Grants and Contributions

QMUNITY will develop and execute education and outreach plans around Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer identities for settlers outside the Vancouver Lower-Mainland to help share knowledge of sexual and gender identities, as well as integrate learning outcomes from the organization’s social impact research on how to best serve Indigenous and racialized Queer, Trans and Two-Spirit people

Ongoing measurement and evaluation with quarterly analysis to identify learnings to integrate. (Ongoing for the duration of the project.)

To scale up, they will build on Ontario’s lessons learned and adapt the training/classroom resources for use in New Brunswick, Quebec, British Colombia and Yukon ensuring they meet each province/territory's curriculum requirements.

The Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts (ANDPVA) will achieve this by challenging gender stereotypes at the Indigenous community level and pushing for policy change to better address gender-based violence (GBV) and provide adequate support to survivors; providing safe spaces for women and gender-diverse individuals to share stories, resources and hosting sharing circles to discuss GBV topics such as Indigenous Human Trafficking (IHT) and Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), and reducing the feeling of shame for survivors; creating and hosting a culturally aware course on Indigenous GBV (including IHT and MMIWG) for band council members to educate them on stereotypes as well as influence the creation of new policies to prevent GBV within the community; creating partnerships with band council members (in Ontario and Quebec) to influence new policies; and performing an evaluation of the cultural relevancy and impact of the trainings for Indigenous communities, including lessons learned and proposed next steps for a national expansion.

This will be achieved by creating a travelling exhibition and activity guide that will enable host organizations, communities, and governments across Canada (remote, rural, urban) to learn about Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and how to address it in their own environment.

The Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS D) Program provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing doctoral studies in a Canadian university. These prestigious scholarships aim to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies.

The Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS D) Program provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing doctoral studies in a Canadian university. These prestigious scholarships aim to develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of scholarly achievement in undergraduate and graduate studies.