Grants and Contributions

The purpose of this Agreement is to support eligible organizations providing existing crisis hotlines responding to gender-based violence (GBV) that are experiencing a rise in call volumes due to the COVID-19 pandemic by agreeing on the term of payments of federal funding intended for these eligible organizations.

Through this 36-month project, Nisohkamakewin Foundation will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, with a focus on individuals experiencing domestic violence in Spruce Grove, Alberta.

This will be achieved through community consultations with those who have lived experience of GBV; by providing professional training related to GBV for staff and board members; by developing and implementing a holistic organizational review of policy on equity and inclusion through development and modification of a curriculum; and the provision of community and stakeholder information sessions related to GBV+ experienced by Indigenous women and girls. An evaluation tool will also be developed to ensure project objectives are being met, and knowledge gained in this project will be shared within the community to create and strengthen partnerships with other service providers to build their capacity in turn.

By the end of this project, Nisohkamakewin Foundation will have strengthened their own capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people with a focus on individuals leaving situations of domestic violence. "

Through this 39-months project, Kitikmeot Friendship Society (KFS) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQIS+ people, with a focus on the 2SLGBTQIS+ population with the stakeholders and community members from the communities of Kitikmeot. This will be achieved by creating an advisory group, organize communities’ consultations and developing a strategic plan.

By the end of the project, KFS will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIS+ people, as applicable with a focus on 2SLGBTQIS+ population issues from the communities of Kitikmeot.

Through this 14-month project, FrancoQueer will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing francophone LGBTQ2 communities in Ontario. This will be achieved by: 1) developing a Franco-Ontarian network with an intersectional, cross-sectoral approach to LGBTQIA2+ inclusion and engaging partners and the community in the project; 2) identifying priority issues for the Francophone LGBTQIA2+ community in Ontario; 3) developing training content and tools to support partners' organizational change and; 4) delivering the trainings and tools to support partners' organizational change and evaluating their impact.

By the end of the project, FrancoQueer will have supported a community-informed project to address key issues facing francophone 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Ontario and advance equality for 2SLGBTQ+ people.

Through this 39-month project, the Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society (ACEHS) will build its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, focusing on individuals with lived experience of homelessness in Victoria, BC. This will be achieved by engaging with unhoused and at-risk 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous youth to develop a youth housing model that addresses their identified needs; undertaking foundational planning toward piloting and evaluating a Social Enterprise; and developing a series of policies, toolkits, resources, and training modules for staff and volunteers that strengthen ACEHS’ programs preventing violence.

By the end of the project, ACEHS will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, focusing on individuals with lived experience of homelessness

Through this 15-month project, Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) will develop community-informed initiatives to overcome key issues facing 2SLGBTQ+ communities, with a focus on racialized trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming individuals and, in particular, those who are newcomers, in the Greater Toronto Area. This will be achieved through 1) a community needs assessment; 2) capacity-building skills workshops, peer ambassador trainings and mentorships; 3) one-on-one education and support; 4) community support group; and 5) post-program focus group.

By the end of the project, ASAAP will have supported a community-informed project to address key issues facing 2SLGBTQ+ communities and advance equality for 2SLGBTQ+ people, with a focus on racialized trans/non-binary/gender non-conforming individuals.

Through this 39-month project, Keepers of the Circle will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on northern Ontario. This will be achieved by developing a First Nations, Inuit and Métis-centered governance/operational policy structure for Keepers of the Circle; engaging with women with lived expertise, like-minded organizations, and knowledge keepers to build consensus, policy, and advocacy around the provision of culturally rooted sheltering and transitional housing services as a mechanism to end GBV and on trauma-informed care; and then sharing and promoting the results.

This project will engage Tahiuqtiit Women’s Organization in the Northwest Territories, as an expert in the field, as well as survivors, and front-line providers.

By the end of the project, Keepers of the Circle will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Northern Ontario.

Through this 38-month project, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA) will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) throughout on and off reserve communities in Nova Scotia by strengthening the capacity of its 16 chapters. Each chapter’s capacity will be increased by offering training, tools, and guidance on financial management, proposal writing, communications, project management and strategic planning.

By the end of the project, NSNWA and its chapters will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGTBQQIA+ people, with a focus on the implementation of a community mobilization system through increased services offered across the province of Nova Scotia.

Through this 39-month project, the Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on indigenous women from the Eeyou Istchee territory in Quebec. This will first be achieved by gathering quantitative and qualitative data on local population’s level of knowledge about GBV. Based on the information gathered, a taskforce will be created to support, via an online workshop series, CWEIA’s 11 local member association’s prevention and awareness-raising efforts for Eeyou Istchee’s population of all ages on various GBV issues.

This project will engage the Gookumnouch Advisory Paataksuun as well as traditional healers in order to create a safe space for dialogue between CWEIA’s staff and its local member associations in order to be better equipped to understand and discuss GBV issues from a culturally relevant perspective as well as to provide comfort and accompany local populations feeling triggered and/or stigmatised by various lived experiences of GBV. Additional partners include the Cree Board of Health and Social Services, Eeyou Eenou Police force and the Cree Nation Government who will have representation on the project’s taskforce in order to disseminate awareness-raising information and training materials on GBV in their respective networks.

By the end of the project, CWEIA will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, as well as 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on improving the capacity of its local member associations as well as deepen its collaborative relationships with local community and institutional partners on addressing gender-based violence.

Through this 39-month project, Infinity Women Secretariat Inc. (IWS) will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQIA+ people with a focus on Red River Métis community in Manitoba.

Through this 39-month project, Infinity Women Secretariat Inc. (IWS) will increase its capacity to prevent and address Gender-Based Violence (GBV) throughout the Red River Métis community. This will be achieved by engaging with public policy experts to identify research gaps, conduct annual GBA+ socio-economic surveys, develop a Métis-specific GBA+ toolkit and GBA+ policies for the national Métis government, Affiliates and organizations, along with the development of the MMIWG2S+ Implementation Action Plan, while evaluating and improving IWS internal capacity.

This project will partner with the Manitoba Métis Federation, to support their GBA+ capacity of their policy, research, evaluation, and consultations.

By the end of this project, Infinity Women Secretariat Inc. will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Métis women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals, with a focus on developing more inclusive policies and programs within the Red River Métis community.