Grants and Contributions

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Women's Rural Resource Centre of Strathroy and Area will achieve this by strengthening collaboration across the gender based violence (GBV) ecosystem in the areas of governance, leadership, infrastructure, programs and services; addressing gaps and barriers related to gender based equity and inclusion in policies and procedures; establishing communities of practice and opportunities for collaboration between rural GBV leaders across the region culminating in an inaugural Rural GBV Summit; supporting women with lived experience to amplify their voices and increase participation of rural women and girls impacted by GBV in rural systemic change. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices, encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices and decision-making power and increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change to support women’s equality. This project will work with partners, including Huron Women's Shelter Second Stage Housing and Counselling Services, Optimism Place Stratford, the Centre of Organizational Effectiveness to enroll other community partners from intersecting sectors such as justice, health, poverty/homelessness, social services and education to engage in systemic change initiatives using a GBA+ lens to improve collaboration, address systemic structural barriers, and create inclusive, equity based policies, procedures, practices and programs across the region to decrease gender bases violence.

This 29-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Healthy Muslim Families Inc. will achieve this by conducting research and a gap analysis of GBV in Muslim Community, establishing a Muslim Women GBV advisory committee, establishing a roundtable of Muslim serving organizations, conducting community engagement sessions with survivors, Muslim community, Muslim leaders and service providers, establishing a Muslim Women Career Advancement committee, and through developing a healing and empowerment program that is culturally appropriate, anti-racist and trauma informed.

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

This 29-month project will consist of developing and implementing an approach that will identify and consolidate access to French-language and culturally appropriate services for women and girls experiencing violence in British Columbia to address the root causes of gender-based violence.

This 29-month project will develop and implement a mentorship program for boys and young men to address the root causes of gender-based violence. The Circle Salt Spring Education Society will achieve this by designing, implementing, and evaluating peer-mentorship, community mentor, and experiences-with-elders models to help boys and young men prevent and address gender-based violence in their communities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have developed a promising practice that will engage men and boys to combat harmful gender norms, advance gender equality, and increase networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change.

This project will involve annual multimedia storytelling activities to record and measure themes, topics, and core principles. A formalized curriculum will be developed to sustain the impact of the project model.

Supplemental funding in January 2024 will be used to offset unexpected costs for insurance, facilities and communications.

To support business needs while recovering from COVID-19

The objective of this project is to develop a screening system suitable for breeding for black knot (Apiosporina morbosum) resistance (improving inoculation techniques and evaluation methods).

Establish a zip line tourism operation in the Exploits Valley region

The objective of this project is to provide a youth with some work experience in the agriculture and agri-food sector.

Raising awareness, increasing knowledge and strengthening capacities of grassroots women of NM/SM in effective peacebuilding in Cameroon

Mainstreaming gender, protection of journalists and promotion of human rights in conflict reporting in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon