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    "name": "Yellowknife Women's Society: federal grants and contributions",
    "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/yellowknife-women-s-society/",
    "summary": "10 federal grant and contribution agreements worth $2.3M with Yellowknife Women's Society, 2017–2024.",
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    "text": [
      "This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Yellowknife Women’s Society will achieve this by conducting research to identify the current problems in the relationship between street-involved Indigenous women and the RCMP; conducting surveys, interviews and hosting focus groups with Indigenous women and girls; developing a final report of recommendations; and begin implementing and assessing the next steps to end gender-based violence. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to",
      "Through this 33-month project Yellowknife Women’s Society (YKWS) will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s need to understand the impact of their programs. The project will review its existing programs, develop measures of success, and revise and disseminate program descriptions with staff and management. The project will build internal capacity to deliver effective services and programming to community. With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Yellowknife Women’s Society will develop and implement an Indigenous Cultura",
      "Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)",
      "This 60-month project will address the Yellowknife Women’s Society’s capacity needs to allow them to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. The organization will be enhanced through human resources development; improved staff training, recruitment and retention; succession planning; and review of the compensation plan. In addition, they will evaluate past advocacy efforts and create an advocacy plan to improve the impact of future advocacy efforts to support women and their families in Yellowknife. Supplemental funds will be used for a results-based evaluation",
      "Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills. The CSJ program is delivered by the Department of ESD.",
      "The expected outcomes of CSJ are: .• Youth are employed, in training or education, or in further employment services and interventions..",
      "Through the application of national and local priorities, the CSJ program seeks to provide youth, particularly those who face barriers to employment with access to work opportunities. Funded employers must demonstrate that they are providing quality work experiences for youth that provide opportunities to develop and improve their skills."
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      {
        "name": "Indigenous Services Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/indigenous-services-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Women and Gender Equality Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/women-and-gender-equality-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Public Health Agency of Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/public-health-agency-of-canada/"
      },
      {
        "name": "Employment and Social Development Canada",
        "url": "https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/department/employment-and-social-development-canada/"
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    "assay_record": "ASY-CA-13PGVPA0FN",
    "cite_as": "Assay Systems, \"Yellowknife Women's Society: federal grants and contributions\", https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/yellowknife-women-s-society/"
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