Grants and Contributions

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. British Columbia Assembly of First Nations (BCAFN) will achieve this by engaging women, Two Spirit (2S), lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex, and asexual (LGBTQQIA+) people on the development and implementation of a BCAFN women, 2S, LGBTQQIA+ people’s strategy, implementing changes to BCAFN’s governance documents, and piloting a First Nations-specific GBA+ toolkit, webinar and training module for use in BCAFN and First Nations’ policies, and decision-making.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Downtown Eastside Women's Centre Association will achieve this by scaling up the Indigenous Women’s Program (IWP) group to increase levels of democratic participation among marginalized women, creating strategic partnerships and reciprocal relationships between policy makers and women in the Downtown Eastside (DTES), and engaging policymakers to implement the 35 Key Recommendations of the Red Women Rising Report.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Pacific Immigrant Resource Society will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based approaches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage women and/or gilrs with llived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses, convene and streghten the feminist movement to collaboaratively advance gender equality, build relatinoships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to collaboarte across sectors to advance gender equality.

This 23-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative will achieve this by researching and evaluating experiences of Indigenous birth workers and clients, developing and implementing strategies to increase employment for Indigenous birth workers, consulting with health care providers and policy makers to inform policy and systems change, developing tools and resources to integrate Indigenous birth workers into existing health and related sectors and developing supportive materials to share Indigenous birthing practices and knowledge.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. MakeWay Foundation will achieve this by creating additional system-change leadership cohorts to amplify nature and climate action interventions led by women, supporting a collaborative fund to support women-led climate action initiatives, developing a webinar series that profiles system change efforts from women and black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) perspectives, and evaluating project impact.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Mid-Island Métis Nation Association will achieve this by convening a committee of women with lived experience of financial hardship to identify strategies that support economic interdependence amongst Indigenous, racialized and newcomer communities, engaging stakeholders to inform the areas of greatest need and incorporate collective models, and creating a framework for an anti-poverty strategy.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of Covid-19, through systemic change. Pacific Immigrant Resources Society will achieve this by developing and implementing community-based appraoches to address intersectional barriers to equality for diverse women, engage women and/or girls with lived experience to influence pandemic recovery responses, convene and strengthen the feminist movement to collaboratively advance gender equality, build relationships between equality seeking organizations and other stakeholders to colloboarte across sectors to advance gender equality.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Solid State Community Society will achieve this by developing a Black, Indigenous, People of Colour (BIPOC) -informed intersectional toolkit to influence policy, practice and procedures in hiring and upward mobility of racialized women within the City of Surrey, and by delivering workshops, seminars and trainings to diverse community groups and institutions to further share and implement policy guidelines to remove barriers to BIPOC women’s leadership opportunities.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Victoria Native Friendship Centre will achieve this by addressing systemic racism and misogyny within South Vancouver Island healthcare by developing an Indigenous Safety in Healthcare Advisory Committee, hiring a cultural safety facilitator to support Indigenous women and girls through the Women’s Health Empowerment Circles, and develop and deliver cultural safety training for Indigenous and non-Indigenous healthcare workers.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. Barren Lands First Nation will achieve this by assembling and implementing the Barren Lands Women’s Council who will work at addressing identified needs and gaps in the community; reviewing and adapting employment policy, hiring processes and election procedures; and by developing strategies for the strengthening of the Barren Lands First Nation women’s movement.