Grants and Contributions

This 43-month project is a funding initiative that will first work to reinforce Inuit women and girls’ leadership and governance skills by engaging community, regional and territorial stakeholders in the organization of a Women and Girls Leadership and Governance Forum. Following the forum, various workshops and one on one mentorship will be delivered as a pilot activity in multiple communities of one chosen region of Nunavut with the collaboration of community level partners. Workshops will explore themes touching on economic security and prosperity, women’s empowerment and involvement in political and community action participation, using GBA+ in the analysis of ways to address population needs. Possibilities for implementing a Leadership and Governance academic program or curriculum will be explored with high schools and the Nunavut Arctic College. The project will also evaluate the potential replicability of the pilot activity in other regions of Nunavut.

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include a series of commemorative art exhibits, hosted in four different cities throughout Ontario: Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Kenora, and Sioux Lookout; the collaborative Indigenous arts-based approaches used in this series will be self-determined by the families in each region, to honor their loved one in collaboration with ONWA, while encouraging public education and awareness of the loss and grief that continues to endure.

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include engaging school aged students groups to produce various arts as a medium to demonstrate teaching, feelings and impact of missing members of the community. The artworks produced, with the help of elders and community partners, will be displayed at various locations within the broader Hamilton community, to encourage viewing and healing conversations.

This 12-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: the design and installation of two billboards in the city of Sault Ste. Marie that challenge the stereotypes and focus on the sacredness of Indigenous women; as well as a Women's Gathering to provide education and awareness on systemic gender-based violence and the over-representation of Indigenous women who go missing or have been murdered, which will include a Day of Honoring to remember those Anishinaabe kwe from the Bawating region who have gone missing or have been murdered.

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: coordination and support of commemoration initiatives; consultation with families, youth and members of the indigenous community; and two Winter Round Dances that will bring members of Toronto diverse Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities together.

This 18-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include the development of curriculum material for an educational toolkit designed with, by, and for families and survivors; this curriculum will include awareness enrichment and will promote life-long learning to support Indigenous women in shelters with violence prevention, protection, and perseverance for their healing, wellness, and personal growth.

This 7-month project will organize a provincial gathering of LGBTQ2 organizations to start thinking strategically about developing a coordinated organizational vision, taking into account the diverse realities and issues of LGBTQ2 communities in Quebec. It will also help strengthen the financial sustainability of the organization and its capacity to support its members by improving its communication practices, by implementing a micro-funding program primarily targeting LGBTQ2 organizations and services located outside the province's major metropolitan areas, and by offering fundraising support and capacity building services to its members.

Construct an event centre and renovate a commercial kitchen at the Badlands Amphitheatre

Expand specialized field measurement and high load calibration and certification services

Support tourism development for the Aseniwuche Winewak Nation of Canada