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  "source": "Assay Systems register, https://assay-systems.com/register/",
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    "name": "SOUTHERN CHIEFS' ORGANIZATION INC.: federal grants and contributions",
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    "summary": "57 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $52.4M with SOUTHERN CHIEFS' ORGANIZATION INC., 2015–2026.",
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        "label": "departments",
        "value": 16,
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        "value": 26,
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      "Located at 450 Portage Avenue in Winnepeg, Manitoba, the Wehwehneh Bahgahkinahgohn “It Is Visible”, Southern Chiefs’ Organization Hudsons’s Bay Proposal Project consists of a retrofit on the historic Hudson’s Bay building, in order to operate their essential program and services in an Urban Indigenous setting. Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) is one of the largest First Nation aggregates in Canada, and one that works very closely and at the direction of its Chiefs. Approximately 35,000 Anishinaabe and Dakota people of the 80,500 First Nation citizens live off-reserve, most of them living in",
      "A033660, A034175, P074250",
      "The Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. seeks to establish self-administered police options for the Member Nations it represents. The feasibility study will support the development of self-administered regional indigenous police options that will seek to better serve their communities.",
      "The Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. (SCO) aims to develop First Nations policing options for the Member Nations it represents. This feasibility study will support the creation of regional Indigenous policing models as well as identify training gaps for SCO First Nation Safety Officers (FNSOs) and providing targeted training to enhance their ability to serve SCO communities effectively.",
      "The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as prevention, diversion and/or reintegration.",
      "The First Nations Veterans Program offers support to First Nations Veterans in southern Manitoba, including assistance with Veterans Affairs benefit applications, cultural connections, monthly events, and recognition ceremonies.",
      "The purpose of this contribution is to address known risk and protective factors to reduce offending among Indigenous youth, aged 12 to 21, with repeated contacts with the criminal justice system. Youth will participate in interventions including traditional healing activities, employment skills training, up-skill opportunities and harm reduction workshops.",
      "Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)",
      "The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as prevention, diversion and/or reintegration.",
      "The Empowering Victims and Overcoming Harm Project will work within and enhance the Southern Chiefs Organization's (SCO) First Nation Justice Program and provide victim-centered supports to First Nation victims and survivors of crime within 33 SCO member First Nations. It will create an accessible Anishinaabe and Dakota culturally grounded victim-centered framework while providing culturally trauma-informed advocacy and support for First Nation victims and survivors. This will create awareness of victim-centered approaches within the criminal justice system that are grounded in Anishinaabe a",
      "The objective of this Project is to install an innovative wood-based system to support the 6-storey atrium roof and wood-cladding panels as part of a larger retrofit project.",
      "The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through prevention, diversion and reintegration activities.",
      "The SCO Gladue Pilot Project will build on the SCO Gladue Report Framework Development Project report, which assesses and demonstrates the needs for and implications of an SCO Gladue writing program. The project will include 1 full-time Gladue Pilot Project Manager and 3 full-time Gladue Writers; the manager will provide guidance and supervision to the writers and will produce reports when possible and needed. The project will cover the West, Interlake, East, and South regions within SCO territories.",
      "Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)",
      "Through this 26-month project, Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc. (SCO), in partnership with GAGANNAAWENIMAANAANIG (formerly the Manitoba MMIWG2S+ Implementation Committee) will increase action to advance equality through systemic change and focus on efforts to end violence against Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Manitoba. The project will focus on identifying immediate priorities from the final report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG2S+), with an emphasis on the landscape in Manitoba. SCO will then support an advisory grou",
      "Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)",
      "This multi-year project will lead to systemic change through the development of protocols to serve clients with mental health needs. Southern Chief’s Organization (SCO) will work with mainstream justice system partners to identify and raise awareness about barriers to successful outcomes for Indigenous offenders. SCO represents 34 southern First Nation communities in Manitoba, the project will be working directly with seven first nation communities and will also benefit First Nation citizens in nearby First Nation communities and non-First Nation communities.",
