Grants and Contributions

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In an effort to advance and protect queer rights, the organization will look to increase the representation of 2SLGBTQI+ people in all sectors by facilitating focus groups to identify top issues for employers experiencing gender transitions in the workplace, by creating online eLearning modules, developing a toolkit, offering training opportunities for employers and the health care sector, and by implementing a strategic marketing campaign to promote the tools that shape a more collective response to addressing improved equality for all community members.

Through this 24-month project, 2Spirit Manitoba Inc. will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities in urban and rural Manitoba. More specifically, through community involvement and engagement with Indigenous and 2SLGBTQI+ communities, the project will address hate and discrimination and improve access to inclusive services to better support the community members in the province. The organization will host and facilitate workshops and sharing circles, collect feedback from participants, conduct a needs assessment on 2Spirit anti-discrimination, conduct surveys, develop an evaluation logic model and matrix, and develop community-informed toolkit resources for the members and other service providers.

By the end of the project, 2Spirit Manitoba Inc. will change attitudes, behaviours, and increase knowledge and education within the sector to promote equality and wellbeing of 2SLGBTQI+ individuals across the province.

To achieve this, the organization will launch an awareness campaign to educate the public about the realities sexually and gender-diverse people experience in the events industry.

It will also develop a community-expertise-based best practices guide as well as training for gender-affirming care providers. An approval process for the application will be developed and followed during the project, which will end with the launch of the application and community guides.

Through this 24-month project, Northreach Society will address the needs and barriers to equality faced by 2SLGBTQ+ youth, aged 13-29, in Grande Prairie, Alberta. This will be achieved by developing and conducting a city-wide needs assessment which includes planning, gathering and analyzing data, as well as making decisions. 2SLGBTQ+ youth and community stakeholders will be engaged throughout the project by way of surveys, focus groups and interviews. By the end of the project, Northreach Society will have identified solutions and will implement a toolkit including findings and resources to be shared with stakeholders in the community and used to develop programs and services to advance equality.

The project will include: 1) engagement of community members to identify specific needs within the reached communities; 2) adaptation of the original adopted model to reflect the needs of the additional communities to be reached; 3) mobilization and capacity building of South Asian men and boys as allies in additional communities in Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon, to prevent and address GBV, while combating harmful gender norms; 4) development of a social media campaign aimed at challenging gender norms and promoting healthy models of masculinity; 5) development and dissemination of educational resources for engaging men and boys as allies to combat GBV within the reached communities; and 6) evaluation of the results of the adapted model implemented.

Through this 24-month project, THS Society of Transition Houses will scale a PEACE for Canadian Children and Youth to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale to new and existing women’s shelter organizations throughout the territory of Nunavut. It will address the need to break the isolation experienced by shelter workers in remote northern communities resulting from geographical and connectivity challenges and help them establish a network of knowledge sharing and peer support. To do so, the project will include a needs assessment, remote and in person capacity building opportunities for learning and knowledge sharing, mentoring and peer support to develop a community of practice and an evaluation to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

It will address barriers faced by youth with complex needs and disabilities by delivering modified SMASH programs to combat harmful gender norms and advance gender equality across the North, using inclusive lesson plans and implementing enhanced workshop facilitation of and on-the land Peer Leader Retreats.

Through this 24-month project, Andrew Fleck Children’s Services will develop and put in place promising practices related to Early Childhood Education for children living in a shelter with their mothers after fleeing domestic violence, in particular children who may have experienced abuse directly and/or witnessed abuse in their homes before seeking safety. It will address gaps in equitable early learning opportunities for children by supporting Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) as they provide trauma-informed, play-based early learning experiences.

To do so, the project will create two toolkits for early childhood educators – one on trauma-informed practices and one to support their own well-being. They will also document best practices in setting up licensed child-care in a shelter. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. Andrew Fleck Children’s Services will reach out widely to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it