Grants and Contributions:

âkwaskîw She goes ahead; she is protective of her (Friends/Family)

HT20291

$200,000.00

Apr 15, 2022 - Mar 31, 2024

This 23-month project with Central Urban Metis Federation will develop and implement promising prevention and early-intervention practices that will increase knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in the greater community of Saskatoon. This will be achieved by working with identified partners to increase awareness, expand education and training on human trafficking; instill a sense of cultural pride for Indigenous girls and LGBTQ2 individuals by promoting pride in Indigenous identity, culture and encourage self-determination; gain community buy-in and engagement in the delivery of a series of training and workshops to provide awareness and education on human trafficking; and empower participants to become peer support, spokespersons and advocates. At the end of the project, the organization will have developed and delivered educational units focus on social justice and self-empowerment; and engaged with law enforcement; schools, Indigenous-serving organizations, health care providers, frontline service providers, municipal government, housing services and the community to collaborate on raising awareness and education on human trafficking so that at-risk populations can receive support to make well informed decisions when facing choices that might lead to an undesired outcome and survivors would serve as advocates and mentors. The project will include an external evaluation that will look at the success and scalability of the promising practices.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, CA S7K 2G5

001-2022-2023-Q1-00011

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Indigenous recipients

Central Urban Metis Federation (1993) Inc.

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.