      "Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures",
      "This multi-year project supports core capacity for ongoing consultation and cooperation activities in the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN Declaration), the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) and measures included in the Action Plan.",
      "This multi-year project will gather insights that will be used to inform the Indigenous Justice Strategy, creating a transformational justice process that will focus on helpful outcomes for First Nations",
      "The Recipient agrees to contribute to addressing the overrepresentation of Indigenous people in the criminal justice system through activities such as Gladue aftercare, prevention, diversion and/or reintegration.",
      "This project will pilot First Nations-led Sentencing Circles to advance justice and wellness priorities identified through the Southern Chiefs’ Organization’s Indigenous Justice Strategy. By supporting victims, strengthening offender accountability and reintegration, and engaging Elders and community partners, the initiative aims to improve justice outcomes and reduce the overrepresentation of Southern Chiefs’ Organization's citizens.",
      "The Southern Chiefs Organisation, through its Community Healing Program will create 20 healing circles to provide support and healing in their First Nation communities for families of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. An experienced Healing Program coordinator will work with others to identify a respected community member who can facilitate the circles that are culturally-based and trauma-informed. Elders will be available for support at each healing circle and will provide cultural teachings. The coordinator and community facilitator will seek out partnerships with local resour",
      "Southern Chiefs' Organization Engagement on Freshwater Priorities",
      "Contribution as part of the Policy Dialogue Program to Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc. to assist in preparing for and engaging in participation activities associated with the ongoing Review of Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Development Processes.",
      "SCO Water Committee to Assess and Protect Natural Water Sources",
      "The Southern Chiefs’ Organization will work with First Nations, provincial, and federal partners at tripartite tables to advance regional priority‑setting and develop costed implementation plans for the Indigenous Justice Strategy.",
      "The Recipient agrees to promote Southern Chiefs' Organization's restorative justice program to communities and citizens through various forms of media that will include digital, print and social media. In addition, the recipient will facilitate counselling skills training for justice personnel that will have a focus on victims of crime and mediation enhancing a trauma-informed approach.",
      "Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program",
      "The Southern Chiefs' Organization (SCO) Gladue Report Framework Development project, in collaboration with partners, Justice Canada and Manitoba Justice, will bring together all 34 Chiefs and other justice stakeholders to discuss and develop a framework for Gladue report writing to citizens of the 34 First Nations communities in southern Manitoba. The project will inform elements including eligibility, costs, training, content, time frames and other recommendations that will ensure accessibility and program quality and consistency.",
      "Aboriginal Peoples' Program",
      "The Recipient agrees to plan, deliver and host a capacity building gathering for Indigenous justice workers, partners and other stakeholders in Manitoba.",
      "The Southern Chiefs' Organization \"Sewing and Beading Workshops\" project will host 2-day workshops for those who are impacted by MMIWG2S+ to sew either a ribbon skirt, shirt, or pants. These two-day workshops will be extended to a total of 12 half-day sessions. Each workshop will have eight participants. The beading workshop series entails hosting one monthly workshop (5 hours each) for MMIWG2S+ families and Survivors of gender based violence. Twenty participants will have the opportunity to bead either a red dress pin or red dress fringe earrings.",
      "This project is to support the Recipient in realigning program activities that have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.",
      "Southern Chiefs' Organization Water Committee to Assess and Protect Natural Water sources",
      "Southern Chiefs’ Organization - Engagement on Potential Co-development of Solutions and Opportunities for the Return of a Portion of the Federal Fuel Charge Proceeds to First Nations Recipients in Manitoba",
      "Southern Chiefs' Organization Water Committee to Assess and Protect Natural Water sources",
      "The purpose of this project is to support the partnership with the Southern Chiefs' Organization for the Indigenous Reconciliation Gathering to showcase Indigenous cultures, while promoting the opportunities within the CAF.",
      "Contribution as part of the Policy Dialogue Program to Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc. to assist in preparing for and engaging in participation activities associated with the ongoing Review of Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Development Processes."
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