Grants and Contributions:

Increasing Collaboration & Capacity to Address Indigenous Gender-Based Violence through Regional Roundtables in British Columbia

SO220007

$395,630.00

Oct 31, 2022 - Mar 31, 2026

Through this 41- month project, The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and men in the Province of British Columbia. This will be achieved by: hosting two roundtable conferences focusing on strengthening collaborative approaches in the British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories to address Indigenous GBV through discussions and engagement with those with lived experience; build partnerships to improve networks and better align services in the region; and will focus on addressing the systemic barriers that Indigenous women, children, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in GBV situations face within the justice, health, family court, and child welfare systems through advocacy and cultural competency strategies. This project will engage community partners throughout British Colombia, the Yukon, and Territories to contribute to the roundtable content and participate in the events. By the end of the project, The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on all Indigenous people.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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.

North Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V7P 3J3

001-2022-2023-Q4-00023

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Aboriginal recipient

The Native Courtworker and Counselling Association of British Columbia

Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

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.