Grants and Contributions

This 21-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic through systemic change. VIDEA will achieve this by implementing a baseline data using Indigenous methodologies; creating and implementing strength-based Indigenous community processes and action plans; creating new partnerships and carrying out capacity building activities; producing communication materials and resources; and implementing strategic systems-level interventions that increase the capacity of institutions to expand the reach, impact and sustainability of gender equality efforts in Indigenous communities.

It has become clear during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic that the standard opaque medical masks pose a challenge for effective communication in healthcare settings, especially for deaf and hard of hearing people and other individuals who rely on visual cues or lip/speech reading.

This project will support the development and implementation of a Tourism Strategic Plan for the Township of Bonnechere Valley, located in Eganville. This will be accomplished through community engagement and industry analysis, drafting and presenting the tourism development strategy, and implementing the Plan. The intended outcome is providing an inclusive framework for tourism marketing, promotion and development within the municipality; and the promotion of Indigenous tourism products in the neighbouring Indigenous community of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan.

Restore air service to BC and Alberta communities impacted by COVID-19

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Nova Scotia Native Women's Association will address systemic barriers imposed on First Nations, Indigenous and Mi’kmaq communities in accessing adequate housing and infrastructure.

This 24-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada will achieve this by developing and implementing prevention focused initiatives to combat gender-based violence.

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Power to Girls Foundation will achieve this by (1) building and maintaining relationships with the school boards they will be collaborating with; (2) establishing a working group representing a diversity of perspectives/realities (geographic, socio-economic factors, etc.) to ensure project intersectionality and relevance across the schooling system ; (3) assessing the needs and gaps in the current education system to highlight the challenges of black and marginalized girls; (4) creating and testing a tailored program based on recommendations, (5) designing and sharing best practices that partners can leverage to address the systematic barriers of their students.

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Yellowknife Women’s Society will achieve this by conducting research to identify the current problems in the relationship between street-involved Indigenous women and the RCMP; conducting surveys, interviews and hosting focus groups with Indigenous women and girls; developing a final report of recommendations; and begin implementing and assessing the next steps to end gender-based violence.

This 21-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. ANSWERS will achieve this by hosting Town Hall sessions to complete a participatory needs assessment, offering workshops and networking sessions for sex workers to help establish and maintain support systems, organizing a multi-day Assembly to bring together sex workers and various stakeholders (police, legal representatives, health practitioners, etc.) to share their personal knowledge and lived experiences, and developing an educational resource about the sex work industry in Canada to inform policies and programs.

This 19-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. ANSWERS will achieve this by hosting Town Hall sessions to complete a participatory needs assessment, offering workshops and networking sessions for sex workers to help establish and maintain support systems, organizing a multi-day Assembly to bring together sex workers and various stakeholders (police, legal representatives, health practitioners, etc.) to share their personal knowledge and lived experiences, and developing an educational resource about the sex work industry in Canada to inform policies and programs.