Grants and Contributions:
Title:
Improving Institutional Accountability Project - Phase III
Agreement Number:
GV240275
Agreement Value:
$755,331.00
Agreement Date:
May 26, 2025 - Mar 31, 2027
Description:
Through this 22-month project, EVA Canada and the Improving Institutional Accountability Project (IIAP) will scale the work of IIAP Phases I & II to address barriers in access to justice for survivors of sexual violence who seek a criminal justice system response. Prior IIAP phases created and implemented the VAW Advocate Case Review (VACR) model now used to audit uncharged police sexual assault investigations in over 30 communities across Canada. IIAP’s three-prong model of systemic change combines supporting communities to implement local oversight of criminal justice system (CJS) responses to survivors, linking advocates across Canada to share promising practices, and finally, engaging national institutions, decision-makers, and advocates to develop consistent national policy, evidence-based practice, and system accountability mechanisms required for effective oversight, data transparency, and outcomes measurement of CJS responses to sexual violence. IIAP III will scale up to implement more VACR teams in new regions/provinces while strengthening sustainability in existing sites, collaborate with stakeholders to develop a framework to address significant national gaps in data collection, and create an evaluation framework for assessing effectiveness and outcomes of the variety of oversight mechanisms (including VACR) currently in use across Canada.
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 K1P 5G4
Reference Number:
190-2025-2026-Q1-00005
Agreement Type:
Contribution
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
Ending Violence Association of Canada
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.