Grants and Contributions:

Community Wisdom - Systemic Change

GV230300

$2,356,333.00

Sep 1, 2023 - Mar 31, 2026

This 31-month project, managed by a young Inuit woman, VIDEA will scale Shared Wisdom promising practice to strengthen the GBV sector. The project will form a group of 6 youth leaders including Inuit youth in Iqaluit, NU and Nunatsiavut, NL, Métis youth in Fort Vermilion, AB, First Nations youth in Lytton and Lil’wat, BC and Yellowknife, NWT. It will address the need for youth-led, community-immersed solutions and systemic interventions to address the crisis of GBV against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. Community Wisdom will include Indigenous youth-led, culturally-relevant, land-based community engagement on GBV, Indigenous-centered wellness and healing for men and boys, comprehensive community action plans for systemic intervention, strong partnerships with and between youth and communities. Leading to increased capacity of Indigenous youth of all genders to address GBV, enhanced capacity of men and boys to champion GBV-free families and communities, increased capacity of Indigenous communities to influence systemic change on GBV, and increased stakeholder engagement in creating systems and policies that address GBV against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQ+ people. VIDEA will create innovative resources grounded in methodologies used in community engagement, with promotion of these resources to communities, organizations, institutions, and wide promotion online.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Victoria, British Columbia, CA V8T 2Y6

001-2023-2024-Q3-00133

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION O/A VIDEA

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.