Title:
Pathways to Healing: Support for male and gender diverse survivors of sexual misconduct
Agreement Number:
SMSRC2025.25104
Agreement Value:
$90,595.84
Agreement Date:
Oct 1, 2025 - Oct 1, 2027
Description:
This project includes two key elements: trauma-informed peer support groups and restorative justice information sessions. The peer groups aim to break isolation, foster community, and build practical skills in emotional regulation, consent, and boundary setting. To enhance accessibility, programming will be offered in a hybrid format, with both in-person and virtual options to address geographic and transportation barriers. This project is delivered in English.
Organization:
National Defence
Expected Results:
An increase in projects, initiatives and services reaching the local Defence community through innovative service delivery; Greater access to information, training and support within the Defence community; An increase in effective mechanisms at the SMSRC to strengthen community-based supports for those impacted by sexual misconduct in the CAF/DND, especially underserved groups; Improved support across the justice and social sectors* for those impacted by or at risk of gender-based violence, including survivors; Further integration of community-based service providers within the CAF/DND network of support services for those affected by sexual misconduct in the CAF/DND
Location:
Kitchener , Ontario, CA N2C 1K3
Reference Number:
018-2025-2026-Q3-10004
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Business Number:
106962707
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region
Program:
Community Support for Sexual Misconduct Survivors Grant Program
Program Purpose:
Provide a wide array of supports to those affected by sexual misconduct in the Department of National Defence (DND) and Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) through increased access to community-based support services and collaboration between community-based and CAF/DND service providers.