Funded projects: Defence Community Support and Resource Centre (DCSRC) Survivors Grant Program

Aurora Sexual Assault Centre

Supporting Our Defenders: Improving Service Reach to Canadian Military

Lethbridge, Alberta

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project delivers expanded, trauma-informed support adapted to military culture for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Support is available for currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, Reservists, Cadets, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community.

Services are offered in English in Southwestern Alberta, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield. They include:

• integrated care
• system navigation support
• advocacy
• individual and group support
• integrated case management
• police and legal system support
• awareness-raising.

Dragonfly Centre

Military Sexual Misconduct and Trauma Supports

Bonnyville, Alberta

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides trauma-informed sessions on processing sexual misconduct and military sexual trauma combined with a psychoeducational and awareness-raising component to increase participant understanding.

Services are available to currently serving and former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence employees, Veterans, Cadets, and military-connected families, loved ones, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct.

The project is offered across Northeast and North Central Alberta, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) 4 Wing Cold Lake and surrounding rural, remote, Indigenous, and Francophone communities.

Services are offered in English and French, services and include:

• individual and group counselling
• crisis intervention
• legal systems advocacy and navigation support.

Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton 

Sexual Violence Support and Education for the CAF Community

Edmonton, Alberta

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides trauma-informed support and prevention services for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services are available to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, family members, and youth in the wider Defence community.

Services are available in Alberta, including the Greater Edmonton area and Canadian Forces Base Edmonton. They are offered in English and delivered in collaboration with military partners. They include

• sexual violence awareness and prevention programming for Defence community members
• delivery of the WiseGuyz healthy masculinity program for youth
• counselling and support services
• justice system navigation support.

Canadian Women for Wellness Initiative

Field-tested Approach to Stress Reduction and Improved Wellbeing for Survivors of Sexual Misconduct

Vancouver, British Columbia

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project delivers in-person transcendental meditation (TM) sessions to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, Reservists, Veterans, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Sessions are offered in in English and French and are available in Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Québec.

The TM program is an evidence-based stress reduction approach designed to support emotional well-being, resilience, and recovery without requiring participants to revisit or disclose traumatic experiences.

Men’s Therapy Centre

You Are Not Alone

Victoria, British Columbia

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project delivers trauma-informed individual and group support sessions for any man, including cis, gay, bi-sexual, trans, non-binary, 2spirit, queer, gender fluid+ who is currently serving or has formerly served in the Canadian Armed Forces, and who has been affected by sexual misconduct.

Services are provided in the Greater Victoria region including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt, Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox, and the Coast Guard, and virtually throughout British Columbia.

Services are available to Department of National Defence employees, Cadets, Junor Canadian Rangers, Veterans, military-connected families, loved ones, and caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community. Services are offered in English and include:

• psychoeducational programming
• peer support.

Prince George Sexual Assault Centre Society

Sexual Misconduct Community Support Program

Prince George, British Columbia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project uses the centre’s expertise in sexual violence to educate, support, liaise and advocate for those impacted by sexual misconduct. To make programming more accessible, services are delivered in person, by phone, virtually, and through direct outreach. Services are available in English and French and include:

• individual counselling
• public education
• outreach activities

Sources Community Resource Centre

Mid-Island Sexual Assault Services – Supporting Defence Members Impacted by Sexual Misconduct

Parksville, British Columbia

Funding period: March 2026 to September 2028

This project offers trauma-informed services to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct.

Services are available across mid-Vancouver Island, including Nanaimo and Oceanside, between Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt and CFB Comox. They are offered in English, in person and virtually, and include:

• outreach support
• counselling
• advocacy
• accompaniment
• awareness-raising activities

Veterans Transition Network

Counseling Support for Women Veteran/Service-Member Survivors of Military Sexual Trauma

Vancouver, British Columbia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to expand access to and raise awareness of women’s group counselling programs that address the impact of Military Sexual Trauma (MST). The group model reflects military structure and culture, creating a familiar and supportive environment for healing.

Expected outcomes include:

• reduced trauma symptoms
• improved mental health
• stronger social support
• greater success in transitioning to civilian life.

Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre

Victoria and West Shore Child and Youth Advocacy Centre

Victoria, British Columbia

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project strengthens existing trauma-informed, victim-centred services offered at the Child and Youth Advocacy Centre (CYAC) for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services are available to military-connected children, youth, caregivers, and families in the Greater Victoria and West Shore regions, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Esquimalt and Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Comox.

Services are offered in English, services and facilities include:

• trauma-informed forensic interview rooms
• dedicated victim service advocates
• safety planning and crisis intervention services
• community referrals
• court preparation and accompaniment services
• best-practice collaboration with Military Policy and Defence community partners

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre (VSAC)

Counseling for Sexual Misconduct Survivors

Victoria, British Columbia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

The project provides support for CAF members, veterans, and other members of the wider Defence community. Services are provided in English and included

• one-on-one counselling sessions
• one 8-week ‘Skills for Healing’ group each year
• weekly in-person drop-in support groups
• weekly virtual mindfulness practice.

