Grants and Contributions:

She Is Wise – Indigenous Women’s Stories Beyond Gender-Based Violence

SO220027

$500,000.00

Oct 20, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 41-month project, the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) willincrease its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, across Canada. This will be achieved by enhancing and utilizing a strength-based approach to storytelling that will change the narrative of Indigenous women by increasing accessibility to web-based learning and resource materials that are specific to ending GBV, creating safety and healing pathways for Indigenous women, girls, and 2-Spirit people. The dual web-based platform will ensure that Indigenous women in community throughout ONWA’s membership and community partners will have access to ONWA developed GBV resources, tools, social media creatives and educational materials to support their work in addressing and reducing instances of GBV. The project will also highlight areas of Indigenous women’s success through storytelling that reflects the strength and resiliency of Indigenous women. ONWA’s She Is Wise Framework will be a safe space to highlight and share wise practice approaches to ending GBV as ONWA works to support Indigenous women in community to determine safe outcomes through the development of resources and training materials that are reflective of their lives. ONWA will partner with their Chapters, Councils and partners, such as the Native Women’s Resources Centre of Toronto, Hamilton Native Women’s Centre, Niagara Chapter of Native Women, Sunset Women’s Aboriginal Circle, Fort Frances Tribal Health Authority, and the Ottawa Aboriginal Coalition to develop the tools, educational material and social media engagement creatives and will make them accessible to urban Indigenous Peoples, First Nation, Metis, and Inuit as well as others on a local, regional, provincial, and national level. ONWA will also share resources with many provincial and national organizations such as the Aboriginal Shelters of Ontario, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres, and Metis Nation of Ontario, Les Femmes Michif Otipemisiwak, Tungasuvvingat Inuit, and Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. Through these tools, educational materials and social media creatives, by the end of the project, the Ontario Native Women’s Association will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.

Fort William First Nation, Ontario, CA P7J 1K3

001-2022-2023-Q3-00040

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Indigenous recipients

Ontario Native Women's Association (ONWA)

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.