Grants and Contributions

National Indigenous War Veterans Day

Through this 33-month systemic change project, the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the androcentric structures of settlement and integration services offered by settlement agencies throughout British Columbia by offering a train-the-trainer program whereby immigrant, newcomer and refugee (INR) men adopt positive masculinity practices and reduce the presence of harmful gender stereotypes that inhibit INR women from participating in family unit decision-making roles. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Supplemental funding in February 2026 will be used to produce high-quality video content to enhance the project curriculum.

Through this 22-month project, Labrador West Status of Women Council will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address policy development, capacity development, succession planning, and strategic mapping. The project will include the modernization of existing policies, the refining roles and responsibilities within the organizational structure including bylaws and job descriptions, the development of process maps and employee handbooks, and a targeted and formalized communication and marketing strategy.

Through this 22-month project, Metis Nation Saskatchewan Secretariat Inc. will support 2SLGBTQIA+ Métis individuals in rural Saskatchewan. They will achieve this through conducting a needs assessment with the 2SLGBTQIA+ Métis community and will develop an online resource centre for 2SLGBTQIA+ Métis individuals. This project will ensure sustained engagement, impact, and responsiveness to community needs.

Through this 18-month systemic change project, FNJC First Nations Justice Council will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the justice system by developing an implementation plan for strategies identified in the Indigenous Women's Justice Plan (IWJP), engaging with Indigenous Women to promote the IWJP, working with Provincial Ministries to co-develop budgets and plans, seeking endorsement and sustained funding to implement the plan and developing and releasing a public reporting platform. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 33-month project of systemic change, Promotion des Estriennes pour initier une nouvelle équité sociale (P.E.P.I.N.E.S) will help advance women’s access to leadership and decision-making roles. In particular, the project will help shift municipal councils’ culture and operations to improve working conditions for elected officials and encourage the participation of women and members of visible minorities in municipal councils. To do so, P.E.P.I.N.E.S. will establish a network of current and former elected municipal officials, and people interested in municipal politics. It will develop tools and implement activities to create change in mindsets and decision-making bodies. The project will also include a component to raise awareness of discrimination issues experienced by elected officials. An external evaluation will assess and evaluate the project’s impact on systemic change.

Through this 33 -month systemic change project, Moving Forward Family Services will help advance representation in leadership and decision-making roles for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers such as the lack of capacity in small to medium-sized public sector organizations to recruit, retain and promote BIPOC women in(to) leadership positions and limited mentorship opportunities for BIPOC women by collaborating with BIPOC women and public sector leaders to understand experiences and identify harmful systems, developing and implementing workshops and mentoring sessions for stakeholder groups and co-creating strategies for policy improvements.

An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Twin Sisters/Klinse-za Moberly Conservation Area

The main goal of this project is to enable Home Spritz to scale. Process inefficiencies in the platform means that there is significant manual intervention in the operation of the company. Scheduling automation will allow Home Spritz to service more clients with fewer resources and allow them to scale the company across Canada.

Youth will a member of the team to advance a gene delivery technology and to establish a new antibody screening platform.