Grants and Contributions

This 20-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: working in collaboration with families to create a memorial monument, developing a website to archive individual stories, coordinating a welcome home ceremony, and developing and implementing an engagement and communication strategy to involve and educate the broader public on issues related to missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals.

This 20-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: the creation and installation of a commemorative monument as well as the coordination of an unveiling ceremony that will include a drum group and community feast. In addition, workshops will also be held in each of the eleven First Nations that comprise the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council to promote awareness, preventive information and a strategy for future steps to support family and community.

This 20-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: facilitating reconnections with Aboriginal spirituality and traditions through the participation of Ribbon Skirt teaching to promote healing. This will be done by providing families with grief and loss counselors as well as working with Elders and local Artisans to create traditional regalia in honour of those lost.

This 60-month project will develop and evaluate the effectiveness of a peer support model as a promising practice for women with disabilities and deaf women who have experienced violence. Subject matter experts will be engaged to ensure a comprehensive model that addresses the complexity and unique needs of the underserved communities of women with disabilities, including Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQ, and transgendered, in both rural and urban areas.

This 44-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Women In Crisis (Algoma) Inc. to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the launch of a new online fundraising platform, the development of a new fundraising strategy and related communication tools, and the creation of a 5-year organizational strategic plan.

This 21-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: Indigenous regalia, a commemorative billboard, and awareness events and information sessions.

This 21-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2+ individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2+ individuals. Project activities will include outreach to the public, healing activities, gatherings of families and documentary research on the situation that will be carried out with the help of witnesses.

This 21-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2+ individuals and increase awareness of their disappearance and death. Project activities will include sharing and support groups, gatherings of families who have a missing child, and the creation of symbolic objects and works for the families.

This 44-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through strengthening capacity of Indigenous women and organizations across the province of Ontario by providing culturally-sensitive training and resources grounded by the wisdom of Indigenous women’s perspectives and knowledge. ONWA will build its leadership through diversifying its funding case, and building training and program delivery capacity.

This 57-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through strengthening capacity of Indigenous women and organizations across the province of Ontario by providing culturally-sensitive training and resources grounded by the wisdom of Indigenous women’s perspectives and knowledge. ONWA will build its leadership through diversifying its funding case, building training and program delivery capacity.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to build organizational capacity to affect change through membership goal setting and community planning, board governance development and membership succession planning as well as social media engagement.