Grants and Contributions

Through this 17-month project, the Truro Pride Society will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQIA+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQIA+ equality. It will address needs and reduce barriers specific to realities of rural Pride organizations in Atlantic Canada. The project will include the creation of rural Pride organizations networks, collecting data to inform project activities based on needs, engaging with various sectors and stakeholders, and by updating an online navigational tool to better represent rural 2SLGBTQIA+ needs and resources. At the end of the project, the Truro Pride Society will bring together the rural Pride networks for a regional Pride Symposium to provide training and education, share best practices, and provide in-person networking and collaboration activities.

This will be achieved through creating partnerships, establishing an advisory committee, conducting a needs analysis among immigrant women, analyzing partner organizations’ client reception and services, and implementing strategies for adapting services in the area and sharing lessons learned. A Gender-Based Analysis Plus consultant will take part in various stages of the project, and an external evaluation will measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 20-month project, Surrey Pride will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by conducting interviews and collecting and archiving histories of 2SLGBTQIA+ lives in Surrey.

Through this 29-month project, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) will help advance women’s economic security, prosperity, and representation in leadership and decision-making roles. Specifically, the project will address the needs and barriers to equality for women in the firefighting industry by creating, piloting and evaluating anti-bullying strategies and through the development of mitigation strategies. The statements themselves will promote understanding and help to depersonalize the context of bullying, support victims and encourage an accountable, respectful, and safe workplace. The development of these statements, in consultation with CAFC members, will result in the provision of educational materials and a code of conduct to promote an anti-bullying culture within the sector. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project

Through this 28-month project, Divers-Gens will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ needs and barriers to equality. To achieve this, the organization will conduct research and development by performing a literature review and holding meetings with partners and 2SLGBTQI+ groups. Divers-Gens will also produce training capsules and provide equity, diversity, and inclusion support meetings promoting the adoption of best practices in various sectors to address anti-2SLGBTQI+ hate. Finally, the organization will release a web platform and an application to share a list of certified discrimination-free places.

Through this 17-month project, Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to strategically and sustainably fulfill its organizational mission to provide safe shelter, resources, information, and advocacy to all persons who identify as women and their children.

It also seeks to contribute to reducing gender-based violence and gender inequality. The project aims to support 100,000 women and girls with holistic care services in seven regions with a high prevalence of gender-based violence in Senegal.

Through this 17-month project, Thunder Pride Association will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the need to increase organizational capacity to advocate for, educate, advance, celebrate and create opportunities for those in the 2SLGBTQ+ community to live safely and openly as themselves in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. The project will build and expand connections in Thunder Bay and surrounding northern communities, including a specific focus on reaching out to Indigenous communities and groups. This will be accomplished by holding online and in-person community meetings and events, conducting a needs assessment, sharing results with stakeholders and developing a volunteer engagement plan to engage in next steps.

This will be achieved through formative research, by working with healthcare providers and professional organizations to develop and implement best practice guidelines, a care strategy, and a training toolkit to support gender affirming care. By the end of the project, the organization aims to reduce discrimination to trans and gender diverse patients, leading to more positive experiences and increased access to gender affirming healthcare in Alberta.

The initiative contributes to the Sahel and West Africa Club (SWAC), which aims to promote regional policies to improve the socio-economic situation of people in the Sahel and West Africa. SWAC activities include: 1) Organization of exchange forums and conferences between regional actors from the Sahel and West Africa and OECD member countries on thematic and regional issues; 2) Production of independent analyses based on the expertise of a large network of researchers and partners on the Sahel and West Africa; 3) Development of strategies, guides and tools for better regional governance. The beneficiaries of the project are not only political decision-makers in the region's countries, but also donors, who benefit from the detailed studies and analyses to guide their interventions.