Grants and Contributions

The Northern Leaders in Arctic Engagement and Policy program is designed to actively engage Arctic and Northern Canadian. Through targeted learning, capacity building, and direct participation opportunities, the program strengthens youth understanding of international Arctic policy while amplifying Northern and Arctic youth voices in global policy spaces.

Project activities include: (1) developing a gender-based analysis (GBA) plus strategy to outline approaches to and tangibly plan for integrating lessons learned from previous work, ongoing needs assessment, intersectionality, feminist monitoring, evaluation, reporting, and learning; (2) providing gender-based violence survivors with free legal aid; and (3) providing dignity kits that contain menstrual pads, underwear, and sanitary napkins accompanied by key information on GBV, GBV risks, and access to GBV services.

Project activities include: (1) updating existing curricula to include learning modules on dialogue, on how faith/religion or belief can support the promotion of human rights, and community cohesion; (2) conducting five trainings for criminal justice professionals to learn about hate crimes, hate crime victim support and training methods; (3) conducting three diagnostic workshops to identify gaps and providing recommendations for national-level improvements in hate crime recording, data collection and hate crime victim support; (4) carrying out six national meetings on the security of Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities to enhance co-operation between key stakeholders on addressing the security needs of these communities.

Working groups will be developed to engage in the design and development of curriculum and learning resources that address the needs and gaps identified, including input and feedback from participants with lived personal experiences to address the impacts of colonialism, racism, and intimate partner violence.