Grants and Contributions

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Spring 2023 Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s Strategic Directions.
o The CIHR Institute of Aging Strategic Plan 2019-2021: Living Longer, Living Better is based on two main strategic directions (a) the determinants of health and wellness along the life-long trajectory of aging, and (b) the complex health challenges of the older individual and their caregivers

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Spring 2023 Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s Strategic Directions.
o The CIHR Institute of Aging Strategic Plan 2019-2021: Living Longer, Living Better is based on two main strategic directions (a) the determinants of health and wellness along the life-long trajectory of aging, and (b) the complex health challenges of the older individual and their caregivers

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Spring 2023 Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s Strategic Directions.
o The CIHR Institute of Aging Strategic Plan 2019-2021: Living Longer, Living Better is based on two main strategic directions (a) the determinants of health and wellness along the life-long trajectory of aging, and (b) the complex health challenges of the older individual and their caregivers

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Spring 2023 Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s Strategic Directions.
o The CIHR Institute of Aging Strategic Plan 2019-2021: Living Longer, Living Better is based on two main strategic directions (a) the determinants of health and wellness along the life-long trajectory of aging, and (b) the complex health challenges of the older individual and their caregivers

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s areas as outlined in the CIHR IA Strategic Plan 2023-2028: Reframing Aging Empowering Older Adults.
• This prize is a supplemental grant to support research and has to be used according to the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide.

• This prize will be given annually to the highest-ranking funded project in the Project Grant competition that is relevant to one of the Institute of Aging’s areas as outlined in the CIHR IA Strategic Plan 2023-2028: Reframing Aging Empowering Older Adults.
• This prize is a supplemental grant to support research and has to be used according to the CIHR Grants and Awards Guide.

This 36-month project with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Secretariat Inc. will develop and implement a Survivors Mentorship Module, which will outline how survivors can respectfully, safely and appropriately engage in Manitoba First Nations’ efforts to combat human trafficking.

As part of this 38-month project, the Centre francophone du Grand Toronto (CFGT) will develop and provide knowledge about human trafficking through its programs. It will do so by providing training on human trafficking to its employees and those of partner organizations as a means of enriching knowledge and improving support in order to foster empowerment by identifying survivors and at-risk persons among its clients and by promoting access to CFGT programs to at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking.

This objective will be achieved by training CFGT employees and those of its partners on GBA+ and anti-trafficking initiatives, equipping them to identify survivors and potential victims of human trafficking in their programs, and providing services to support victims and survivors of human trafficking.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed greater partnerships with regional service providers in Central-Southwestern Ontario, while implementing promising practices to prevent and take action against human trafficking.
The project will include an external evaluation of the success and evolution of the promising practices.

This 43-month project with Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia will develop and implement Indigenous-led, community-based, culturally-rooted anti-human trafficking approaches, practices and materials to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk Indigenous populations and survivors of human trafficking throughout British Columbia.

This will be achieved by establishing Indigenous lived-experience youth panel, identifying high risk communities, engaging communities, organizing consultations and trainings, as well as developing materials to be used by anti-human trafficking service providers in Indigenous communities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have engaged the communities, utilized Indigenous community-led approaches, conducted consultations to identify needs and solutions for building protection and prevention, determined further support, and developed anti-human trafficking materials for Indigenous communities.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

This 36-month project with the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto will develop and implement promising practices that will include online/offline resources and community approaches to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for Indigenous women and gender diverse peoples with intellectual and cognitive disabilities who are at-risk of, are currently experiencing, and/or have survived human trafficking.

This will be achieved by reconvening the Community Working Group with the addition of a Lived Experience Advisor; performing Community-Based Research, including conducting an Environmental Scan and holding Community Discussion Groups with key stakeholders (including people with lived experience); and developing resources for promising practices and a community strategy that responds to the identified needs of these vulnerable populations.

At the end of the project, the organization will have examined the nature of trafficking experiences; developed culturally appropriate and disability sensitive online/offline resources; and implemented a community strategy.

The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.