CREE WOMEN OF EEYOU ISTCHEE ASSOCIATION: federal grants and contributions

Through this 39-month project, the Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on indigenous women from the Eeyou Istchee territory in Quebec. This will first be achieved by gathering quantitative and qualitative data on local population’s level of knowledge about GBV. Based on the information gathered, a taskforce will be created to support, via an online workshop series, CWEIA’s 11 local member association’s prevention and awareness-raising effor

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Social Development

This 20-month project will honour the lives and legacies of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and LGBTQ2S individuals and increase awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls and LGBTQ2S individuals. Project activities will include: coordination and support of commemoration initiatives in four different Cree communities, celebration of vigils, organization of family sharing circles and skirt making workshops, creation and installation of commemorative plaques based on a local and culturally relevant design, distribution of promotional materials, and publication o

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Department for Women and Gender Equality

Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures

• Canadian Heritage
• Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
• Social Development

This 59-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: partnership development, collaboration and networking, advocacy and gender-based analysis plus. A supplementary amount allocated will be used to facilitate the remote delivery of networking and collaborative work in the face of Covid-19 by reinforcing the organization’s digital communication abilities and tools. The latest 12-month extension and supplement

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Social Development

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

• Indigenous Services Canada
• Social Development

Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

• Canadian Heritage
• Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

• Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
• Department for Women and Gender Equality
• Women's Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Social Development

All grants from Indigenous Services Canada

• Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
• Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

All grants from Canadian Heritage

• Social Development

All grants from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

• Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
• Social Development

• Indigenous Languages and Cultures Program - Indigenous Languages and Cultures
• Celebration and Commemoration Program - Commemoration Canada

• Social Development

• Department for Women and Gender Equality
• Women's Program
• Social Development

• Social Development