Grants and Contributions:

Identifying the Needs of 2S/LGBTQ+ Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence- Caused Brain Injury

GV240179

$293,318.00

Aug 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 20-month project, Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter Society will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. It will address the knowledge gap regarding brain injuries resulting from Intimate-Partner Violence (IPV) in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities to support the alignment of services with community-identified priorities, needs, and practices. To do so, the project will conduct community-based research with a mixed methods approach to determine the frequency and scope of IPV-caused brain injuries in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities, host a world-café style event with survivors and service providers to examine barriers and facilitators to service, and develop recommendations to improve supports for survivors. Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter Society will develop a knowledge dissemination plan to share information on the research findings.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Kelowna, British Columbia, CA V1Y 9H2

001-2024-2025-Q2-00139

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Central Okanagan Emergency Shelter Society (o/a Kelowna Women's Shelter)

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.