Grants and Contributions:

I Love You and it Hurts

GV230284

$196,162.00

Oct 20, 2023 - Jul 15, 2024

Through this 9-month project, Theatre of the Beat will scale their model of forum theatre to strengthen the GBV sector. It will scale their latest theatrical production of I Love You and it Hurts to a new format and reach new audiences across Canada with performances in community establishments such as secondary and post-secondary schools, long-term care centres, and youth and men's groups. It will address the need for more awareness and resources on the subtle signs of domestic violence, with a focus on elder abuse, healthy masculinity, and youth intimate partner violence. To do so, the project will include community-informed theatre plays, audience knowledge mobilizations, and expanded touring in eastern and western Canada. Theatre of the Beat will create resource guides to share information on the promising practice with others so that they may replicate it or expand upon its success and impact.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Toronto, Ontario, CA M4C 1K3

001-2023-2024-Q3-00078

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Theatre of the Beat 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.