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Title:

Protecting our Sacred Fires: Human trafficking prevention for Indigenous Youth

Agreement Number:

HT20276

Agreement Value:

$377,934.00

Agreement Date:

Apr 1, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

Description:

This 36-month project with the Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association will develop and implement an Indigenous youth led, culturally relevant prevention training and education program that will advance knowledge, awareness and empower at-risk Indigenous youth and Indigenous survivors of human trafficking in Alberta. This will be achieved by assessing gaps in knowledge concerning human trafficking and developing a culturally relevant workshop curriculum; training and empowering Indigenous youth to become facilitators and community advocates of human trafficking prevention; and virtual workshops and engagement with Indigenous youth delivered by peers. At the end of the project, the organization will honour the workshop participants with a completion ceremony and encourage Indigenous youth to be agents of change to shift the course of human trafficking in Alberta. They will develop social media public service announcements based on what the workshop participants learned and the community impact, to be shared beyond the project and increase awareness for Indigenous peoples. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.

Location:

Edmonton, Alberta, CA T5N 1K8

Reference Number:

001-2021-2022-Q1-00002

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Indigenous recipients

Recipient's Legal Name:

Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association

Program:

Gender-Based Violence Program

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.