Grants and Contributions

To accomplish these objectives, Canadian Women & Sport is working with Canadian Tire Corporation, Boston Consulting Group, Research and Consulting Firm, our Advisory Group, and a network of collaborators to deliver a two-year advocacy initiative. The project design reflects the following key activities:

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Through this 38-month project, Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence against Indigenous women and girls. This will be achieved by implementing a wholistic approach, with violence prevention as a consideration, in reviewing their current strategic plan, developing a strategic plan for 2023-2028, updating their constitution and bylaws, developing and implementing a board onboarding protocol, creating a capacity development and succession plan, and developing policies and procedures that align with new worker’s compensation legislation.

By the end of the project, Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society will have completed an assessment of their organizational gaps and created the necessary structure to ensure its long-term sustainability.

Through this 26-month project, the University of Alberta will develop and put in place a decolonial, intersectional, arts-based, and strength-based program that supports Indigenous populations impacted by GBV, using a community-based methodology that is rooted in wâhkôhtowin (kinship) and miyopimatisowin (good health and wellness) to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the lack of supports available for Indigenous women and 2S/LGBTQIA+ experiencing GBV by prioritizing Indigenous cultural perspectives, traditions, language, and protocols. To do so, the project will include a series of Indigenous-created and Indigenous-led, arts-based workshops on self-determination for Indigenous women and 2S/LGBTQIA+ with women who are either currently or were recently incarcerated, engage Indigenous men and boys to address and prevent GBV in a holistic way using the knowledge collectively produced, and revitalize grandmother cultural resources, knowledge, and teachings. Art creations, online digital stories, best practices for strength-based workshop development and facilitation will be shared with Indigenous communities and the GBV sector broadly so that others may adapt the program to create their own community resources. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this promising practice.

This 24-month project will develop an enhanced community and workplace experience for the Signal for Help Responders learning journey and increase the reach of the initiative to better respond to survivors.

Through this 14-month project, TransCare+ will develop community-informed initiatives to overcome key issues facing 2SLGBTQ+ communities, with a focus on Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+ communities, people of colour, disabled folks, people living in a northern, remote, or rural area in Kingston and southern/western Ontario, Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario, Sudbury and northeastern Ontario, and rural eastern Ontario. This will be achieved by 1) establishing project governance, 2) conducting a comprehensive environmental and resource scan, 3) developing an interactive e-learning platform, 4) engaging rurally located queer and gender diverse people in care navigation, 5) conducting data collection, monitoring, and evaluation of tools, and 6) engaging community in ongoing education and knowledge-sharing.

This project will engage with the following community collectives/organizations 1) Rural Ontario Community of Queer Youth (ROCQY), 2) Rainbow Collective of Thunder-Bay (RCTB), 3) TG Innerselves (TGI), and 4) Rural, POC, and Queer (RB&Q) to be part of the steering committee for this project along with representation from TransCare+.

By the end of this project, TransCare+ will have supported a community-informed project to address key issues facing 2SLGBTQ+ communities and advance equality for 2SLGBTQ+ people, with a focus on Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+ communities, people of colour, disabled folks, people living in a northern, remote, or rural area.

Through this 15-month project, The KLUB Community Centre will develop community-informed initiatives to overcome key issues facing 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

Through this 38-month project, Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on individuals impacted by GBV in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon. This will be achieved by developing and implementing administrative, human resource (HR), occupational health and safety policies, and exploring and developing an enhanced governance structure.

By the end of the project, Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV by developing clear and concise job descriptions, an HR and financial policy that will allow it to continue to provide health and healing services to a northern indigenous population that suffer from the generational trauma of residential schools and other government actions. These documents will allow the organization to recruit and retain indigenous employees. Through this project, an occupational health and safety policy will be prepared, as required by the Worker’s Safety and Compensation Commission (WSCC), for its urban wellness camp that will allow the camp to continue to operate in a safe manner. Finally, the project will allow Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation to map out its current and future governance structure, incorporating traditional values and beliefs.

Acquisition of equipment: the project aims to increase the productivity and production capacity of a company that specializes in the manufacture of animal bedding.

Acquisition of equipment: the project aims to improve the productivity and increase the production capacity of a company that specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of recycled plastic nautical and recreational products.

Equipment acquisition: the project will allow this key player in the aerospace industry to increase the production capacity of its Plant 4.0 and thus pursue its integration into regional and global supply chains.