Grants and Contributions

This 45-month project aims to strengthen the organization's capacity to continue to promote social and systemic change in support of gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through human resources management, strategic planning, partnership development, collaboration, networking, and the development of a strategy to diversify the organization's revenue streams.

This 12-month project will build the capacity of organizations working with victims of sexual assault and organizations working with victims of domestic violence to respond to the immediate health and safety crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization will develop a process to disburse the funding to sexual assault centres and domestic violence shelters in Québec.

This 12-month Agreement will support women’s shelters and organizations in support of victims of sexual and domestic violence, located in Quebec, during the exceptional circumstances caused by the COVID-19.

Quebec shall use the contribution paid under this Agreement to fund additional
direct services to these organizations.

Quebec shall submit public reports to Canada describing how the federal funds were spent and how they helped organizations provide services during the COVID-19 crisis.

This 18-month project will enhance the capacity of women’s shelters and organizations in support of victims of sexual and domestic violence in Quebec in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization will develop a process to disburse the funding to women's shelters and organizations in support of victims of sexual and domestic violence in Québec.

The additional funds of $8.7M will ensure continued support to eligible organizations in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.

This 35-month project will build the capacity of organizations working with victims of sexual assault and organizations working with victims of domestic violence to respond to the immediate health and safety crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization will develop a process to disburse the funding to sexual assault centres and domestic violence shelters in Québec.

The additional funds of $44,431,600 will ensure continued support to eligible organizations in the midst of the ongoing pandemic.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the National Association of Friendship Centres and its members to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. A series of activities will be undertaken to build national, provincial/territorial and local capacity, including through training and research to guide the creation of resource manuals that share best practices on leadership, board governance, Indigenous-specific gender-based analysis and partnership development, collaboration and networking and strategic planning. These activities will particularly target the Indigenous women leaders that make up 70 per cent of friendship centres directors in Canada and will maintain supports through the development of an Urban Indigenous women’s leadership network.

The supplemental funding will be used for strategic planning with NAFC and their Provincial Territorial Associations (PTAs).

The supplemental funding will be used for project activities such as GBA+ analysis and engagement, partnership development and collaboration, training opportunities for NAFC staff and Board of Directors, and conducting a review of all NAFC handbooks, policies, procedures and documents.

This 7-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: working with families to determine their needs for an LGBTQ2S safe space and the design and scope of supports needed for how they choose to honour their missing or murdered kin. This project will take place in Dryden Ontario and four additional Friendship Centre communities.

The project will develop and test a gender affirming inclusion process for LGBTQ2 communities and gender-non-binary survivors of gender-based violence to close the gaps in service provision for this underserved community.

This 36-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples, its provincial affiliates, and partner Indigenous organizations to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. The organization will undertake research and analyze project outcomes in order to identify the elements needed to sustain the use of gender equality resources and tools beyond the funding lifecycle. The findings will shape the creation of a “Sustainability Guide” as well as a “Gender Equality Guide,” with participating organizations trained and supported to implement the strategies within ongoing programming.

This 36-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the National Association of Friendship Centres and its members to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. A series of activities will be undertaken to build national, provincial/territorial and local capacity. This will include training and research to guide the creation of resource manuals that share best practices on leadership, board governance, Indigenous-specific gender-based analysis, partnership development, collaboration and networking. In particular, these activities will target the Indigenous women leaders that make up 70 per cent of friendship centres directors in Canada. They will also work to maintain supports through the development of an Urban Indigenous women’s leadership network.