Grants and Contributions

With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, Pride PEI will develop and finalize a Financial Resilience and Revenue Diversification Plan, assess revenue generating and partnership opportunities, and complete an equity audit to guide the integration of an Anti-Racism and Anti Oppression Framework across its governance, volunteer, and partnership systems.

Through this 28-month project, the Quebec Lesbian Network will strengthen the capacity and networks of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. The project will address lesbian, bisexual, and queer women’s invisibility within the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Canada as well as the need to develop a more inclusive approach for bisexual and immigrant women and for non-binary and transfeminine people. The project will include developing a survey and a Canada-wide conference, consulting with excluded and marginalized groups of women+, compiling a collection of texts by sexually diverse immigrant women, developing inclusive tools, and integrating an intersectional perspective into the organization.

This 28-month project will increase immigrant and refugee women’s economic security and prosperity in Nova Scotia. It will develop entrepreneurial, financial and leadership skills and reduce barriers immigrant and refugee women face in response to entrepreneurial progress and advancement.

This will be achieved by enhancing awareness of women’s entrepreneurial needs with financial service provides, investors, and community partners, increasing awareness of gender inclusive practices, increasing collaboration among immigrant community service providers, and promoting women-led product and service-based businesses.

The project will also include collaboration with various community stakeholders by establishing a 2SLGBTQIA+ Coalition that will work towards developing an action plan based on the needs assessment and next steps reports.

Through this 40-month project, Tools of Empowerment for Success (TOES Niagara) will develop and put in place a code of conduct to prevent human trafficking in the hospitality and tourism industry in the Niagara region to strengthen the GBV sector, based in part on ECPAT International's The Code of Conduct for the Protection of Children from Sexual Exploitation in Travel and Tourism. It will address the need to provide awareness, tools and support to the hospitality and tourism industry to prevent human trafficking of vulnerable populations (e.g., women, racialized, newcomers) working and living in the Niagara region. To do so, the project will establish a multi-stakeholder steering committee that will develop and adapt a local Code of Conduct based in part on the ECPAT model with input from the community including survivors and at-risk populations. The local Code will be implemented among pilot organizations and policy development support and training will be provided to these organizations to facilitate a successful implementation. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. TOES Niagara will organize outreach events to share information on the promising practice with key employers in major border cities so that they may replicate it or expand upon it within their own organizations.

The supplemental funding will be used to review and update training modules for specific target populations, to deliver in-person training to front-line municipal employees and to increase knowledge mobilization activities by traveling to additional locations within the Niagara region.

With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, TOES Niagara will 1) undertake applied research to assess the practical implementation and behavioural impacts of the Code of Conduct for Human Trafficking Prevention; 2) enhance training modules using evaluation evidence and feedback from early Code adopters; and 3) produce targeted knowledge products to support stakeholders in applying the Code. Through this, they will further advance Gender Equality.

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

The overarching goal (purpose) is to support enhancements in marine safety and marine environmental protection in Canadian waters, while embracing the concepts of co-development and sustainable economic development.

The firm will do a feasibility analysis on a dedicated and automated workflow manager to arrive at a Minimally Viable Product (MVP) for their Environment Footprint Monitoring Platform (EFMP).

Support the delivery of the Wallace McCain Institute Entrepreneur Leadership Program

Establishing a Community Fisheries Center (CFC) on Kioa to boost economic resilience by providing financial returns to individual households