Grants and Contributions

To conduct assessments on the removal of abandoned and/or wrecked vessels from Canadian waters To remove abandoned and/or wrecked vessels from Canadian waters

Through this 29-month project, Avalon Sexual Assault Centre Society will develop and put in place a Legal Pathways and System Navigation Model to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the lack of available resources and tools to gain support for legal processes that lead survivors to unfair advantages, time consuming and strenuous experiences in search of justice. To do so, the project will develop and implement a community centered model for organizations and their clients for legal support and guidance pertaining to sexualized and gender-based violence, and to cooperate and advocate on a large scale for advancement towards systemic change. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. Avalon Sexual Assault Centre Society will participate in community events to increase visibility of the project and share lessons learned from the promising practice in order to share information with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

Through this 17-month project, Chroma will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the organization’s revenue management and fundraising needs, policy updates, programming impact assessment, and board governance, while involving the community through a GBA Plus lens. The project will include conducting a policy review to center accessibility and inclusion, assessing programming, and transitioning to a new governance model.

The extension in time and additional funds will allow the organization to continue to increase its effectiveness in revenue management, gather feedback on their outreach programs and advocacy activities, and identify best practices to transition to a governance board model. Lastly, it will allow them to develop relationships through in-person meetings and events.

Through this 29-month project, Canadian Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) will develop and put in place a culturally competent, responsive, and evidence-based GBV prevention and support model to strengthen the GBV sector in supporting immigrant/refugee/newcomer women impacted by GBV. It will address the intersectional needs of the target population and build the capacity of agencies to address significant gaps in services, including rural, language, cultural, and other access barriers, as well as increased complexity of post-pandemic needs. To do so, the project will select and standardize strategies used in CIWA’s Family Conflict Prevention Program (FCPP); develop and perform a baseline impact evaluation of the model; modify model approaches for regional and online delivery; engage local, provincial, and/or regional stakeholders in a pre-pilot review; and pilot and evaluate the model with women from across Alberta, incorporating adaptations and enhancements based upon feedback.  An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. CIWA will host stakeholder sessions and develop tutorials to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

The project will engage two key participant groups: women with lived experience, who will directly influence the design of the model, and men and boys from ethno-cultural communities, who will use their allyship to support the model’s GBV prevention initiatives. The contributions and insights of these two groups will help ensure that the project is inclusive, responsive to the needs and strengths of vulnerable populations, and reflective of the diversity within communities.

Supplemental funding will support holding community informed activities that engage men and boys as allies in preventing gender-based violence (GBV), strengthening healthy relationships, and shaping CIWA’s future Engaging Men & Boys strategy.

Through this 29-month project, Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre will scale anti-oppressive practices and alternative therapeutic approaches to healing for individuals from historically underserved communities to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the need for supports that acknowledge systemic and structural violence and exhibit cultural awareness and competency, and for more established anti-oppressive perspectives in the GBV sector.

To do so, the project will (1) develop, implement, evaluate and optimize an anti-oppressive framework based on a Critical Discourse Analysis of resources most commonly used by GBV service providers; and (2) implement and evaluate the practices of trauma-informed yoga, nature-based healing and art therapy as culturally sensitive and anti-oppressive alternative approaches to healing.

Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre will create a guidebook for the anti-oppressive framework, draft a report based on the evaluation of the three alternative therapeutic practices, and disseminate these two documents via email and social media to share information on the promising practices with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon them.

Through this 29-month project, Université Laval will conduct research that will help improve gender-based violence services for at-risk groups. The project will address the accessibility, sensitivity, and effectiveness of psychosocial interventions among women from at-risk populations who are victims of sexual violence. To do this, the project will assess the impact of being part of one or multiple at-risk populations on perceived discrimination as well as membership, acceptability, and user experience of an online intervention targeting post-traumatic reactions following sexual violence. It will also document the impact of the social determinants of health on the perceived acceptability and usefulness of the content of this intervention while highlighting the impact of intersections on the victim’s experience and recovery. Université Laval will develop scholarly articles and knowledge transfer materials to inform others of the research findings. As part of this project, the university will collaborate with several community organizations, such as the Carrefour familial des personnes handicapées, the Centre d’amitié autochtone de Québec, the Centre de Solidarité Lesbienne, Quebec Native Women, Viol-Secours, and the Maison pour femmes immigrantes (Immigrant Women’s Shelter). Activities will be carried out through the sharing of total project costs, with 50% of the funding provided by Women and Gender Equality Canada and 50% by Université Laval

To coordinate local engagement on marine or rail transportation strategies and policies To facilitate the use of Indigenous traditional knowledge when decisions are made about the marine or rail transportation system To support activities and improve collaboration between Indigenous local communities and federal stakeholders

The project will support development of intellectual property capacity within the firm.

Pursue scientific research at a Canadian post-secondary institution as part of the Canada-China Scholars Exchange Program

Community Support, Multiculturalism and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program - Multi Inter-Action - Events