Grants and Contributions

This 24-month project aims to strengthen the Association des francophones du Nunavut’s (AFN) organisational capacities to continue to promote social and systemic changes in support of gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: a review of human resources management, the improvement of internal procedures, and the training of AFN employees and volunteers.

In addition, community consultations will lead to the creation of a sub-committee of Francophone women within the AFN. It will provide them with an inclusive space to amplify their voices and actions and thereby promote the Nunavut feminist movement while strengthening the AFN’s ties with francophone feminist organizations across the country. It will also strengthen partnerships between the AFN and its community and government partners in Nunavut to maximize the impact of the organization’s initiatives for Nunavut Francophone women.

An external evaluation will evaluate the project’s effectiveness and guide the AFN in improving its future internal practices.

Through this 24-month project, Quadrangle NL Community Centre will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will identify and address various barriers and gaps to supports and services for the community, as well as improve the organization’s tracking and evaluation of its programs and services. The project will include the development of a Community Advisory Board, the integration of results-based management practices, the creation of data collection and sharing methods for sector advocacy, and improvements to the organization’s internal financial reporting.

Through this 24-month project, the Regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale (RMFVVC) will develop and implement a promising practice to provide workplaces the tools to better protect immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and strengthen the gender-based violence sector. The promising practice will present the specific types of intimate partner violence in a migration context; the specific barriers preventing immigrant women from accessing support services and networks; as well as the appropriate protection and support measures that employers, unions, and employees can implement to take these into account. To achieve this, the project will include developing tools, such as a practical guide and an information kit, to raise awareness of this issue in different workplaces with a high concentration of immigrant women workers. Training will be implemented to create safer and more supportive work environments for immigrant women employees who are victims of intimate partner violence and to assist in referring them to appropriate resources. Personalized support will also be offered to workplaces to guide them in implementing concrete measures to this end. The RMFVVC will also engage its member shelters to recruit outreach staff who will be equipped to encourage and better support employers across Quebec to implement measures that more effectively support and protect immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence. Communities of practice will be established to enable workplaces to share best approaches for responding to the diverse realities of immigrant women who are victims of intimate partner violence; these women will be involved throughout the project. An external evaluation will measure and evaluate the impacts of the promising practice. The RMFVVC will organize a virtual event and a conference to inform other workplaces and shelter associations about the promising practice, and allow them to replicate or expand it.

Through this 36-month systemic change project, Grande Prairie Women’s Residence Association (Odyssey House) will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity or representation in leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the social services sector including breaking down silos and encouraging more effective and equitable sharing of resources in Northern Alberta by creating the Hope Hub Grande Prairie platform, a unified database to minimize revictimization, implementing tailored training programs and establishing a robust governance structure. The project will include a coordinated approach to empowering women to take leadership of their lived/living experiences and exercise autonomy over their service journey. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Additional funding will support adjustments/changes to the capabilities and the implementation of the collective database while also providing wages for a community project navigator who would support systemic change, further building collaboration and communication between agencies and stakeholders to ensure consistent access to collective database.

Through this 24-month project, Réseau Femmes du Sud-Ouest de l'Ontario will develop and implement an approach to educate and raise awareness among young girls who have witnessed parental domestic violence, in order to strengthen the GBV sector. This project will address gaps in the availability of prevention and intervention resources for high-risk youth, particularly local, French-language resources adapted to official language minority communities in southwestern Ontario. To achieve this, the project will include interactive workshop modules carefully developed with experts and implemented within participating francophone schools, for young girls aged 13 to 18, and with the participation of young boys as allies. An external evaluation will measure and assess the impact of this promising practice. Réseau-Femmes du Sud-Ouest de l'Ontario will organize a public event and develop a final report to share the results of the promising practice with the community, local organizations and other stakeholders, so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

The supplemental funding will be used to organize a series of workshops designed for young men aged 16 and over, from the target cities of Windsor, London and Sarnia, to actively engage them in preventing gender-based violence. These interactive workshops will be adapted to the cultural and linguistic realities of minority Francophone communities, with the aim of enabling participants to recognize the dynamics of violence, develop respectful communication, strengthen their ability to establish healthy relationships and adopt behaviours based on positive and benevolent masculinity.

