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Title:

Supporting Families of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

Agreement Number:

13133107

Agreement Value:

$750,000.00

Agreement Date:

May 16, 2024 - Mar 31, 2029

Description:

The Ontario Native Women’s Association’s overall goal of this program is to support families and loved ones of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG). The program will continue to honour the memory of MMIWG through ceremony and other cultural activities, which is essential to family healing. The program will provide information, coordination, counselling and ceremonial supports to families of Indigenous women, girls and 2S people who have been murdered or gone missing. This program will leverage the expertise of Indigenous women, lessons learned through its existing work and mobilize it to drive forward the following objectives: provide MMIWG prevention education and training to service providers and communities; connect families to cultural support services in their communities; provide families and communities with the opportunity to honour their loved ones through ceremony; maintain an ongoing list that can be shared with communities of trauma-informed counseling and supports, including traditional ceremony services; and, provincial coordination and information sharing to multiple stakeholders.

Organization:

Department of Justice Canada

Expected Results:

Enhanced capacity to deliver appropriate services that respond to victim and survivor needs.

Location:

Fort William First Nation, Ontario, CA P7J1K3

Reference Number:

119-2024-2025-Q1-00068

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Business Number:

130309784

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Additional Information:

Cost Centres:
Community Supports Healing for Families (CSHF)

Recipient's Legal Name:

ONTARIO NATIVE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION

Federal Riding Name:

Thunder Bay--Rainy River

Federal Riding Number:

35105

Program:

Victims Fund

Program Purpose:

The Victims Fund, supports the Department of Justice’s mandate to ensure that Canada is a just and law-abiding society with a fair, relevant and accessible Canadian justice system.