Grants and Contributions

Through this 15-month project, Affirm United/S’affirmer Ensemble will build stronger capacity of the 2SLGBTQI+ communities within faith organizations and other 2SLGBTQI+ community-based groups to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. This 15-month project takes those stories of faith-based trauma, collected over the past 10 years, and works to create strategies for advocacy to address the long-term effects of faith-based trauma.

The project will include advocacy events, development of policies and strategies to support advocacy efforts, and the foundation for a 5-year strategic plan. Additionally, strategies and policies for advocacy will be shared with the wider public to foster a more comprehensive understanding of the impact of faith-based trauma on 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by sharing progress, policies, and strategies at advocacy events, as well as through displays at organizational conferences and conventions.

The proposed project, aims to provide comprehensive legal support and public education to Muslim women in Ontario who face intersectional discrimination in the workplace. The organization will provide legal clinics dedicated to the topic of workplace sexual harassment. A dedicated hotline will be established, providing immediate legal support. The organization will also conduct public legal education sessions to inform Muslim communities about their legal rights.

Through this 27-month project, Casey House Foundation will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by 1) establishing and onboarding an Advisory Committee tasked with developing a health information hub by and for trans people; 2) conducting research and collecting data on the needs of trans people in the GTA to access and navigate an inclusive healthcare experience; 3) designing and disseminating recommendations to foster access and inclusion in trans people’s healthcare experience; and 4) conducting a project evaluation.

Through this 15-month project, the Groupe LGBTQ+ alliés de Prescott-Russell LGBTQ + Allies Group will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. In order to better support the 2SLGBTQI+ community and to become a reference organization for the 2SLGBTQI+ community in the Prescott-Russell region, the project will include incorporating the Group, which will help it create a solid foundation to carry out its mission and ensure its sustainability. The project will also include the development of internal and administrative policies, recruitment of Board members as well as governance and awareness training for Board members.

October 2024 – Afghanistan continues to experience deteriorating humanitarian conditions, with high levels of need cutting across all provinces and sectors. In 2024, an estimated 23.7 million people require humanitarian assistance due to the impacts of many years of conflict, chronic food insecurity, displacement, broad economic crisis, and climatic events.

With GAC’s support, Aga Khan Foundation Canada helps provide lifesaving humanitarian health, nutrition, and psychosocial support in Afghanistan. Project activities include: (1) providing essential medicines and medical supplies; (2) conducting training sessions on maternal and newborn health; (3) providing nutrition services; and (4) conducting community information-sharing session to promote the utilization of these essential services.

This project will be developed with an intersectional approach, incorporating Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) in the creation of resources and the training of project facilitators.

With GAC’s support, Canadian Foodgrains Bank aims to meet the immediate food needs of conflict-affected communities in Al Jazirah, North Kordofan, South Darfur and White Nile through the provision of gender-responsive humanitarian food assistance. Project activities include: (1) distributing of in-kind food and vouchers to vulnerable households; (2) forming gender-equitable community advisory committees to inform project implementation; and (3) conducting safety audits for project activities, including safety risks for women, girls and marginalized groups.

With GAC’s support, Development and Peace – Caritas Canada and its local partner, Caritas Bangladesh, helps provide safe and gender-sensitive emergency shelter, sanitation, and protection services to Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar District, using a community-based approach.

Project activities include: (1) providing nutrition screening and referral services; (2) providing case management, mental health, and psychosocial support services; (3) establishing referral pathways for gender-based violence (GBV) and providing GBV referral services; (4) rehabilitating water points and expanding water systems; (5) constructing and rehabilitating gender-sensitive latrines, showers and handwashing facilities; (6) providing non-food items, including dignity and hygiene kits; and (7) disbursing MPCA to vulnerable households.

The ongoing trauma, increased levels of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), and limited access to mental health services worsen the situation.