Winnipeg – Women and Gender Equality Canada announced over $7.4M for 17 organizations located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for proposals: Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to further address gender-based violence, which provides funding to bolster the capacity of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations, helping them address the root causes of violence, and deliver prevention programming in their communities.
Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: WIEC Inc. – Implementing WIEC’s Action Plan to address MMIWG2S+ in Winnipeg
Funding amount: $400,000
Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad Inc. (Ndinawe)
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Ndinawe’s Good Relative Project
Funding amount: $399,982
Wahbung Abinoonjiiag Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Wahbung Capacity Building and Community Strengthening
Funding amount: $99,013
Tunngasugit Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Tunngasugit WAGE Capacity Building
Funding amount: $371,052
The Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Healing Our Sisters: Addressing Gender-Based Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People
Funding amount: $492,500
The Pas Family Resource Centre – Minisewin Waska
The Pas, MB
Project name: Mamahtawihew
Funding amount: $500,000
La Ronge Native Women’s Council Inc.
La Ronge, SK
Project name: Piwapan Community Liaison
Funding amount: $463,713
The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for Proposals to Address Gender-based Violence Through Promising Practices and Community-based Research to develop, put in place, and evaluate promising practices to prevent and address gender-based violence:
Saskatchewan Towards Offering Partnership Solutions to Violence
Fort Qu’Appelle, SK
Project name: When People Care Enough to Act: Strengthening Informal Supports
Funding amount: $572,920
All Nations Hope Network Inc.
Regina, SK
Project name: Around the Kitchen Table: Scaling up the response to GBV in Saskatchewan’s Indigenous communities
Funding amount: $474,766
Metis Central Western Region 2 Council Inc.
Prince Albert, SK
Project name: Wiichihishoo Kawii Otinum La Fors program
Funding amount: $649,600
Elmwood Community Resource Centre and Area Association Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Scaling GBV Support for South Asian, Black, and Arab Women in Manitoba
Funding amount: $649,733
The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for Proposals to Address Gender-based Violence Through Promising Practices and Community-based Research to conduct community-based research to help address the needs of those that are at risk of gender-based violence or are underserved when they experience it:
Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan Inc.
Regina, SK
Project name: Mapping impacts of intersecting identities on GBV survivors’ experiences with the legal system
Funding amount: $400,000
Circling Buffalo Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Improving Shelter Experience for Indigenous Women
Funding amount: $75,116
The following organization is receiving funding to develop promising practices to support survivors of gender-based violence and their families.
EVA Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: Online Reporting Tool
Funding amount: $1,076,771
The following organizations are receiving funding through Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Women’s Program:
National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC)
Headingley, MB
Project name: Pathways of Change: Advancing Equality, Healing, and Justice
Funding amount: $631,500
Southern Chiefs’ Organization Inc.
Winnipeg, MB
Project name: GAGANNAAWENIMAANAANIG Manitoba MMIWG2S+ Partnership Implementation Plan
Funding amount: $488,129
Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan Inc
Regina, SK
Project name: Strategic Policy and Stakeholder Relations Project
Funding amount: $296,774