Grants and Contributions

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

The Newfoundland and Labrador Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) will continue to respond to information requests and support the needs of families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls by providing assistance in a culturally safe, trauma informed manner. The FILU will coordinate counselling and culturally responsive services for families, offered through community-based organizations. The FILU staff will travel to meet families in both the Inuit communities as well as a focus on the island portion of the province to increase requests from a variety of cultures and families.

Justice Pro Bono will facilitate access to justice for Indigenous communities in the Northern region of Quebec. Over the course of the three-year project, volunteer lawyers and notaries will visit six communities twice each over a 12-month period to provide free legal services in the areas of criminal law, youth protection, family law, civil law and voluntary inheritance law.

The project will provide culturally appropriate resources and therapeutic approaches to restore a sense of justice, balance and well being for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The program will utilize the teachings of Courage, Care Giver, Protector and Medicine Spirit to enable families of missing and murdered Indigenous women to heal from complicated grief and trauma within a culturally safe and friendly environment.

The organization will support families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls by providing counseling, information and ceremonial supports to assist them in the process of healing and reconciliation. The organization will host four traditional ceremonies to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The organization will also promote capacity building among organizations by developing and delivering training that will better equip organizations to address the multiple layers of recent and historical trauma that Indigenous families face with trauma-informed care and culturally grounded models.

The organization will work collaboratively with Quebec Native Women and the City of Montreal to build relationships with and provide accompaniment and referral services to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women. This project will formalize and implement a missing and murdered Indigenous Women procedure with community partners and the Montreal Police Service. Overall, this project will result in increased access to support for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Quebec and increased mobilization in the event of an Indigenous woman going missing.

The organization will provide culturally appropriate support and western based counselling to assist families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls with long term needs. Needs include dealing with grief, trauma and guilt following the loss of a family member and parenting children of missing or murdered persons.The organization will host family gatherings, provide cultural supports, assist in the development of a network to assist families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and will collaborate with the Saskatchewan Family Information Liaison Unit to ensure that the Unit has a strong working relationship with families.

The Government of New Brunswick Family Information Liaison Unit will provide information and culturally-responsive and trauma-informed services for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This will include education and mentorship training in First Nation Communities in New Brunswick to increase awareness about MMIWG and intimate partner violence.

The Newfoundland and Labrador Family Information Liaison Unit (FILU) will continue to respond to information requests and support the needs of families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls by providing assistance in a culturally safe, trauma informed manner. The FILU will coordinate counselling and culturally responsive services for families, offered through community-based organizations. The FILU staff will travel to meet families in both the Inuit communities as well as a focus on the island portion of the province to increase requests from a variety of cultures and families.

The Manitoba Family Information Liaison Unit will continue to provide information and support to families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Counselling and traditional healing opportunities will be made available to families to support them in their healing journey. Community Family Liaison Contacts (FLC), located in the Indigenous communities of Ka Ni Kanichihk in Winnipeg and Manitoba Keewatinowki Okimakanak (MKO) in Thompson, will address a service gap by assisting and supporting families and by bridging information sharing between families and the FLCs employed through Victim Services in Winnipeg.