Grants and Contributions

This 13-month project will strengthen the capacity and networks of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) to advance trans, gender diverse and Two-Spirit 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.

The supplemental funding will be used to hire a consultant to produce an accessible multi-media knowledge vessel that includes representations relevant to CPATH's WAGE project goals of enhancing community capacity specifically with 2Spirit, Afro-Indigenous, Black and racialized trans and gender diverse communities.

This 13-month project will strengthen the capacity and networks of the Canadian Professional Association for Transgender Health (CPATH) to advance trans, gender diverse and Two-Spirit 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.

The supplemental funding will be used to hire a consultant to produce an accessible multi-media knowledge vessel that includes representations relevant to CPATH's WAGE project goals of enhancing community capacity specifically with 2Spirit, Afro-Indigenous, Black and racialized trans and gender diverse communities.

This 37-month project with Angels of Hope Against Human Trafficking will develop and implement promising intervention practices that will entail trauma-informed mental health and harm-reduction focused addictions counselling and implementation of peer support programs to advance knowledge and enhance long-term, bilingual empowerment supports for survivors of human trafficking and sexual exploitation in Northeastern Ontario. Specifically, the project will center the lived experiences of survivors, including Indigenous women and girls, and specific challenges, including intergenerational trauma, racism, colonization and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.

This will be achieved by providing trauma-informed mental health and harm-reduction focused addictions counselling to address trauma, developing coping skills, and building individualized care plans; implementing peer support programs for survivors to share their experiences rebuilding their lives, regaining independence and restoring relationships with family and community; and conducting an external evaluation of the pilot project while documenting the impact of the services provided on survivors of human trafficking.

At the end of the project, the organization will have:
1. Helped restore relationships between survivors and their families and communities to inspire healing through peer support programs for survivors and loved ones;
2. Improved wellbeing for survivors facing mental health and addictions challenges through peer support programs as well as ongoing trauma-informed, harm-reduction focused addictions and mental health/trauma counselling;
3. Supported survivors in regaining their independence and reintegrating into their communities;
4. Expanded empowerment supports in northern, rural and remote regions of Northeastern Ontario, including for underserved populations;
5. Documented the impact of the services provided on vulnerable populations through attendance records and case management software.

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

This project will develop a Project Implementation Plan to increase access to supports for underserved populations and to explore and evaluate new promising practices to engage these populations in healing from gender-based violence (GBV). This project will develop, adapt, implement and evaluate culturally-sensitive, gender-inclusive and accessible programs for specific groups of survivors of GBV in New Brunswick.

This 37-month project with the Association for New Canadians will develop and implement promising intervention practises to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador.

These goals will be achieved by developing and implementing the Support, Empower, Access (SEA) program, which will support, empower and enhance access to programs and services through shared expertise and experience regarding sex and labour trafficking. The project will also develop and recommend best practices for supporting immigrants and migrants who have survived or are at risk of trafficking in their home country, during migration, or while living in Newfoundland and Labrador. The project will also develop a peer leadership model that will incorporate recommendations from health professionals, government and non-profit organizations, and those with lived experience.

At the end of the project, the organization will have the capacity to provide and offer trauma-informed services to victims and survivors. Immigrant and migrant survivors of human trafficking that occurred pre-migration will have the necessary support post-migration to ensure their successful settlement and prevent sexual and labour trafficking for those at risk post-migration.

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

This 49-month project with Bonnyville Canadian Native Friendship Centre will develop and implement a comprehensive survivor-informed prevention and trauma-mitigation program to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking within the Northern Alberta region.

This will be achieved by the development and delivery of a suite of wrap-around client services that will integrate Indigenous culture approaches and initiatives that strengthen community, family, and spiritual connections. Project activities will include: essential skills, employment, self-advocacy, and sexual exploitation awareness training workshops; cultural connectivity programs, events, and camps; crisis support and enhanced support referrals; and volunteerism opportunities. A Human Trafficking Advisory Board and focus groups will be formed to design and oversee project activities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed, implemented, and tested a survivor-informed and culturally relevant program framework that will result in promising and sustainable prevention and intervention practices to empower at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking.

