Grants and Contributions

Canada Periodical Fund - Collective Initiatives

Development of Official Language Communities Program - Community Life

Through this 21 month project, Red Deer Native Friendship Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This will be achieved by developing a community engagement strategy, developing relationships with stakeholders and Two-Spirit Elders and knowledge keepers, conducting a needs assessment, and using their findings to adapt their approaches, mandates, and governance structures and develop and implement culturally safe training for volunteers and employees.

This project will engage with the Central Alberta Pride Society, the Trans and Non-Binary Aid Society, Urban Aboriginal Voices Society, and the Edmonton 2 Spirit Society to ensure they have good representation from the various communities for their community consultations.

By the end of the project, the Red Deer Native Friendship Society will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

This project intends to redefine operations with necessary technological augmentations to offer a seamless customer and provider experience, alongside increased service quality.

The primary goal of the Northern Circle of Youth project is to create opportunities that will support urban Indigenous youth ages 6-17 in enhancing their personal, economic and social growth in a culturally sensitive, safe and drug/alcohol-free environment. The project will offer afterschool activities and the programs, services and activities provided will be delivered in a holistic, inclusive manner that will be conducive to meeting the mental, physical, emotional and spiritual needs of the urban Indigenous youth population. Programs, services and activities will include (but are not limited to) the following components: Sports & Recreation, Health, Culture, Social Issues, Community Engagement & Leadership and Employment/Education/Training.

This project will also help support capacity building in Africa by showcasing Canadian best practices in mine site safety, and featuring presenters with expertise in Canada's policy and regulatory regime, who can speak to key safety challenges faced by mining companies in host countries (with a particular focus on the Africa context), while providing a venue for Canadian mining suppliers to present their innovative technologies and solutions to a curated audience. The mine site safety program will include the following information: 1. Canada's mining story, and the evolution of health and safety at Canadian mine sites 2.

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)’s primary responsibility is maintaining international peace and security. Through the organization Security Council Report, this project contributes to increased transparency, effectiveness and accountability of the UNSC through targeted support to its members and other relevant stakeholders. Project activities include: (1) researching and publishing a policy report on peace operations and transitions, and the role of women peacekeepers; (2) monitoring, analyzing and reporting on the UNSC activities and commitments on Women, Peace and Security; (3) building the capacity of new UNSC members from ODA-eligible member states; and (4) accompanying and reporting on UNSC missions.

This project aims to strengthen the universalization and implementation of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention (Ottawa Treaty) and the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Project activities include: (1) facilitating advocacy and promotion for the universalization of the Ottawa Treaty and the CCM; (2) assisting grassroots organizations, specifically women, youth and survivor-led organizations, to increase their capacity to promote the Ottawa Treaty and CCM nationally and regionally; (3) supporting the production and dissemination of several annual research publications on landmines and cluster munitions; and (4) maintaining the International Campaign to Ban Landmines – Cluster Munition Coalition online platform.

Policy and Program Development and Delivery to Support Regenerative Perennial Agriculture for Carbon Sequestration and Wildlife Support

Host the Magnetic North business conference in October of 2023.