Grants and Contributions:

ACT (Awareness, Collaboration, Tools) for Women with Pets Experiencing GBV

GV21147

$697,615.00

Oct 25, 2021 - Mar 31, 2024

This 29-month project will address systemic barriers to help-seeking, safety planning and support services for women, with an animal companion, experiencing GBV across Canada. The Canadian Federation of Humane Societies (also known as Humane Canada) will achieve this by expanding the work of the Canadian Violence Link Coalition (CVLC) (an initiative of Humane Canada) to raise awareness, improve cross-sector collaborations and offer practical options, response policies and improved support systems. This project will engage key CVLC members and other stakeholders from help-seeking or safety planning sectors, including women’s shelters, anti-violence organizations, social services, child protection organizations, the police, the veterinary profession and animal protection enforcement. Partners will provide trusted experience and help strengthen relationships with underrepresented groups of women, namely OLMC, Indigenous and rural women.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1G 4L3

001-2022-2023-Q1-00009

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Canadian Federation of Humane Societies

Gender-Based Violence Program

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.