Outreach and engagement are conducted in collaboration with the Military Family Resource Centre, Canadian Forces Military Police Group, and the Esquimalt Family Resource Centre.

Klinic Community Health

Expanding Knowledge and Support for Sexual Misconduct

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Funding period: March 2024 to September 2026

Through its “Expanding Knowledge and Support for Sexual Misconduct” project, Klinic Community Health (Klinic), has developed an online training portal for DND/CAF practitioners and those affected by sexual misconduct. Klinic also provides free public education and enhance their ongoing services to be on-demand and readily accessible.

The portal provides access to Klinic’s sexual assault program trainings and many of its other public education workshops, including those on:

• trauma-informed care
• vicarious trauma
• psychoeducation

Survivor’s Hope Crisis Centre Inc.

Project SMOKE—Sexual Misconduct, Outreach, Knowledge and Empowerment

Pinawa, Manitoba

Funding period: March 2024 to September 2026

Project SMOKE, "Sexual Misconduct, Outreach, Knowledge and Empowerment” honors Indigenous cultures in which sacred plants are burned in sacred fires, purification ceremonies, and pipe ceremonies. These traditional and cultural practices are centered on smoke for purification, healing, communication with the Creator, respect, and renewal.

The project expands services for the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct including:

• long-term counseling
• support groups
• peer support
• workshops
• systems advocacy
• resource navigation.

Sexual Violence New Brunswick

Strengthening and Sustaining Systems Advocacy Services

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides advocacy and systems navigation support for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Support covers the interconnected areas of healthcare, housing, employment, mental health, justice, and community services.

Services are available to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct across the Greater Fredericton region, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Gagetown.

Services are offered in English and include:

• accompaniment to appointments and meetings
• referrals to community resources
• assistance navigating complaints and reporting processes
• access to trauma-informed information and referral pathways

NL Sexual Assault Crisis Centre

The Canopy Project: Trauma-informed support to CAF/DND survivors of Sexual Misconduct

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

The Canopy Project provides short- and long-term support or members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. This project has trained personnel who offer a safe, structured, and nurturing environment where participants can learn new skills to work through the trauma of sexual misconduct.

Services are offered in English, French, American Sign Language, and other languages as required. They include:

• counselling sessions
• mentorship with a trained volunteer over a 6 to 12-month period
• an opportunity to participate in a 12-week support group

Inuvik Justice Committee

All Hands on Deck

Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

Delivered in collaboration with community-based organizations, this project provides trauma-informed workshops for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct in Inuvik and the surrounding Beaufort Delta region. Workshops are available to currently serving and former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence employees, Junior Canadian Rangers, Veterans, families, and others in the wider Defence community.

The trauma-informed workshops are offered in English to men, women, couples, youth, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities on topics including:

• consent
• abuse prevention
• harassment
• reporting abuse

Cumberland County Transition House Association (Lilac Place)

Community Support and Programming for Sexual Misconduct Survivors

Amherst, Nova Scotia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to deliver a six-week counselling and psychoeducation program for members of the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct.

The project includes outreach efforts through partnerships with local legions and radio stations to raise awareness. It also involves collaboration with community organizations, such as Avalon Sexual Assault Centre and the Cumberland County Sexual Health Center to improve service delivery.

This project is delivered in English and aims to expand available support services through:

• individual and group counselling
• peer support groups
• in-person and online therapy
• advocacy programs
• system navigation

Landing Strong Co-operative

Clinical care by psychologists and counselling therapists

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Funding period: March 2024 to September 2026

Landing Strong supports military members, veterans and first responders who are experiencing the effects of operational stress injuries. This project offers virtual and in-person clinical care from registered psychologists and registered counselling therapists, in addition to the organization’s existing support services.

Landing Strong

Creating Safe Spaces for Men who have experienced MST - Pilot Project

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2026

This project aims to develop a program for male survivors of Military Sexual Trauma (MST). It is adapted to address the unique needs of men, including societal pressures, stigma, and barriers to disclosure. It involves clinicians and peer supporters in supporting participants in a retreat-style setting.

The program will be delivered in English, in person and virtually, to improve accessibility, particularly for those in rural or remote areas. Its goals include:

• creating a safe, trauma-informed space for recovery
• reducing shame and isolation
• developing a model that could be used across Canada

Landing Strong

From Surviving to Thriving – Creating Landing Strong Caring Communities – LEVEL 2

Windsor, Nova Scotia

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to create an immersive, trauma-informed retreat environment where participants can step away from external pressures and focus fully on their healing journey. The project will provide a safe and supportive space for deeper recovery and meaningful progress. This project is offered in English and supports women recovering from Military Sexual Trauma (MST) by offering group programming that builds on existing services.

Aboriginal Veterans Autochtones

The Burns Way - A New Hope for All Veterans

Kingston, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2026

This project aims to support the development and launch of an anonymous peer-support chat platform tailored to Indigenous veterans and their families, including those connected to the CAF and RCMP.

