Grants and Contributions

Provide business assistance to Saskatchewan tourism operators - Budget 2021

The purpose of this contribution is to provide funding to deliver education, training and customized trauma-informed direct interventions to address youth cyberbullying.

Through this 28-month project, the Aboriginal Friendship Centres of Saskatchewan (AFCS) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SGLBTQIA+ people in Northern Saskatchewan. This will be achieved by developing materials for community engagement, awareness campaigns, and education workshops; engaging with partners, Indigenous women, 2SGLBTQQIA+ people, and the public on their experiences and priorities related to GBV to inform the development of a Safe Space Strategy; and implementation of the Strategy at the provincial level and across Friendship Centres in Saskatchewan

This project will engage with communities, service providers, experts, policy makers, Friendship Centres, and above all Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQIA+ persons across Saskatchewan, to share knowledge and create and implement a province wide Safe Space Strategy within their network.

By the end of the project, AFCS will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on preventing and challenging Indigenous gender-based violence and ensuring that Friendship Centres are welcoming safe and equal spaces.

Through this 40-month project, Prince Albert Metis Women’s Association will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals in north central Saskatchewan. This will be achieved by increasing the structural, collaborative and knowledge capacity of the organization by building a collaborative network, strengthening partnerships, creating resources, educating staff in GBV prevention and effective program development to align their organization to better support the detection, prevention and/or intervention of gender-based violence in their communities.

This project will engage with Elders, various partners such Catholic Family Services, Saskatchewan Health Authority, West Flat Community Centre and a community of women and 2SLGBGTQQIA+ individuals with lived experience in gender-based violence to work through consultation that will guide and support the education of staff and program development.

By the end of the project, Prince Albert Metis Women’s Association will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women/girls and 2SLGBGTQIA+ individuals in North Central Saskatchewan.

By the end of the project, AFCS will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on preventing and challenging Indigenous gender-based violence and ensuring that Friendship Centres are welcoming safe and equal spaces.

The additional funds will be used to increase the number of annual meetings across Friendship Centres in Saskatchewan and to give the organization the ability to host a three-day community safety planning conference. As well the additional funds allow for the organization to extend the project for an additional year to further support Friendship Centre staff in implementing the Safe Space Strategy and engage with the community while assessing the success of the strategy and its implementation.

Through this 41-month project, the Centre d’amitié autochtone de La Tuque (CAALT) will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. More specifically, the project aims to improve the centre’s capacity to provide services under its domestic and family violence prevention and intervention program for Indigenous people from the territory or passing through it. Measures that will be taken to achieve this will include developing and improving tools and procedures, offering training and mentorship for staff on financial and project management, and developing a strategic development plan as well as a sustainability plan for the program.

At the end of the project, the Centre d'amitié autochtone de La Tuque (CAALT) will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence against Aboriginal women, girls and 2SLGBTQIS+ people, particularly for Aboriginal people living in the territory or passing through.

Undertake improvements to an existing accommodation property

Support equipment purchases for distillery

Support New Brunswick Annual Tourism Summit

Engage marketing expertise