Grants and Contributions

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.

Building Communities Through Arts and Heritage - Local Arts and Heritage Festivals

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. An overview of Canadian safety standards and initiatives, at the Federal and Provincial and Territorial level. 3. Introduction to the major stakeholders involved in Canada's safety regime (IAA, PT governments, etc.), and global safety standards adoption and by Canadian mining companies operating at home and abroad. 4. An overview of Canadian services and technologies currently available and deployed at mine sites internationally, including digitization for underground mining, ventilation, remote monitoring, etc. with a particular focus on application in African mining project.

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.

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan

Develop digital adoption plan