Grants and Contributions

Through this 27-month project, the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity will improve capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. The project will address gaps in 2SLGBTQ+ youth leaders' access to convening space and knowledge and skills development mentorship and empowerment opportunities, to inform policy related to adequate trans affirming health care, comprehensive sexuality education, and public safety. The project will focus on strategic, operational, and financial planning; strengthening organizational capacity through hiring specialist positions and consultants; fostering networking and collaboration between organizations serving 2SLGBTQ+ youth; and raising awareness of 2SLBTQ+ youth issues through needs assessment made accessible to other organizations in and outside of the 2SLGBTQ+ sector.

Through this 26-month project, Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc. (SCO), in partnership with GAGANNAAWENIMAANAANIG (formerly the Manitoba MMIWG2S+ Implementation Committee) will increase action to advance equality through systemic change and focus on efforts to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Manitoba.

The project will focus on identifying immediate priorities from the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG2S+), with an emphasis on the landscape in Manitoba. SCO will then support an advisory group to guide the project, and partner with the Women’s Research Institute to create a process evaluation framework and seek out further partnerships. The organization will engage with women and girls with lived experience to develop solutions to systemic barriers and extend consultation sessions with governments, and other community members to identify gaps in services.

The additional time will support SCO to mitigate issues presented to the organization, gather knowledge that builds on the guidance of the National Action Plan, and allow the completion of the development of a public awareness campaign and communication strategy to introduce the new initiative. Finally, SCO will conduct a year-end evaluation report, as planned, and host a gathering, education awareness for MMIWG2S+ to share the findings of the implementation plan with community members and families affected by violence, to understand barriers for women and put in place solutions to influence change.

Through this 21-month project, Moose Hide Campaign Development Society will scale a Calling on men and boys and sharing traditional medicine promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. The project will be scaled to three new regions: Ontario, Quebec and Nunavut, and Atlantic. It will address the need to reach a large number of people within key institutions in order to effectively change the attitudes and behaviors that lead to GBV. To do so, the project will engage men and boys, share traditional Indigenous medicine, cultural teachings, and experiences, and then apply an Indigenous impact measurement framework to assess the overall effectiveness and reach of the project. The Moose Hide Campaign Development Society will engage many institutional partners and publish the impacts of these collaborations to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand it.

Co-op expansion and addition of more equipment and capacity to provide quality food procured from area producers

The purpose of this agreement is to increase awareness, availability and use of lower carbon vehicles and fuels in Canada by supporting the installation of 7 electric vehicle chargers in Ontario.