Grants and Contributions:

Uncovering Promising Futures

GV230338

$650,000.00

Oct 23, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 29-month project, Calgary Immigrant Women’s Association (CIWA) will develop and put in place a culturally competent, responsive, and evidence-based GBV prevention and support model to strengthen the GBV sector in supporting immigrant/refugee/newcomer women impacted by GBV. It will address the intersectional needs of the target population and build the capacity of agencies to address significant gaps in services, including rural, language, cultural, and other access barriers, as well as increased complexity of post-pandemic needs. To do so, the project will select and standardize strategies used in CIWA’s Family Conflict Prevention Program (FCPP); develop and perform a baseline impact evaluation of the model; modify model approaches for regional and online delivery; engage local, provincial, and/or regional stakeholders in a pre-pilot review; and pilot and evaluate the model with women from across Alberta, incorporating adaptations and enhancements based upon feedback. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the promising practice. CIWA will host stakeholder sessions and develop tutorials to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon it. The project will engage two key participant groups: women with lived experience, who will directly influence the design of the model, and men and boys from ethno-cultural communities, who will use their allyship to support the model’s GBV prevention initiatives. The contributions and insights of these two groups will help ensure that the project is inclusive, responsive to the needs and strengths of vulnerable populations, and reflective of the diversity within communities.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Calgary, Alberta, CA T2G 4Z6

001-2023-2024-Q3-00051

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Calgary Immigrant Women's Association (CIWA)

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.