Grants and Contributions

To support business needs while recovering from COVID-19

This 30-month project will promote a feminist response to and recovery from the current impact of COVID-19 through systemic change. To achieve this goal, Un toit pour elles plans (1) to train a group of women survivors to ensure that their testimonials become a tool for regaining power in order to influence policy governing housing and access to housing by women victims of sexual exploitation; (2) to document and disseminate the specific needs of women and girls victimized by sexual exploitation in housing and in transitional and long-term housing in Greater Montreal and across Quebec, taking into account the impact of the pandemic on them and, more specifically, on racialized and Indigenous women; (3) to develop a space for consultation among key multi-sectoral players for developing joint strategies on access to housing and social housing by women survivors of sexual exploitation; (4) to develop a Quebec model pathway to exiting prostitution, including access to transitional housing with community support to meet the needs of the diverse communities and realities of women and girls across Quebec who want to leave prostitution; and (5) to engage institutional authorities on the specific needs of victims of sexual exploitation as they endeavour to leave prostitution and obtain housing.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed toward addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, and by expanding networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change in support of women’s equality.

The organization will also have co-developed, with the women survivors, a Quebec model pathway for leaving prostitution applicable across Quebec. This model will consider the experience of organizations working with these women and the expertise of the Concertation des lutte contre l’exploitation sexuelle (CLES). By the end of the project, through a partnership with the Office municipal d’habitation and the City of Montréal, accommodation space for women and girls victimized by sexual exploitation in the Metropolitan Montréal area will have increased by 10%.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through system change. YWCA of St. Thomas Elgin will achieve this by scaling up and expanding a previously WAGE funded project “Crack the ceiling; keep the roof”, increasing awareness and advocacy on women led family homelessness and conducting local and global research to inform decision making to advance an intersectional community action plan endorsing systemic change to decrease women led family homelessness applying Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA+) framework throughout the project.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power and advancing inclusive policies and practices to support women’s equality.

This project will work with partners, including the Fresh Start Support Services, CMHA Elgin, Second Stage Housing, Family & Children’s Services of St. Thomas and Elgin, Central Community Health Centre, West Elgin Community Health Centre, Local Shelters, and St. Thomas-Elgin Social Services to improve collaboration amongst likeminded organizations in the region to lead dissemination and increase uptake of system transformation policy and programs recommendations.

To support business needs while recovering from COVID-19

To support business needs while recovering from COVID-19

Develop a regional readiness plan to maximize opportunities from the mining sector

This project aims to purchase and install a solar panel system to reduce GHG emissions.

Canada Arts Presentation Fund

Museum Assistance Program (MAP)

The objective of this project is the development of a comprehensive project proposal that will be submitted for contribution funding and/or collaborative research and development support.