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Title:

Medicine Lines of Womanhood

Agreement Number:

AN190106

Agreement Value:

$200,000.00

Agreement Date:

Sep 3, 2019 - Mar 31, 2021

Description:

This 19-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include a series of commemorative art exhibits, hosted in four different cities throughout Ontario: Thunder Bay, Ottawa, Kenora, and Sioux Lookout; the collaborative Indigenous arts-based approaches used in this series will be self-determined by the families in each region, to honor their loved one in collaboration with ONWA, while encouraging public education and awareness of the loss and grief that continues to endure.

Organization:

Women and Gender Equality Canada

Expected Results:

Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.

Location:

Fort William First Nation, Ontario, CA P7J 1J7

Reference Number:

GC-2019-2020-Q2-069

Agreement Type:

Contribution

Report Type:

Grants and Contributions

Recipient's Legal Name:

Ontario Native Women's Association

Program:

Department for Women and Gender Equality

Program Purpose:

The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.