Through this 24-month project, Les 3 sex* will develop and implement a gender-based cyber violence prevention program for young boys to strengthen the gender-based violence sector. The project will address the lack of access to services that help counter online radicalization and disinformation leading to gender-based cyber violence against women and 2SLGBTQI+ people. It will target young boys who are vulnerable to the influence of messaging from the manosphere. This will include consulting with partners; collecting data; creating awareness resources; and applying, evaluating, and disseminating innovative practices. An external evaluation will measure and assess the impact of these promising practices. Les 3 sex* will disseminate the promising practices and share the assessment report to inform other organizations of the promising practices so that they can replicate or scale them.

Additional funding has been allocated to develop and disseminate resources aimed at raising awareness and promoting positive models of masculinity.

Through this 24-month project, Hamilton Trans Health Coalition Inc. (HTHC) will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address: the barriers that exist for trans, gender-diverse, and non-binary people who have been denied the necessary educational and professional development opportunities due to intersectional systemic oppressions; the gaps in best practices by developing a model employment program that lowers barriers to entry; the barriers that exist for low-income individuals seeking gender affirming health care and; the need to make it easier for communities of any size to follow in HTHC footsteps to build much-needed local capacity by sharing these best practices widely. The project will include a) the review of job descriptions, classifications, pay grids, volunteer program and succession planning; b) the study of the feasibility of a social enterprise to fund continued systems navigation through fee-for-service skill-building engagements with non-healthcare employers; c) establish and support innovative partnerships and planning activities that could, after this project and using newly identified resources, sustainably address gender affirming health needs of low-income individuals excluded from private care; d) refine human resources policies and strengthen employee supports and internal career pathing practices; and e) develop & disseminate HTHC start-up guide.

Through this 24-month project, the Centre d’aide et de lutte contre les agressions à caractère sexuel (CALACS) de Trois-Rivières will develop and implement a service tailored to intersectional women to strengthen the gender-based violence (GBV) sector. It will address the lack of access to adequate services for women from 2SLGBTQI+ communities, Indigenous women, women who have a disability, and potentially, racialized women who are victims of sexual violence. To do this, the project will focus on hiring a dedicated advocate who will maintain a presence in the target audiences’ communities and ensure that the organization’s services and tools are tailored to take into account specific intersectional issues surrounding GBV. The CALACS will also raise awareness of the reality of GBV experienced by intersectional women. An external assessment will help measure and determine the impacts of this promising practice. The CALACS de Trois-Rivières will conduct various awareness and information campaigns, as well as present the project to committees (such as the Quebec Coalition of Sexual Assault Help Centers) to inform others of the promising practice so they can replicate or scale it.

Through this 24-month project, Community-Based Research Centre Society (CBRC) will conduct a participatory arts-based community-led research project to improve GBV services for 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in Fraser Health Authority, British Columbia. The project will address gaps in knowledge about 2SLGBTQIA+ survivors’ experiences and needs, as well as barriers to accessing 2SLGBTQIA+ affirming supports and services. It will include a literature review, an environmental scan, and trauma-informed arts-based group sessions facilitated by 2SLGBTQIA+ artist-researchers, supported by Indigenous Elders as well as clinicians. To mobilize research findings, CBRC will organize webinars as well as an arts exhibit featuring participants’ work and stories. It will also develop a service provider toolkit.

The project will be conducted in collaboration with Health Initiative For Men (HIM). It will be guided by an Advisory and Accountability Committee made up of 2SLGBTQIA+ people impacted by GBV, with all staff, artists and contractors involved also being 2SLGBTQIA+ people.

Through this 24-month project, Centre for Young Parents will enhance its organizational capacity to advance gender equality by developing systems and practices, short, medium, and long-term strategic and operational plans and policies, and a modern governance structure to aid program delivery for the empowerment of young parents in efforts to reduce poverty among the demographics.