Grants and Contributions

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

The objective of the EAF is to support community based projects across Canada that improve accessibility, remove barriers, and enable Canadians with disabilities to participate in and contribute to their community.

Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from May 15 to May 21, 2022. 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.

This 30-month project will support a feminist response and recovery to address the current impacts of COVID-19 pandemic, through systemic change. Women Against Violence Against Women Rape Crisis Centre will achieve this by conducting research and community consultation with LGBTQ2, racialized and sex worker communities. It will complete a needs analysis within sexual assault centres and anti-violence organizations to develop and offer alternative justice programs, and create alternative justice emerging practices workshops and webinars for community members.

At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by encouraging more equitable and effective sharing of resources, increasing networks and collaboration to accelerate systemic change, supporting positive distribution of authority, voices, and decision-making power. It will have also addressed+C8 persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality.

Victims and Survivors of Crime Week will take place from November 14 to November 20, 2021. 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.

WAVAW's "Counselling and Support for Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit Survivors and their Families Program" addresses the need to provide accessible and culturally-relevant support services to Indigenous survivors of violence and their families. The project will include Elder-supported one-to-one and group counselling sessions held at WAVAW, at community partners locations across Vancouver and via telephone. The Counselling services combat isolation and support Indigenous survivors to feel safe and included through culturally-relevant and holistic healing practices.

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.

This 47-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality.

Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities:
develop and implement new financial systems, provide training support to Salal’s finance team; develop and implement new human resources systems and materials; support the development of a new strategic plan and corresponding fundraising strategy and the marketing and communications required to facilitate the organization’s rebranding.

Supplemental funds will be used to create and launch a fundraising strategy, develop a human resources employee development strategy and performance management, and conduct infrastructure and succession planning.

The development of a Project Implementation Plan to develop and test a gender affirming inclusion process for LGBTQ2 communities and gender-non-binary survivors of gender-based violence to close the gaps in service provision for this underserved community.