stakeholders.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change to support women’s equality.

The experience and knowledge of community partners, stakeholders and immigrant women will be utilized to connect and provide support to immigrant women facing challenges navigating the Canadian work environment. This initiative will help immigrant women make informed decisions while addressing economic and social systemic barriers with services and programs heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic.

This 31-month project will promote a feminist response to and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. To achieve this aim, the Association chrétienne des jeunes filles de Montréal plans to: strengthen an understanding of the issues surrounding sexual violence by conducting research in the aim of developing tools adapted to needs; support college communities in fulfilling the mandate imposed on them by framework legislation for preventing and combatting sexual violence on campuses; support the professionals responsible for deploying this specific mandate by creating a platform containing turnkey training and tools for CEGEP staff dealing with issues of diversity, abuse of authority and toxic masculinity in certain male-dominated programs; support school communities in integrating tools and practices relevant to their circumstances; and develop an evolving evaluation strategy.

By the end of the project, the organization will have helped eliminate systemic barriers by promoting inclusive policies and practices, by expanding networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change and by changing persistent and harmful gender norms and attitudes in support of women’s equality.

This 31-month project will research, develop, and disseminate an evidence-based gender equity playbook and online platform to address the root causes of gender-based violence (GBV) and support survivors in the new post-COVID reality who are high-need, high-risk, or from harder-to-reach communities. The Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic will achieve this by: conducting research with GBV-service organizations providing high-need case management supports in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), as well as trauma-informed research with survivors accessing high-need case management services; building a coalition of service organizations and other stakeholders supporting survivors from high-need, high-risk, and harder-to-reach communities; working with the coalition to develop a gender equity playbook and online platform to support survivors in the new post-COVID reality; and disseminating this knowledge through training workshops for service providing organizations.

At the end of the project, the Schlifer Clinic will have developed promising practices that increased networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supported positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, advanced inclusive policies and practices, and encouraged a more equitable and effective sharing of resources, to support GBV survivors.

This project will foster partnerships with GBV-service organizations, provincial networks, grassroots/community-based groups, and survivors with lived experience in the design, implementation, and evaluation of this promising practice. The evidence-based gender equity playbook and online platform will address the systemic barriers to gender equality experienced by survivors who are high-need, high-risk, or from harder-to-reach communities, and aid the GBV-service organizations that support them.