Native Women's Association of Canada (NWAC): federal grants and contributions

This 43-month project will support NWAC to develop a communications and outreach strategy, including a bilingual online networking platform to link young women, girls, two-spirit and gender diverse youth from across the country. Youth will be consulted in the development of the strategy, and will in turn use the platform to exchange ideas on promoting gender equality, while identifying and pursuing opportunities to build the leadership and advocacy skills they need to do so. Starting in the second year, six different youth will come together annually to exchange ideas and collaboratively ident

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

This 36-month project with Native Women’s Association of Canada will develop, implement and test an intensive healing and empowering program intervention for Indigenous women and gender diverse people who identify as LGBTQ2+ and who are survivors of or at risk of sexual exploitation through human trafficking. The project will increase knowledge about identifying and addressing past and ongoing traumas, current risk factors of being trafficked, and barriers to self-sufficiency. This will be achieved by engaging survivors, Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Holders with experience in traditional he

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Gender-Based Violence Program

This 31-month project will develop and test training for service providers supporting Indigenous LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit survivors of gender-based violence. In Phase 1 of the project, a national survey will be developed to gather information from 2SLGBTQ+ survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) on perceived service gaps and possible interventions. Trauma-informed engagements, including a national gathering, will be held to seek further input. Online training materials for service providers will be developed based on the consultations, and will be compiled into a virtual, self-led training modu

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Gender-Based Violence Program

The development of a Project Implementation Plan to develop and test training for service providers supporting Indigenous LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit survivors of gender-based violence.

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

• Gender-Based Violence Program
• Department for Women and Gender Equality

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Department for Women and Gender Equality

All grants from Status of Women Canada

• Gender-Based Violence Program

• Department for Women and Gender Equality
• Gender-Based Violence Program