Grants and Contributions:

Building capacity to respond to intimate partner violence-caused brain injury

GV250015

$1,396,539.00

Apr 15, 2026 - Mar 31, 2027

Through this 12-month project, SOAR will scale their promising practice of building the capacity of frontline service providers and survivors to recognize and respond to intimate partner violence-caused brain injuries (IPV-BI). This will be achieved through the training of a national cohort of frontline worker knowledge brokers to deliver IPV-BI training nationally, and through the adaptation of the ‘Support Group in a Box’ model for online peer support groups for IPV-BI survivors across Canada. The expected results are increased capacity of frontline workers in a greater number of service areas to recognize and respond to IPV-BI appropriately, improved resiliency and quality of life outcomes for participants, and a template of a model and materials that can be used by IPV and BI support groups across the country to run their own groups.

Women and Gender Equality Canada

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

Vernon, British Columbia, CA V1T 2M1

190-2026-2027-Q1-00002

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR)

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.