Grants and Contributions

Through this 12-month project, Public Legal Information Association will scale the promising practice of delivering legal information, education, and navigation services in Labrador to address gaps in supports for underserved survivors of gender-based violence. This will be achieved by outreach and engagement, by collaborating with key partners and stakeholders and by providing legal information, supports and navigation to women Labradorians in remote coastal regions. This will enhance knowledge and collaboration among the community and stakeholders about legal options and processes and increase the ability for survivors of gender-based violence to access justice.

Through this 12-month project, the YWCA Montreal will expand the UNIQUE project in order to strengthen the GBV sector. It will amplify the promising practice at the heart of the structured multidisciplinary UNIQUE support program for women going through separation or divorce, a period recognized as a time of increased vulnerability. It will address the legal issues and challenges to accessing justice specifically faced by these women by promoting a better understanding of their rights. This will empower them in the context of separation or divorce so that they can navigate the legal system with greater clarity, confidence and security.

To achieve this, the project will include supporting two cohorts of participants through a course of 12 workshops in addition to providing intensive support spread over several weeks, combining thematic conferences, practical activities, discussion groups and regular follow-ups. In order to promote a safer and more autonomous transition to a new post-separation life stage, the new access to justice component will complement the five existing intervention components within the UNIQUE holistic model, namely 1) basic needs and social protection, 2) livelihoods and employability, 3) financial inclusion and personal finance management, 4) social empowerment and building relationships, and 5) health and physical and mental well-being.

The YWCA Montreal will make the various content related to the promising UNIQUE practice available online to professionals in the field to allow them to reproduce or amplify it.

Through this 12‑month project, the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association will lead a province‑wide, culturally grounded initiative to advance awareness, prevention, and safety related to gender‑based violence, human trafficking, and the MMIWG crisis, while strengthening supports for Indigenous women, girls, Two‑Spirit people, youth, and families across Nova Scotia. This will be achieved by engaging community and educational partners and developing culturally grounded resources. The project will implement trauma-informed workshops and youth‑focused prevention initiatives, facilitate a roundtable to gather sector insights, and strengthen referral pathways across communities. It will also coordinate efforts on MMIWG, GBV, and HT by identifying system gaps, engaging government partners on policy review, and promoting integrated, innovative, community‑designed programming. Finally, it will advance healing‑centred approaches by piloting new initiatives, establishing sustainability and succession plans, conducting ongoing evaluation, and producing a final report with recommendations.

Through this 12-month project, the Association for New Canadians will scale their Support, Empower, Access (SEA) program to newcomer youth populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. The organization will adapt the SEA program as an existing promising practice to address needs in digital exploitation, digital safety and human trafficking prevention of youth. Using trauma-informed practices, Using trauma-informed practices, this model will be youth-centred by engaging youth members and youth-serving organizations, along with identifying youth ambassadors who will be co-delivering educational presentations to their peers. The development and delivery of the SEA for Youth project will be supported by an environmental scan, an advisory committee, an awareness campaign and a SEA for Youth Summit. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the promising practices' success in reaching new populations.

At the end of the project, the Association for New Canadians will have supported the prevention of human trafficking and online exploitation of at-risk populations of human trafficking in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Through this 11-month project, Covenant House Vancouver (CHV) will scale their No Wrong Door Approach to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale to frontline social service workers in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. It will reduce barriers and improve access to trauma-informed services for youth at-risk of or experiencing human trafficking and exploitation. To do so, the project will include co-producing online training modules, sharing these practical approaches and building stronger networks with community partners, and undertaking an awareness campaign to connect youth to supports. Covenant House Vancouver will provide tested resources and training across networks to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

The purpose of this funding is to support McMaster University in hosting the 2026 STEM Workshop for Indigenous Girls + in collaboration with the CNSC.

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture

Support aboriginal communities in becoming successful participants in commercial fisheries and aquaculture