The Pepper Pod: federal grants and contributions: 5 agreements; $3.0M value; 4 departments; 4 programs.
Assay record ASY-CA-1H8OPP902T · Cite as: Assay Systems, “The Pepper Pod: federal grants and contributions”, https://assay-systems.com/register/ca/grants/r/the-pepper-pod/
This project supports women transitioning from military to civilian life through Transition Lifeshops™, providing a safe, welcoming retreat for Veterans, soon-to-be Veterans, and spouses. Participants share experiences, build confidence and navigate emotional and practical challenges while strengthening long-term peer networks that foster connection, resilience, and sustained mutual support.
Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness across Canada will have increased support through the Program. This is accomplished by providing direct funding to communities and mobilizing collaborators at the federal, provincial/territorial and community levels, as well as the private and voluntary sectors, to address barriers to well-being faced by Veterans experiencing or at risk of homelessness, through two funding streams: the Services and Supports Stream and the Capacity Building Stream.
Through this 33-month systemic change project, The Pepper Pod will advance women’s economic security, prosperity and representation in leadership and decision-making by addressing systemic barriers within the Canadian Armed Forces, Veterans Affairs Canada and the greater military and veteran communities. Specifically, the project will apply years of past knowledge of women’s lived experiences to the development and national implementation of a participative session on gender awareness, sensitivity, and imperative systemic change. The project will include upstream conversations to impact the fu
This project will offer women affected by sexual misconduct within the Defence community a one-day ‘Beyond Trauma’ retreat (whether or not they have participated in a Life shop) where they can connect with other survivors and acquire important techniques to implement gender-responsive, strengths-based skills they need for healing. Retreats would be offered at the Pepper Pod and near CAF bases across Canada, such as in Edmonton and Gagetown.
ELLE-vation Project
All grants from Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada. Source: Government of Canada proactive disclosure of grants and contributions (open.canada.ca, dataset 432527ab-7aac-45b5-81d6-7597107a7013), 1,327,352 rows as published, collapsed to one agreement per agreement number (per reference number where none is given) at its latest amendment, which carries the full agreement value. Years are the agreement start year. Agreements with individuals are counted but not named.