Grants and Contributions

Through this 12-month project, the PEVC Institute will expand the Protecting Children Against Domestic Violence (PEVC) model in order to bolster the GBV sector. It will amplify this promising practice by including a specific component dedicated to intervention in immigration contexts or with racialized families for youth protection services across Quebec. The project will help professionals in the youth protection sector feel better equipped and more competent to intervene with immigrant or racialized families.

To achieve this, the project will include three key phases: the exploration phase, the development phase, and the implementation and evaluation phase. The exploration phase will consist of a literature review and consultation with partners and immigrant or racialized people who are victims of domestic violence in order to document the issues encountered and the needs of professionals in the field. The development phase will involve adapting and enhancing the content and tools of the PEVC model to better serve the project’s target population, as well as preparing the evaluation framework. The final implementation and evaluation phase will consist of making final adjustments to the tools before deploying the adapted material to youth protection professionals. The PEVC Institute will provide training content adapted to the reality of intervention in the context of domestic violence with immigrant or racialized families in order to inform trained professionals and project partners about the promising practice so they can reproduce or expand on it.

Through this 14-month project, CRIAW-ICREF will strengthen women’s rights sector in Canada by convening the members of the sector to identify and assess challenges and opportunities to work together to improve the sector’s sustainability. This will be achieved by using participatory and feminist intersectional methods, and by jointly identifying and producing key capacity resources to strengthen the sector. CRIAW will conduct interviews, regional/national discussions, and collective deliberation in order to mobilize joint resources and collectively develop shared measurement methods for systemic change work, among others. The project will result in relationship-building, collaboration and the joint development of resources.

Through this 13-month project, YWCA Halifax will further elaborate on existing promising practices to advance knowledge and supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Nova Scotia. This will be achieved by building on past and existing initiatives, such as the work led by the Trafficking and Exploitation Services System (TESS), to meet community needs when identifying and responding to cases of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Key activities include developing a work plan and evaluation framework that align with existing programs and provincial initiatives, developing and delivering training on topics identified as by the TESS community, translating key resources into French, launching a public awareness campaign, and advocating for a provincial declaration relating to human trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth.

This 14-month pilot project will gather, produce and mobilize knowledge from promising practice projects focused on preventing and responding to gender-based violence (GBV), and bring together organizations working in the sector for networking and knowledge exchange. It will ensure the sustainability of learning by consolidating data, lessons learned and best practices on a bilingual online platform. Collaboration will be facilitated during a two-day in-person event, which will convene organizations working at local, regional and national levels, and continue through collaborative working groups, ensuring accessibility of information and engagement on GBV issues throughout the country.

Through this 14-month project, the Canadian Women’s Foundation will strengthen Canada’s movement for gender equality by identifying eligible national women’s organizations and providing resources to build their internal capacities in the following areas of capacity: Human resources management, development and sustainability of partnerships, strategic and operational planning, change management, sustainability of funding, build capacity to undertake advocacy and provide expertise, and resultsbased management and impact measurement. This will be achieved through the further distribution of funds to a minimum of thirty national women’s organizations, through a process co-designed with feminist leaders.

Through this 20-month project, DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada) will create communities of practice to increase collaborations between women with disabilities and build networks to support the development of leadership roles for women with disabilities within them and beyond. Communities of practice members will participate in training on advocacy and policy change, to support them in challenging and changing existing policies and practices that exclude them, and help to ensure they are no longer ignored in research or service provision. With the ultimate goal of increasing the number of women with disabilities in leadership roles nationally, project activities will include the recruitment and training of approximately 30 women with disabilities leaders from target sectors (feminist, Black, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQ+, and unions), the development of 6 to 10 communities of practice based on the interests, backgrounds and strengths of the participants, and awareness raising on the impacts of leadership by women with disabilities. An evaluation report will be developed to document the project’s progress, lessons learned, and to share outcomes.

Through this 15-month project, THS Society of Transition Houses will scale the Cedar Blankets Service Delivery Model to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale to 4 new sites and regions within British Columbia. It will address the need for access to culturally responsive shelters and wraparound supports for Indigenous women and girls. To do so, the project will consult, launch and support the creation of 4 sites and 4 Indigenous Women’s Councils, develop a community of practice with the existing Cedar Blankets’ sites and Indigenous Women’s Councils, engage Elder and Youth representatives as mentors to build the capacity of the sites, create promotional videos, develop and host in-person knowledge sharing gatherings and complete a comprehensive project evaluation. THS Society of Transition Houses will disseminate the final evaluation, promotional videos and project report to sites, project partners, THS Society of Transition members through their networks and website to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it.

Through this 15 - month systemic change project, Alberta Council of Women's Shelters will help advance women’s equality. The project will scale the assessment tool created in a previous project funded by WAGE to address gaps in supports for underserved groups experiencing gender-based violence (GBV). It will scale to rural and remote communities with a focus on Indigenous women and children. The project will address the need for intersectional, survivor-centred, trauma and violence informed assessment tools to support frontline service, and foundational education and training for service providers. To do so, the project will hold regional knowledge exchanges, evaluate readiness and identify community need, and implement assessment tools to rural communities

This 29-month research project aims to address systemic barriers to understanding and responding to economic abuse experienced by Black, Indigenous, and other racialized women across Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories by conducting a national study on economic abuse among racialized women. The study will examine the prevalence, forms, and consequences of economic abuse (including economic control, exploitation, and employment sabotage) across these regions. All research activities will be trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and guided by an advisory committee composed of survivors and community representatives.

Through this 18-month project, DisAbled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada) will scale a peer support model for women with disabilities (WWD) who are survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) to new local and national partners across Canada. The model addresses gaps in access to peer support for WWD survivors of GBV and focuses on ensuring representation from intersecting identities (such as Black, Indigenous, Racialized, Francophone, 2SLGBTQI, and Deaf women). Project activities will include developing curriculum, delivering training, and providing coaching and support to partners to implement peer support programs. A Community of Practice will also be created to facilitate knowledge transfer. An evaluation report will be developed to share information on the promising practice with others so they may replicate or expand upon it.