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Title:

Anti-Oppressive Tools and Practices to Strengthen the GBV Sector

Agreement Number:

GV230274

Agreement Value:

$558,283.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 23, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

Through this 29-month project, Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre will scale anti-oppressive practices and alternative therapeutic approaches to healing for individuals from historically underserved communities to strengthen the GBV sector. It will address the need for supports that acknowledge systemic and structural violence and exhibit cultural awareness and competency, and for more established anti-oppressive perspectives in the GBV sector. To do so, the project will (1) develop, implement, evaluate and optimize an anti-oppressive framework based on a Critical Discourse Analysis of resources most commonly used by GBV service providers; and (2) implement and evaluate the practices of trauma-informed yoga, nature-based healing and art therapy as culturally sensitive and anti-oppressive alternative approaches to healing. Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre will create a guidebook for the anti-oppressive framework, draft a report based on the evaluation of the three alternative therapeutic practices, and disseminate these two documents via email and social media to share information on the promising practices with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon them.

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:

Ottawa, Ontario, CA K1N 9P4

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q3-00052

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre

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.