Grants and Contributions

Through this 36-month project, the Yukon Aboriginal Women’s Council (YAWC) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous people in the Yukon and northern British Columbia.

YAWC will undertake a series of operational improvements to ensure it can continue to provide sustainable, long-term programming and services to women, girls, and gender-diverse people in the Yukon and northern BC. This will include providing annual cultural support and resiliency training to address burn-out and potential re-traumatization of staff and volunteers. The organization will increase the efficiency of its systems and processes, to improve internal organization and human resources. YAWC will also develop a financial sustainability plan and a contract template toolkit.

By the end of the project, YAWC will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous people in the Yukon and northern British Columbia.

Through this 13-month project, AGIR: Action LGBTQ+ avec les immigrantes et réfugiées will develop community-informed solutions to key barriers and gaps facing LGBTQ2 communities. This will be achieved by the elaboration of a 5 year strategic plan; the engagement in community based knowledge activities to adapt a care model to LGBTQ+ migrants and refugees and by the development of multilingual tools for LGBTQ+ migrants and health care and social service practitioners.

Through this 28-month project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta who identify as members of the Blackfoot Confederacy. This will be achieved by undertaking organizational learning to address key information gaps, and to create knowledge-based resources that aim to increase understanding of Indigenous gender and sexual diversity and prevent sexualized forms of violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people; expanding organizational networks through the formation of an Opokaa’sin-centred relationality network that will work towards advancing a Blackfoot vision of gender justice; collaborating on initiatives to drive change, including the development of Blackfoot gender relationality agreements and wise practices for government policies and community projects; and developing advocacy strategies in service of honouring, promoting, and supporting Blackfoot gender diversity and inclusion.

This project will engage community members and various local Indigenous groups and agencies in guiding the creation of a framework for hearing and propelling Blackfoot perspectives on gender violence prevention and gender justice. The approaches taken will be Blackfoot-grounded and will incorporate conventional perspectives from knowledge keepers and Elders, along with the diverse lived experience knowledge held by Blackfoot women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ community members.

By the end of the project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta.

Support for social enterprise and skills development center

Develop an exhibit for the education center on McNabs Island

Build a ship’s hull prototype by infusion

Enhance management capabilities to advance international business development growth.

Support strategic investment to strengthen the resiliency of the PEI potato sector

Host NL Beekeeping Conference 2023

Support for social enterprise and skills development center