Grants and Contributions

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Tr'ondëk Hwëch'in (TH) is building the Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Heritage Complex at Lots 7-10 Block D Ladue Estate, Dawson City, Yukon. The TH Heritage Complex will be a house of living culture for the citizens of Dawson City and will provide important cultural supports to the remote community. The First Nation plans to use this building to revitalize traditional practices and Indigenize legislation around justice, education, health and child welfare. This space will also be used to display cultural artifacts. This building will provide a space for the community to develop TH cultural approaches to curriculum and content, with a focus on non-bias workshops for non-Indigenous community members, like education, health care and public service providers, revitalize the endangered Hän language, house the Kanacha residential school survivors' collection, profile and share artwork, stories, and creations with the public and provide in town facilities for hide tanning, animal skinning, natural materials preparation and other culture camp activities for those unable to get out on the land.

This project involves the replacement of the Baptiste River Bridge and the realignment and rehabilitation the 500m stretch of roadway on reserve leading up to the bridge. A hydrology analysis conducted in 2023 determined that the current bridge over the Baptiste River is at risk of being overtopped during a 1 in a 100-year event. The freeboard (the low chord of the bridge and the predicted 1 in 100-year water surface elevation of the river at the bridge crossing) is less than the one metre recommended by Alberta Transportation posing huge risk to the Nation in a flooding event. The low freeboard also increases the chances of debris getting caught on the bridge, further damaging the bridge, and potentially leading to overtopping of the bridge if flow is impeded. With only two primary access points into the community it is imperative that the bridge and road be adequately updated to support emergency access to the Nation.

The project will support bio-economy employers across Canada by developing and delivering a series of free online training courses, offered in both official languages, to proactively address workplace sexual harassment.

The project aims to increase legal knowledge, education and awareness on workplace sexual harassment for diverse Canadian Muslim women entering the workforce and/or currently employed. Awareness campaigns and training workshops on legal obligations and responsibilities in preventing workplace sexual harassment will be offered to small to medium sized Canadian employers hiring diverse Muslim women and/or working with Muslim clients.

The project will enhance awareness, knowledge, and access to resources related to sexual harassment within the electricity sector in partnership with employers. The project will aim to empower workers, especially those most vulnerable to harassment and including individuals preparing to enter the industry, and support employers to create safer and more equitable workplaces.

The project will provide information to Francophone employees and employers to address workplace sexual harassment in three stages. Information and resources will be disseminated through interactive hybrid model workshops aimed at employees and another at employees, and a video will be developed to promote legal information on harassment in the workplace.

This project will empower vulnerable populations in BC, particularly newcomers, immigrants and racialized workers, to understand their legal rights and access support related to workplace sexual harassment by increasing awareness, providing support to settlement workers, developing and disseminating multilingual resources, and ensure sustainability through online training.

This project will support employers in the trades to address sexual harassment and bullying of women and gender-diverse people through early, trauma-informed and non-adversarial conflict resolution processes. The provincial project will provide resources, training, and guidance to employers developing and implementing responsive, effective conflict resolution policies and procedures to address sexual harassment and bullying.