Grants and Contributions

Through this 30- month project, Elmwood Community Resource Centre and Area Association Inc. will scale the “Still I Rise” gender-based violence program (based on tree of life model) to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale to better meet the needs of South Asian, Black and Arab women in Manitoba. It will address the root causes of GBV in a culturally sensitive way for Black, South Asian and Arab individuals who often are at high risk for GBV. To do so, the project will include working with Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters (MAWS) to engage with at-risk and underserved populations and developing measurement tools and indicators grounded in culturally relevant practices. The organization will work to share the information from scaling this promising practice widely with partners and others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

This 31-month project, managed by a young Inuit woman, VIDEA will scale Shared Wisdom promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. The project will form a group of 6 youth leaders including Inuit youth in Iqaluit, NU and Nunatsiavut, NL, Métis youth in Fort Vermilion, AB, First Nations youth in Lytton and Lil’wat, BC and Yellowknife, NWT.

It will address the need for youth-led, community-immersed solutions and systemic interventions to address the crisis of GBV against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Community Wisdom will include Indigenous youth-led, culturally-relevant, land-based community engagement on GBV, Indigenous-centered wellness and healing for men and boys, comprehensive community action plans for systemic intervention, strong partnerships with and between youth and communities. Leading to increased capacity of Indigenous youth of all genders to address GBV, enhanced capacity of men and boys to champion GBV-free families and communities, increased capacity of Indigenous communities to influence systemic change on GBV, and increased stakeholder engagement in creating systems and policies that address GBV against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people.

VIDEA will create innovative resources grounded in methodologies used in community engagement, with promotion of these resources to communities, organizations, institutions, and wide promotion online.

The project will target underserved Veterans seeking community with other Veterans, including women, gender diverse, LGBTQ+, Indigenous, racialized, equity seeking groups to decrease isolation through peer support and regular social events.

Sunnybrook’s Harquail Centre for Neuromodulation’s clinical work enables us to build awareness of neuromodulation therapies and advocate for their use. This three-year project aims to expand neuromodulation interventions to a broader network of patients with PTSD, anxiety, addiction and depression.

Through this 31-month project, the Ontario Coalition of Rape Crisis Centres (OCRCC) will scale a BIPOC community of practice model and implement anti-racist reflexive practices within sexual violence services to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the need for 1) increased support and decreased isolation for BIPOC staff in Ontario sexual assault centres, 2) increased support for racialized survivors of sexual violence, and 3) increased opportunities for anti-racist organizational and systems change.

To do so, the project will 1) scale a BIPOC counsellor community of practice model to BIPOC outreach, education, and management roles in sexual assault centres in Ontario; 2) create a peer-support meeting model; 3) deploy an existing decolonizing toolkit with allies to enhance organization change; and 4) undertake advocacy work to address the interaction of race and gender oppression on gender-based violence. An evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice.

OCRCC will publish the toolkit and related calls to action on the OCRCC webpage; present the promising practice and peer-support meeting model; disseminate advocacy work addressing interaction of race and gender oppression in internal and external networks; and present the evaluation summary to OCRCC leaders, so to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

Through this 31-month project, Hollyburn Community Services Society will develop and put in place immediate cognitive-behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and triage wraparound support navigation for at-risk and underserved women to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address barriers to accessing GBV supports and services for at-risk and underserved women. To do so, the project will include designing and implementing the promising practices model using GBA Plus, promoting to stakeholders and community partners, conducting pre and post assessments, data collection and a mid-project review, and creating a report. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. Hollyburn Community Services Society will report findings to the GBV Knowledge Centre and through community knowledge-sharing feedback sessions to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

Through this 31-month project, Luke’s Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children will develop and put in place a limited scope legal service and wraparound support to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the inaccessibility of supports for women who are fleeing an abusive partner and entering the family law system. To do so, the project will provide limited scope for legal services pertaining to family law and intimate partner violence, and provide individualized wrap-around supports through a support worker. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. Luke’s Place Support & Resource Centre for Women & Children will prepare and circulate an evaluation report and information about the support model to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

Through this 31-month project, TransEstrie will conduct research that will help improve healthcare and health services for at-risk groups in the area of gender-based violence. The project will help shed light on access to gender-affirming care in Quebec and on medical violence experienced by trans and non-binary people during the medical transition process. To achieve this goal, the predominantly qualitative research will include a documentary analysis on the content of transition support forums, as well as interviews with healthcare professionals and people who have received or are waiting to receive gender-affirming care. TransEstrie will release its results and analyses through a webinar and by publishing “open-access” articles to inform others about the research findings.

Through this 31-month project, She Matters will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. This project will increase access to justice and enhance reporting practices for at-risk groups, specifically Indigenous women, in rural and remote communities in Yukon and northern Ontario. This project will address key barriers in accessing forensic evidence collection for survivors of sexual violence in the identified regions. To do so, the project will expand upon existing research conducted by She Matters on forensic evidence accessibility within the defined regions by engaging community stakeholders and members, conducting a literature review with emphasis on the barriers in reporting acts of sexual assault in rural and remote communities, conducting surveys, focus groups, and interviews with survivors and community stakeholders to identify systemic gaps which provide barriers in reporting acts of sexual violence. She Maters will also engage with law enforcement, crown prosecutors, and others involved in the judicial system in each region, to document current protocols around sexual assault cases, as well as evidence requirements for prosecuting sexual assault. She Matters will publish all findings digitally, including a direct link to download the full report, and highlight the findings on the organization's podcast to share information on the research findings.

The supplemental funding will be used for in-person community knowledge sharing visits in Northern BC, Northern ON, and Yukon to share preliminary findings and analysis from the project research.

Through this 31-month project, Restigouche CBDC will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups, specifically Mi’gmaq women, Two Spirit, non-binary and gender-diverse people in the extended region of Restigouche. It will address barriers to accessing services related to GBV in a region with intersecting vulnerabilities and needs, and with limitations in providing culturally specific and trauma-informed care. To do so, the project will include the creation of an Advisory Committee, the implementation of an action and knowledge mobilization plan, and an internal project evaluation process. Furthermore, the project will entail a comprehensive research phase which will include a review of relevant literature to identify gaps, engagement with community members with lived experience through adapted research methods, and an analysis of results to identify barriers, best practices, and recommendations. Restigouche CBDC will create products and materials that summarize project results intended for key partners and stakeholders, a knowledge mobilization campaign for the general public, and presentations to share information on research findings.