Grants and Contributions

It will aim to make recommendations to key players in the Haut-St-François regional municipality (RCM) to fight gender inequality by creating one or more mechanisms in its 14 municipalities that encourage women and girls to speak out on violence issues through its multi-sectoral committee.

By the end of the project, the organization aims to have helped remove systemic barriers by promoting inclusive policies and practices; by enabling more fair and efficient resource sharing; by enhancing networks for collaboration to expedite systemic changes; by addressing harmful norms and attitudes that persist on gender; and by supporting a positive distribution of power, the right to speak, and decision-making authority in support of women’s equality.

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.

The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding for the installation of a closed circuit television system, intrustion system, training for each system and a security assessment.

This project will engage with local Indigenous female leaders from elected parties, as well as from health, justice and education organizations, to shape the gathering content, participate in the advisory committee, and speak at the gathering.

The empowerment of women and girls through capacity building, education, awareness raising and advocacy campaigns as well as teaching assertive skills to women and girls to help them stand up and speak out against all forms of abuse.

The objectives of the Program are to; support the development and utilization of effective approaches to address social issues and challenges;
develop, exchange and apply knowledge, tools and resources that address social needs of individuals, families and communities; foster partnerships and networks to address existing and emerging social issues; recognize and support the ability of not-for-profit organizations to identify and address social development priorities; and, recognize and promote community engagement initiatives (e.g. volunteerism, corporate social responsibility, innovation, partnerships, coalitions) that mobilize community assets and develop capacities and resources for action.

Northwest Metis Council will also produce a referral book of services as well as Métis-specific resources on GBV for dissemination, and will speak to the project and Métis experiences of Gender-Based Violence at an academic conference.

By the end of the project, the organization aims to have helped remove systemic barriers by enhancing networks and collaboration to expedite systemic change and by supporting a positive distribution of power, the right to speak, and decision-making authority in support of women’s equality.

In addition, Inform’Elles will promote these new avenues by engaging the French-speaking community and sharing the lessons learned from the project through regional and national networking.