Grants and Contributions

The Canadian Criminal Justice Association (CCJA) is a national organization comprised of more than 400 members across Canada. The CCJA represents all elements of the criminal justice system, including the public. The organization promotes rational, informed and responsible debate in order to develop a more humane, equitable and effective criminal justice system in Canada. Through its many initiatives, the CCJA provides information and education on justice issues.

CCJA’s target population is the public, criminal justice participants and concerned observers.

Canadian Families and Corrections Network (CFCN) is a national organization working to build safer communities by assisting families affected by criminal behavior, incarceration and community reintegration. The organization’s objectives are to develop training programs that address issues faced by affected families, establish family support programs, develop educational programs for the general public, and conduct research on ways of assisting affected families.

CFCN’s target population is families (children, youth, adults) of those at all stages (from pre-sentencing to reintegration) of the judicial process, as well as families of those wrongly convicted.

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCV) is a national organization that offers support, research and education to survivors of crime and to stakeholders across Canada. The organization campaigns broadly for victim’s rights by presenting the interests and perspectives of victims of crime to all levels of government.

CRCVC’s target population is the general Canadian public with a focus on those victimized by crime.

The Church Council on Justice and Corrections (CCJC) is a coalition of eight national church bodies and faith groups with a mandate to promote education on restorative justice and to sponsor initiatives to build safer communities, through research, projects, workshops and presentations.

CCJC has a broad target population which includes anyone (Canadian and International individuals and organizations) interested in healthy, safe and socially responsible communities.

CoSA Canada represents the interests of Circles of Support of and Accountability at the national level and builds capacity of the local CoSA sites to do their work. There are CoSA program sites in fourteen communities across Canada which help individuals who have a history of sexual offending to reintegrate into the community with a support group of training staff and volunteers. CoSA Canada nurtures partnerships with government stakeholders and criminal justice organizations at the national level. In addition, the organization works to develop and champion good practices nationally, ensuring that program sites are equipped to provide support to individuals at the highest level of quality.

CoSA Canada’s target population are the local CoSA sites, the general public, and ex-offenders who have committed one or more sexual offences.

The National Associations Active in Criminal Justice is a national organization with twenty-one member organizations that have a presence in about 200 communities in Canada. The primary objective of the NAACJ is to enhance the capacity of its members to contribute to a humane, fair, equitable and effective criminal justice system. The organization also supports the activities of its members in the development of criminal justice policies.

NAACJ’s target population is its members who are national non-governmental organizations that work in the field of social and criminal justice.

St. Leonard’s Society of Canada (SLSC) is a national organization with a membership of eight affiliated not-for-profit organizations actively supporting the community safety needs of their local communities, largely through the operation of community-based residential facilities. The organization’s mission is to promote humane and informed justice policy and responsible leadership to foster safe communities. SLSC endorses evidence-based approaches to criminal and social justice, conducts research and develops policy, support member affiliates, and advances collaborative relationships and communication among individuals and organizations dedicated to social justice.

SLSC’s target population is its members who provide direct services to federally-sentenced people and young persons aged 12-18 years. Federally-sentenced men comprise the greatest population served by SLSC affiliates.

Through this 21-month systemic change project, National Association of Women and the Law (NAWL) will scale the foundational work of their “Rebuilding Feminist Law Reform Capacity: Substantive Equality in the Law-Making Process” and "Adapting and Accelerating Intersectional Feminist Law Reform for a Post-COVID-19 Future" projects to advance women's economic security and prosperity as well as representation in leadership and decision-making roles in relation to law making and law reform.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Canadian Women’s Chamber of Commerce (CanWCC) will achieve this by bringing together organizations with similar goals to engage into and operate a national advocacy network of feminist equality-seeking organizations called the Economic Equity Alliance (EEA).