Grants and Contributions

This 38-month project with Family Services of Peel will develop and implement a pilot project on ‘Mobile Sex Trafficking Prevention and Counselling Services Clinic in the Region of Peel’ to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for survivors of human trafficking.

This 24-month project with Strides Toronto Support Services will develop and implement a promising practice that will entail comprehensive community outreach, an education strategy and trauma-informed intensive Case Management. This also includes access to an Interdisciplinary GBV Team to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Toronto in early intervention services and recovery, with a specialized focus on underserved youth populations, including black, racialized, and LGBTQ2+ youth, and those with developmental disabilities.

This will be achieved by conducting recruitment, training, and team integration; developing a network of partners; implementing a Case Management Service; and evaluating and developing a trauma-informed program.

At the end of the project, the organization will have engaged and supported clients to develop their individual capacities and skills, to regain control of their lives, be empowered and supported in their recovery process.

This 50-month project with The Joy Smith Foundation Inc. will develop and implement prevention education and intervention programs to advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in five designated locations in Canada.

This will be achieved by developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders in designated regions to expand existing education and intervention programs to targeted populations and communities.

At the end of the project, the organization will have established partnerships in five Canadian regions, developed and implemented prevention education programs to identified vulnerable populations, and developed and implemented intervention programs with survivors and community members.

Innovation and Commercialization: The project aims to adapt the technology and increase sales of a company that specializes in the design of a device for continuous monitoring of neurophysiological factors in patients.

Innovation and Commercialization: The project aims to adapt the technology and increase sales of a company that specializes in the design of a device for continuous monitoring of neurophysiological factors in patients.

Project activities include: (1) providing advanced training program for specialized investigators in Panama on gender-responsive investigation protocols to collection valuable evidence, existing laws and regulations, human rights, gender bias and stereotypes, and trauma-informed human trafficking; (2) developing expert analysis reports on the prevalence of Human Trafficking in the region and the gender-informed response by justice institutions, taking into account human rights, gender bias, stereotypes and Gender-Based Violence, and disseminated among regional justice professionals and policy-makers; (3) conducting regional training workshops on human trafficking and transnational crime for prosecutors, investigators and analysts on Major Case Management, transnational investigations, cyber analysis and financial analysis, with a gender perspective; and (4) providing coaching to prosecutors in strengthening prosecution strategies and techniques for human trafficking cases, using a human rights approach and a gender-sensitive approach.

Textile Recycling Process

BioSustainable Additive for biodegradation of plastic textile waste

This project is focused on building capacity for forest access, management and use for Indigenous forest economic development opportunities.

This project is focused on building capacity for forest access, management and use for Indigenous forest economic development opportunities.