Grants and Contributions

NMN will create a northern network of Gender and Sexuality Alliance (GSA) clubs in local schools in the six remote regions of the Northwest Territories. Within this GSA network, a youth mentorship program will be implemented, which will help to inform the development of a youth advisory council, and the delivery of the Northern Mosaic Network’s 2SLGBTQIPA+ identity and sector-specific training and workshops.

Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Program - MARP - Events

This project is part of Canada’s Women’s Voice and Leadership Program, which supports local and regional women’s organisations and networks that are working to promote women’s rights, and advance women’s empowerment and gender equality in developing countries. This is done by supporting activities, building institutional capacity, and promoting network and alliance-building as women’s rights and feminist organizations are critical agents of change. The Program also responds to the globally recognized, significant gap in funding and support to women’s rights organizations and movements around the world.

This 22-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. New North SANC Services Inc will achieve this by addressing the underrepresentation of Indigenous women and other marginalized voices in leadership roles and positions of authority and will create regional coalitions to mobilize greater political participation in northern municipal, regional, and provincial governments.
The project will conduct governance workshops to grow awareness of unconscious biases that inform decision-making processes, form coalitions among Indigenous women groups and equity seeking organizations to build a network of peer support groups and sharing circles to identify the issues that are creating barriers to participation by Indigenous women in northern Saskatchewan communities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power, and addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

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.

White Ribbon’s project, Centering Survivors’ Voices and Needs, will address the healing needs of survivors and enhance safety and support.

This project aims to improve access to gender-responsive and inclusive education, particularly for girls and young women with disabilities, in two districts of northern Sierra Leone: Tonkolili and Bombali. The project targets 300 children and youth with disabilities (195 females and 105 males) between the ages of 7 and 20 who are not currently attending primary or secondary school regularly or at all. Additionally, around 400 parents/caregivers of these children, as well as community members will benefit from the project.

This proposed research contributes to the wider Small Teams project, which aims to develop text-to-speech synthesis voices to support learning of Indigenous languages in Canada. It will be made possible to hear words and phrases pronounced authentically and in a variety of voices on demand, so enriching language learners’ self-study.