Grants and Contributions

Thanks to this supplemental funding, the Centre de Justice de proximité Côte-Nord will pay for part of the work done by their intern towards their project bornes d'information.

The organization aims to harmonize the laws of the provinces and territories of Canada, and where appropriate the federal laws as well. It also makes recommendations for changes to federal criminal legislation based on identified deficiencies, defects or gaps in the existing law, or based on problems created by judicial interpretation of existing law. The organization also launched the Commercial Law Strategy, which aims to modernize and harmonize Canadian commercial law.

The project will provide culturally appropriate resources and therapeutic approaches to restore a sense of justice, balance and well being for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The program will utilize the teachings of Courage, Care Giver, Protector and Medicine Spirit to enable families of missing and murdered Indigenous women to heal from complicated grief and trauma within a culturally safe and friendly environment.

The Kativiik Program will reach out to Inuit family members directly affected by the experience of losing a loved one who is either missing or has been murdered. A trained and qualified Inuit outreach worker will provide culturally responsive, community-based, Inuit-specific, trauma-informed counselling. The outreach worker will also conduct Inuit specific peer support groups with the family members and provide access to Inuit Elders when they request traditional healing. The worker will also act as a liaison and link Inuit families to appropriate services offered in the community for more long-term supports. The Program will also include support group meetings, community meetings to hear feedback, concerns or new issues and a community dinner to support and honour the strength and resilience of the Inuit community in Winnipeg.

The organization will support families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls by providing counseling, information and ceremonial supports to assist them in the process of healing and reconciliation. The organization will host four traditional ceremonies to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The organization will also promote capacity building among organizations by developing and delivering training that will better equip organizations to address the multiple layers of recent and historical trauma that Indigenous families face with trauma-informed care and culturally grounded models.

The organization will work collaboratively with Quebec Native Women and the City of Montreal to build relationships with and provide accompaniment and referral services to families of missing and murdered Indigenous women. This project will formalize and implement a missing and murdered Indigenous Women procedure with community partners and the Montreal Police Service. Overall, this project will result in increased access to support for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Quebec and increased mobilization in the event of an Indigenous woman going missing.

The organization will provide culturally appropriate support and western based counselling to assist families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls with long term needs. Needs include dealing with grief, trauma and guilt following the loss of a family member and parenting children of missing or murdered persons.The organization will host family gatherings, provide cultural supports, assist in the development of a network to assist families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, and will collaborate with the Saskatchewan Family Information Liaison Unit to ensure that the Unit has a strong working relationship with families.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from November 22 to November 28, 2020. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from November 22 to November 28, 2020. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from November 22 to November 28, 2020. Victims and Survivors of Crime Week projects provide an opportunity to raise awareness about victim issues and about the programs, services and laws in place to help victims and survivors of crime and their families.