Grants and Contributions

Expand markets for plant-based natural products and build in-house manufacturing capacity

To purchase equipment that will improve safety at the airport

To purchase equipment that will improve safety at the airport

To purchase equipment that will improve safety at the airport

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. The Sioux Lookout First Nations Health Authority (SLFNHA) will achieve this by 1) increasing Indigenous women's leadership skills and opportunities, 2) building a supportive network of Indigenous women leaders, 3) creating a youth education program, and 4) providing an outlet for youth to share and discuss gender roles, gender-based violence, and promote healthy relationships.

At the end of the project, the organization will have addressed persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes and advanced inclusive policies and practices through a 1) Indigenous Women’s Leadership Program, 2) Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network, 3) Youth Education Program, and 4) Healing Through Arts Initiative.

The SLFNHA will work with area tribal councils, schools, First Nations communities and community members to develop and deliver programming based on identified community needs and values around gender-based violence, family healing, and women's leadership.

This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Trent University will achieve this by developing, implementing, and evaluating an Indigenous women-led interactive and experiential training model for leadership and front-line staff that will create awareness of the many ways in which unconscious bias, and the attendant policies and practices, make Indigenous women more vulnerable to gender-based violence.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and by addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

Specifically, the project is housed at the First People House of Learning at Trent University, levering relationships with the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, the Ontario Native Women’s Association, First Nations and grassroots organizations. They will initiate systemic change by engaging with those who are responsible for existing institutions, policies and practices, and sharing diverse perspectives by which to examine their own role in preventing or perpetuating the crisis of gender-based violence against Indigenous women.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19 through systemic change. It will address economic abuse and injustice through advancing advocacy and responding to policy changes, which aligns well with the feminist response and recovery.

By the end of the project, the organization will develop and validate the Economic Abuse Screening Tool from the UK, which is proven to overcome and eliminate systemic barriers for survivors. The existing members of the National Economic Abuse Taskforce at the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE), who are dedicated to improving the economic prosperity and safety of women, will utilize their expertise to adapt and validate this screening tool. The tool will help service providers and policymakers identify whether their clients are experiencing this form of abuse and how to address it.

The organization is partnering with universities, non-profit organizations, and shelters to use their expertise in order to adapt this tool for Canadian use. The project will also implement and evaluate the tool by collaborating with organizations that work to advance gender equity, intersectional feminism, and women’s rights to overcome economic barriers women face. The CCFWE will influence the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC) and the Canadian Bank Association to review the Advancing National Financial Abuse Code of Conduct and to develop a family violence program to protect survivors.

The supplemental funds will be used to address an increased demand for support from project partners resulting in the hiring of part-time taskforce coordinators to manage the expanded workload.

Renovate and upgrade the outdoor pool in Stirling, AB - Budget 2021

Expand markets for plant-based natural products and build in-house manufacturing capacity

Develop an outdoor gathering space in Blackfalds, AB - Budget 2021