Title:
Building capacity to implement strengths-based community service delivery model to prevent and heal from violence
Agreement Number:
SO220029
Agreement Value:
$819,417.00
Agreement Date:
Aug 22, 2022 - Sep 30, 2027
Description:
Through this 62-month project, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre will increase its ability to prevent or address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This will be achieved by strengthening the Inuit and Indigenous mechanisms of governance within the organization; improving and expanding skills to prevent violence within cross-sectoral program delivery and strengthening mechanisms for collaborative community programming with other organizations participating in the Inuusirvik Hub.
By the end of the project, Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, as applicable with a focus on the community’s children and
families in need.
With the supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre will develop of a GBV-Focused strategic and sustainability plan, support leadership development and mentorship for GBV prevention capacity, create an organizational knowledge transfer and succession planning framework for GBV programming, develop a GBV-focused advocacy and policy positioning strategy, and strengthen financial governance and oversight for GBV programming. Through this, they will further advance gender equality.
Organization:
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Expected Results:
Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
Location:
Iqaluit, Nunavut, CA X0A 0H0
Reference Number:
001-2022-2023-Q2-00021
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Aboriginal recipient
Additional Information:
Increase of agreement value, Change of end date
Amendment Date
Apr 8, 2026
Recipient's Legal Name:
Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre
Program:
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Program Purpose:
The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.