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Title:

Improving Collaboration: Shelters and Youth Protection for Immigrant Mothers Who Are Survivors

Agreement Number:

GV230341

Agreement Value:

$268,317.00

Agreement Date:

Oct 27, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

Description:

Through this 30-month project, the Maison pour femmes immigrantes (MFI) will conduct research that will help improve gender-based violence services for at-risk groups. The MFI will address collaborative practices between shelters and youth protection services so that services better meet the needs of immigrants, refugees, and newcomer mothers who are survivors of domestic violence and whose children have been reported to youth protection services. To achieve this goal, the project will include a literature review, followed by data collection through interviews and focus groups. The data will be analyzed, and a response and knowledge mobilization tool will be developed and shared. The MFI will organize days for reflection and action to inform others about the research findings. This research is in line with the theoretical and methodological approach of participatory action research, which centres the subjects in knowledge production and action on the issues that affect them. Accordingly, a group of co-researchers consisting of immigrant women who have survived domestic violence and academics will be established to guide the research process. The research will also engage with shelter and youth protection workers through an advisory committee. Engagement with mothers and workers in the sector will only begin once the project has received ethics approval.

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:

Québec, Quebec, CA G1V 3T5

Reference Number:

001-2023-2024-Q3-00084

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient Type:

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Recipient's Legal Name:

Maison pour femmes immigrantes

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.