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

The supplemental funding will be used to scale up the project and expand its reach. This will include workshops for survivors of human trafficking on financial literacy and conflict resolution with an Indigenous cultural focus, Indigenous art therapy, a cultural camp offering a holistic approach to healing and recovery, and cultural healing circles incorporating traditional Indigenous healing practices.

This 49-month project with Supporting Women's Alternative Network (SWAN Vancouver) Society will develop and implement prevention, response services, and promising intervention practices to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for im/migrant sex workers who experience systemic vulnerability to human trafficking.

This will be achieved by providing trafficking prevention and response services, filling the gap in province-wide services, educating provincial partners on the realities, reducing barriers to service among provincial organizations, informing im/migrant sex workers of province-wide services, and empowering them to access services in the communities in which they live and work.

At the end of the project, the organization will have provided prevention and response services to women in Greater Vancouver, developed and implemented promising prevention and intervention practices, built province-wide service network with partner organizations, and empowered im/migrant sex workers across BC to access local community services.

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

The supplemental funding will be used to scale the initial promising practice by engaging and mentoring settlement agencies to reduce barriers to service for im/migrant sex workers, providing trafficking prevention and intervention for im/migrant sex workers in new communities, informing them of low-barrier services, and empowering them to access settlement services in the communities in which they live and work.

This 36-month project will build capacity of the Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) to advance childcare priorities, specifically focusing on unpaid care work, in order to help secure a child care system for all, which is a key issue exacerbated by COVID-19, as part of an inclusive post-pandemic recovery and economy. This project will engage a broad range of Canadians in a number of ways to gather evidence about child care’s centrality to women’s economic security and prosperity, through knowledge production and widespread knowledge transfer related to new and emerging developments in child care. The project will enhance CRRU's primary role in advancing women's equality through childcare by engaging partners, producing and disseminating analytical/empirical evidence to address new/emerging developments; and developing a roadmap to undertake collective action with women's movement partners.

This 36-month project will build the organizational capacity of Mothers Matter Centre (MMC) and its partners in order to better serve isolated women susceptible to violence, effectively during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The project aims to enhance the skill level of organizational staff so that they can support vulnerable refugee, non-status, immigrant and Indigenous women in remaining connected to essential services and supports to deal with the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic. This will be achieved through the development of an innovative, culturally appropriate, and multi-lingual violence prevention training program that will be delivered to approximately 120 staff across the country with the goal of preventing, identifying and tackling abuse. As a result, MMC and its partners will be able to provide more holistic services and leadership skills to women employed through the program and will build capacity through a train the trainer approach.

This 49-month project with Migrant Workers Centre BC Society will develop and implement a specialized, trauma-sensitive, culturally competent leadership training program to equip the female survivors of labour trafficking with education and skills building to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for survivors of human trafficking. This will be achieved by developing and delivering training program, providing practicum placements, conducting outreach to program partners, and evaluating the project outcomes.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed and delivered a leadership training program and curriculum designed for the labour trafficking survivors. The participants will receive 12-hour individual paid practicum placements at the Migrant Workers Centre, as well as volunteer opportunities with the Salvation Army. The organization will also provide ongoing social services support, and post-graduation support to the participants.

The project will include an external evaluation: The purpose of the external evaluation is to evaluate the promising practice(s) that was developed, tested and implemented during the course of this project. The evaluator will be external to the organization and will have experience and expertise in evaluation.

The supplemental funding will be used to identify new partners, analyze and incorporate evaluation results and feedback, incorporate digital tools to streamline program delivery, expand the delivery of the course to three additional regions of British Columbia, and translate and deliver the course to Spanish and French-speaking participants.