Grants and Contributions

Canada Arts Presentation Fund - Programming Support

Through this 29-month project, the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec will help advance women’s access to leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. More specifically, the project will address systemic barriers to women’s representation in positions of power within the labour movement and in the workplace. It will do this by creating an assessment tool and recommendations for workplaces as well as a best practices guide for unions on equity, diversity, and inclusion, and by developing experiential training for unions to create more agents of change and provide unions tools for their negotiations. An external evaluation will measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 30-month project, TransEstrie will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ equality-related needs and barriers. To do this, the organization will first prepare a plain-language guide for healthcare professionals on interpreting and applying the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC) in Quebec. The guide will help healthcare professionals to adopt practices that are both consistent with the SOC and reflective of Quebec’s realities. Through this work, TransEstrie wishes to improve the provision of care to gender-diverse people. Second, TransEstrie will develop a multimedia tool based on the principle of the “human library” and the experiences of “photovoices.” This will promote subjects’ autonomy in their self-representation by encouraging them to express their agency and authority in their medical journey, and it will help humanize trans and non-binary people’s experiences.

Through this 21-month project, Women’s Hostels Inc will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers to affordable housing for women and gender diverse people within the GTA. The project will 1) undertake research on barriers to housing for women and gender-diverse people in the GTA, 2) create a network of experts to guide the Social Justice Advisory Committee and Toronto Women in Action participants in the development of an action plan; 2) advocate at systems planning tables at the municipal, provincial and federal level to address barriers to housing for women and gender-diverse people in the GTA.; 3) work with the construction industry and builders to advocate for construction projects aimed at affordable rental units for women and gender-diverse people in the GTA. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Ontario Rivers Alliance to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Crawford Nickel Project.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Crawford Nickel Project.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Crawford Nickel Project.

Grant as part of the Participant Funding Program to Conseil de la Nation Innu de Matimekush - Lac-John to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Strange Lake Rare Earth Mine Project.

Contribution as part of the Participant Funding Program to Marcy Cloud to assist in preparing for and engaging in Indigenous consultation activities and public participation opportunities associated with the assessment process for the Regional Assessment of Offshore Oil and Gas Exploratory Drilling East of Newfoundland and Labrador.