Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR): federal grants and contributions

P005561

• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

Through this 12-month project, SOAR will scale their promising practice of building the capacity of frontline service providers and survivors to recognize and respond to intimate partner violence-caused brain injuries (IPV-BI). This will be achieved through the training of a national cohort of frontline worker knowledge brokers to deliver IPV-BI training nationally, and through the adaptation of the ‘Support Group in a Box’ model for online peer support groups for IPV-BI survivors across Canada. The expected results are increased capacity of frontline workers in a greater number of service are

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

Through this 24-month project, Supporting Survivors of Abuse and Brain Injury through Research (SOAR) will build its capacity to advance gender equality for women survivors of gender-based violence and brain injury in Canada. It will address and enhance its governance and human resource practices, communications, and sustainability. To accomplish this, SOAR will revise its human resource and governance policies, build and implement a marketing and communications plan, develop a financial and operational sustainability plan, and create a three-year strategic plan. With the supplemental funds a

• Women and Gender Equality Canada
• Women's Program

• Gender-Based Violence Program
• Women's Program

All grants from Women and Gender Equality Canada

• Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention

All grants from Public Health Agency of Canada

• Gender-Based Violence Program

• Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention
• Women's Program