Grants and Contributions

Through this 29-month project, Canadian Coalition for Women in Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) will scale multiple promising practices and address systemic factors in skilled trades workplaces by working collaboratively with partners across British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia to strengthen the GBV sector.

To do so, the project will engage and mobilize men as allies to prevent and end GBV in skilled trades workplaces.

Through this 41-month project, the Elizabeth Fry Society of Calgary will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for Indigenous women. It will identify and address the intricate systems that influence inequality and increase susceptibility to GBV for Indigenous women who also experience or are at risk of criminalization. In addition, this project will study the systemic consequences of GBV that emerge because of existing structural, physical, and socio-cultural barriers that heighten the vulnerability of Indigenous women to negative outcomes such as homelessness, poverty, and criminalization. To do so, this project will employ an Indigenous research methodology, receive the guidance of Knowledge Holders and Elders through regular discussions and meetings, and create Advisory Circles of women with lived experience, which will guide and inform recommendations for the restructuring and decolonizing of supports and services for Indigenous women.

Through this 41-month project, West Coast LEAF will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. It will address the knowledge gap regarding the intersections between BC's child welfare system and experiences of GBV, specifically for racialized, newcomer, and/or disabled women and 2SLBTQIA+ people. To do so, the project will conduct community-based research with a diverse network of community partnerships to support law and policy development to address issues in the child welfare system to align with community-identified priorities, needs and practices.

Through this 41-month project, The Pride Centre of Edmonton (TPCE) will strengthen the capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. By adopting anti-oppressive and anti-racist employment practices, fiscal planning, and implementing recommended strategies for operational development, it will ensure the organization’s growth and sustainability on the overall operating structure. The project will include an environmental scan, needs assessment, the development of an operational and action plan, an evaluation and risk framework to build and strengthen the TPCE’s operational capacity to help them meet the growing needs of the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Alberta.

Through this 20-month project, Egale Canada, Planned Parenthood NL Sexual Health Centre (PPNLSHC), and Mokami Status of Women Council will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups of 2SLGBTQI+ youth in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Through this 28-month project, The Enchanté Network will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality.

This 31-month project will help improve women’s economic security and prosperity by supporting the adoption of pay equity policies and practices in New Brunswick municipalities.

Through this 17-month project, the London Abused Women’s Centre (LAWC) will scale Journey to Justice, a human trafficking survivor engagement model, and implement supports for survivors of Non-State Torture in seeking justice, and in adapting relevant training for staff and service providers to contribute to preventing and addressing human trafficking. It will address the need for increased support and recognize the specific needs of women who have experienced Non-State Torture (NST).

To do so, the project will 1) scale the survivor engagement in developing and implementing training for those who are survivors of NST through the creation of a Survivors Advisory Committee; 2) adapt the Journey to Justice guide to address the specific needs and perspectives of survivors of NST; 3) scale and offer supports to NST survivors of sex-trafficking, and/or those at risk, to seek justice, as defined by the survivors; 4) provide training to staff and service providers on specific supports for NST survivors of sex-trafficking and/or those at risk.

Through this 41-month project, Queer Yukon Society will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address gaps in organizational infrastructure to support safety, accessibility, and long-term organizational sustainability. The project will include developing and expanding strategic partnerships that increase efficiency and effectiveness, creating and implementing financial development, knowledge mobilization and partnership plans, reviewing and improving internal processes, and building regular opportunities for learning and growth.

Through this 41-month project, The Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS) will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. By using participatory feminist research methods, PATHS will map the impacts of intersecting barriers for survivors of GBV in their interactions with the legal system and provide recommendations for improvements. To do so, this project will employ qualitative and quantitative research methodology, including a survey, focus groups and one on one interviews with GBV survivors who have experienced the legal system.