Nova Scotia Native Women's Association: federal grants and contributions

The Nova Scotia Native Women's Association is hosting healing gatherings for families impacted by the loss of a loved one or missing family member. The gatherings will bring together families from each of the thirteen Indigenous bands, including Halifax and Sydney regions, to share new ideas of ways of healing through the land and cultural practices. The goal is to host a healing gathering during the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter months. After year four, the coordinator will host one final gathering to highlight the stories and dialogue sessions that they agree to share. The final gathering

• Department of Justice Canada
• Victims Fund
• Cumberland–Colchester

Through this 56-month project, Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association (NSNWA) will increase its capacity to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) throughout on and off reserve communities in Nova Scotia by strengthening the capacity of its 16 chapters. Each chapter’s capacity will be increased by offering training, tools, and guidance on financial management, proposal writing, communications, project management and strategic planning. By the end of the project, NSNWA and its chapters will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, a

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

This 38-month project with the Nova Scotia Native Women's Association will develop and implement the Nova Scotia Indigenous Human Trafficking Prevention Strategy, a promising practice that will advance knowledge and enhance empowerment supports for at-risk populations and survivors of human trafficking in Nova Scotia. This will be achieved by creating a prevention advisory committee; by creating and implementing prevention program activities, workshops and services; by creating a more comprehensive circle of support for organizations and individuals; and by evaluating the efficacy of coordin

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

This 27-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. The Nova Scotia Native Women's Association will address systemic barriers imposed on First Nations, Indigenous and Mi’kmaq communities in accessing adequate housing and infrastructure. This will be achieved by creating equitable Mi’kmaq First Nation housing policy templates to be utilized by Mi’kmaq elected leadership, by creating a Nationhood strategic plan to engage, identify and find solutions to address the Nova Scotia Mi’kmaq housing crisis. At the end of the

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

• Canadian Heritage
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

Through this 12‑month project, the Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association will lead a province‑wide, culturally grounded initiative to advance awareness, prevention, and safety related to gender‑based violence, human trafficking, and the MMIWG crisis, while strengthening supports for Indigenous women, girls, Two‑Spirit people, youth, and families across Nova Scotia. This will be achieved by engaging community and educational partners and developing culturally grounded resources. The project will implement trauma-informed workshops and youth‑focused prevention initiatives, facilitate a roundtab

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

The organization will hold a healing gathering for families of missing and murdered Indigenous men, women, boys, girls and 2SLGBTQI+ people. The healing gathering will focus on traditional and land-based teachings to promote healing and resilience for affected Indigenous families in Nova Scotia.

• Department of Justice Canada
• Victims Fund
• Cumberland–Colchester

This project aims the purchase of kitchen infrastructure, garden infrastructure, a greenhouse and irrigation system to outfit a community kitchen and garden to teach Indigenous women cooking skills and also to prepare, serve and store food for Indigenous women and children.

• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Local Food Infrastructure Fund

• Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
• Gender-Based Violence Program
• Women's Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Victims Fund

All grants from Department of Justice Canada

• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

All grants from Canadian Heritage

• Local Food Infrastructure Fund

All grants from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

• REGI - Regional Innovation Ecosystem

All grants from Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency

• Participant Funding Program

All grants from Impact Assessment Agency of Canada

• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs

All grants from Employment and Social Development Canada

• Gender-Based Violence Program

• Victims Fund

• Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
• Victims Fund
• Local Food Infrastructure Fund
• Participant Funding Program

• Women's Program
• Canada Cultural Spaces Fund - Canada Cultural Spaces Fund

• Gender-Based Violence Program

• REGI - Regional Innovation Ecosystem
• Youth - Canada Summer Jobs