Grants and Contributions

This 25-month project will identify specific barriers that prevent women from participating fully and equally in the energy transition and the new energy economy in Alberta.
Key partners and stakeholders will be convened to identify solutions addressing these barriers and foster buy-in from different sectors. Solutions will be shared via platforms and
strategies that enable new coalitions of women industry leaders, technology developers, investors, academics and thought leaders to advocate for the solutions identified.

This 24-month project with the London Abused Women's Centre will develop and implement an intervention practice that will include trauma-informed support, services and resources for victims and survivors of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. This will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in London-Middlesex, Ontario, including sexually-exploited/trafficked women/girls from vulnerable groups (at-risk youth/Indigenous, racialized/LGBTQ2S+/homeless/street-involved/poor/living with disabilities).

This will be achieved by establishing and consulting a Survivors’ Advisory Committee; collaborating with community agencies; providing survivors and victims of trafficking with supports to assist them in accessing the criminal justice system, victim compensation/other funding, and therapy or resources; and in taking social justice action to help recover and heal. This will also be achieved by developing resources to share with other service providers to help victims of human trafficking.

At the end of the project, the organization will have supported victims/survivors in accessing the justice system and/or alternatives; provided supports/resources/tools to empower them to heal, recover and rebuild their lives; ensured that survivors were an integral part in the development, implementation and evaluation stages; and developed and disseminated resources demonstrating successful intervention practices.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

This 36-month project with the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto will develop and implement promising practices that will include online/offline resources and community approaches to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for Indigenous women and gender diverse peoples with intellectual and cognitive disabilities who are at-risk of, are currently experiencing, and/or have survived human trafficking.

This will be achieved by reconvening the Community Working Group with the addition of a Lived Experience Advisor; performing Community-Based Research, including conducting an Environmental Scan and holding Community Discussion Groups with key stakeholders (including people with lived experience); and developing resources for promising practices and a community strategy that responds to the identified needs of these vulnerable populations.

At the end of the project, the organization will have examined the nature of trafficking experiences; developed culturally appropriate and disability sensitive online/offline resources; and implemented a community strategy.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

This 30-month project with the London Abused Women's Centre will develop and implement an intervention practice that will include trauma-informed support, services and resources for victims and survivors of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. This will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in London-Middlesex, Ontario, including sexually-exploited/trafficked women/girls from vulnerable groups (at-risk youth/Indigenous, racialized/LGBTQ2S+/homeless/street-involved/poor/living with disabilities).

This will be achieved by establishing and consulting a Survivors’ Advisory Committee; collaborating with community agencies; providing survivors and victims of trafficking with supports to assist them in accessing the criminal justice system, victim compensation/other funding, and therapy or resources, and in taking social justice action to help recover and heal. This will also be achieved by developing resources to share with other service providers to help victims of human trafficking.

At the end of the project, the organization will have supported victims/survivors in accessing the justice system and/or alternatives; provided supports/resources/tools to empower them to heal, recover and rebuild their lives; ensured that survivors were an integral part in the development, implementation and evaluation stages; developed and disseminated resources demonstrating successful intervention practices.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Supplemental funding will be used to 1. develop a Journey to Justice guide; 2. further demonstrate the need for comprehensive supports for survivors of trafficking through project activities described above; and 3. gather additional evidence of the success and scalability of project’s promising practices.

This 37-month project with Tungasuvvingat Inuit will develop and implement an anti-human trafficking bridge between Nunavut and Ontario to build knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for Inuit women and children who are relocating.

This will be achieved by hiring 1 FT AHT liaison, developing culturally specific anti-human trafficking education and awareness content, doing outreach to existing and new partners, as well as creating a low-barrier referral process to support community members as they navigate different areas based on their relocation plans.

At the end of the project, the organization will have addressed the gaps in support provided to Inuit women and children relocating to the south from Nunavut, ensuring that they are able to prevent and minimize their risk of being targeted by traffickers.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

This 37-month project with the Women’s Centre for Social Justice will develop and implement promising intervention practices to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations of survivors of human trafficking in Ontario, Alberta, Yukon, British Columbia and Quebec.

This will be achieved by developing and delivering a survivor-led, “train-the trainer” training program for front-line workers, hotel staff, healthcare workers, law enforcement and members of the media, as well as the community at large; by shifting the public discourse around survivors to focus on their strengths, resilience, and resistance within the context of human trafficking; and by partnering with agencies and organizations that are well-known for cultivating research, advancing knowledge and advocating in the field of human trafficking to conduct participatory ground-breaking research within the Canadian context.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed a Canada-wide membership program, designed by and for survivors of human trafficking, that focuses on community, collective healing, peer support, advocacy, training and awareness-raising activities and opportunities.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

This 37-month project with Women’s Centre for Social Justice will develop and implement promising intervention practices to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations of survivors of human trafficking in Ontario, Alberta, Yukon, British Columbia and Quebec.

This will be achieved by developing and delivering a survivor-led, “train-the trainer” training program to front-line workers, hotel staff, healthcare workers, law enforcement and members of the media, as well as the community at large; by shifting the public discourse of survivors to focus on their strengths, resilience, and resistance within the context of human trafficking; and by partnering with agencies and organizations that are well-known for cultivating research, advancing knowledge and advocating in the field of human trafficking to conduct participatory ground-breaking research within the Canadian context.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed a Canada-wide membership program, designed by and for survivors of human trafficking, that focuses on community, collective healing, peer support, advocacy, training and awareness-raising activities and opportunities.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Additional funds will be used to administer targeted, peer-based sessions with diverse survivors and prepare a What We Found report to inform the National Action Plan to End Gender-Based Violence in Canada

This 43-month project with Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia will develop and implement Indigenous-led, community-based, culturally-rooted anti-human trafficking approaches, practices and materials to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk Indigenous populations and survivors of human trafficking throughout British Columbia.

This will be achieved by establishing Indigenous lived-experience youth panel, identifying high risk communities, engaging communities, organizing consultations and trainings, as well as developing materials to be used by anti-human trafficking service providers in Indigenous communities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have engaged the communities, utilized Indigenous community-led approaches, conducted consultations to identify needs and solutions for building protection and prevention, determined further support, and developed anti-human trafficking materials for Indigenous communities.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

The supplemental funds will be used to hold community sessions in schools and Indigenous communities to provide workshops on the HT curriculum that was developed.

This 13-month project will provide training, tools and resources to better equip frontline service providers with the ability to respond in a Northwest-Territories-contextualized trauma- and violence-informed approach to family and sexual violence. Stakeholder groups will be engaged and consulted, needs assessment formed and resources created. Resources will reach across the Northwest Territories and motivate uptake by service providers and partners. Consistent and relevant information will be accessible through workshops, written materials and web-based resources. During the course of this project, feedback and evaluation of resources will be reviewed and updated.

This 13-month project will strengthen the capacity and networks of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) to advance LGBTQ2 equality. This will be achieved by building organizational infrastructure, increasing board capacity and updating the strategic plan to increase internal capacity and support sustainability; and by offering collaborative opportunities for network-building via committees and engagement plans to enhance membership and community engagement. This project will prioritize engagement of racialized and less privileged voices in trans communities, and support community co-planning and involvement.