The project is delivered in English and French. Its goal is to:

• address health equity gaps in current health and mental health service systems
• improve access to care
• promote care continuity
• support referrals for veterans across Canada

Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing

Rise Together – A Support Program for Survivors of Military Sexual Misconduct

North Bay, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides individual and group support services for the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services are trauma-informed and survivor-centred. They are available to current and former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence (DND) employees, families, loved ones, caregivers, and other members of the wider Defence community. The project serves the Nipissing District, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) 22 Cold Wing North Bay and surrounding urban, northern, rural, remote, and Indigenous communities.

Services are offered in English and include:

• system navigation support
• advocacy
• peer support
• life skills development
• violence prevention awareness

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC)

Expanding Sexual Misconduct Support Services

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to expand trauma-informed support for military survivors of sexual misconduct and their networks. The CRCVC extends service hours and improves access, particularly outside traditional business hours.

Services are offered across Canada in English and French, in person and virtually. The project includes:

• development of tailored, user-friendly resource guides to enhance navigation of available supports
• a national outreach and awareness campaign
• delivery of CAF-specific training
• improved referrals through collaboration with community-based organizations and the DCSRC

Centre for Abuse and Trauma Therapy

Honor in Healing

Kingston, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project provides one-on-one psychotherapy services to members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Each client will receive up to 24 counselling sessions tailored to their needs, with a focus on improving daily functioning, emotional well-being, relationships, and overall quality of life. Services are offered in English.

Community Justice Initiatives of Waterloo Region

Pathways to Healing: Support for male and gender diverse survivors of sexual misconduct

Kitchener, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project includes two key elements:

• trauma-informed peer support groups
• restorative justice information sessions.

The peer groups aim to break isolation, foster community, and build practical skills in emotional regulation, consent, and boundary setting. Programming will be offered in English, with both in-person and virtual options to reduce barriers related to location and transportation.

Counselling and Family Service Ottawa/Service familial et counseling Ottawa

Strengthening Francophone and Anonymous Support Pathways for Survivors

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project aims to increase support offered in French for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct in the National Capital Region. It improves access for currently serving and former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence employees, Veterans, Cadets, military-connected families and loved ones, and others in the wider Defence community.

Services are offered in English and French and include:

• expanded intake options (phone, text, chat, online)
• increased counselling support for members of Francophone, racialized, newcomer, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities

Durham Rape Crisis Centre

Empowering Sexual Assault Survivors in the Armed Forces and Their Families

Oshawa, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project provides services tailored to members of the Defence community. Services are available virtually and in person to make services easier to access for survivors facing geographic or logistical barriers.

The Durham Rape Crisis Centre retains a bilingual clinical social worker with military experience to deliver long-term trauma-informed counselling, including up to 12 individual sessions per year and monthly group counselling sessions focused on military-related experiences of sexual violence and misconduct. Services include:

• counselling
• peer support
• outreach
• education

Ending Sexual Violence Association of Canada

Advancing Community-based Military Sexual Trauma Supports Alongside Northern Infrastructure Planning

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2027

This national systems-planning project aims to help planners consider the needs of Military Sexual Trauma (MST) survivors as Northern Operational Support Hubs are developed in Iqaluit, Yellowknife, and Inuvik. The project engages community and subject matter experts, maps existing support services, and identifies gaps. This work will inform a report and integration brief with guidance for the Department of National Defence, Veterans Affairs Canada, and partners.

Huronia Transition Homes

Project B.A.S.E. (Building Accessible Supports and Education)

Midland, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides trauma-informed, accessible, and survivor-centred support to members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden and in the wider Simcoe County region. Support is available to currently serving and

former Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members, Department of National Defence

employees, Veterans, Cadets, military-connected families, and others in the wider Defence community.

Services are offered in English and include:

• a 24/7 crisis support line
• on-base and virtual counselling and support services
• legal and medical system navigation support
• workshops
• coordinated referral pathways

Muskoka Parry Sound Coordinated Sexual Assault Services

Ojiibikaawan – (We Have Roots): Healing from Sexual Violence

Bracebridge, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides support to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services are available in the Muskoka and Parry Sound regions, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Borden and surrounding areas.

Programming incorporates trauma-informed practices and Indigenous healing approaches. Services are offered in English through online, in-person, and hybrid formats and include:

• crisis support
• individual and group counselling
• peer support
• outreach
• land-based healing services

Muskoka Parry Sound Coordinated Sexual Assault Services

Male Survivor to Survivor Peer Mentorship Program Development and on the Land Healing Retreat

Bracebridge, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2026

This project supports male survivors, including Indigenous participants, through peer support and culturally relevant approaches such as land-based healing. It builds on two previously funded projects and focuses on developing a male peer-to-peer support model, including a three-day in-person retreat. Programming is delivered in English.

Ottawa Music Industry Coalition

Collective Healing Through Music for Military Survivors of Sexual Misconduct

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project offers an alternative approach to recovery for survivors of sexual violence within the military. It combines trauma-informed therapy, collaborative songwriting, peer support, and healing circles. It aims to create safe, inclusive spaces where survivors can share their experiences and collaborate with artists to express their voices.

Programming will be offered in English and French and based in Ottawa, with virtual access available across Canada. Activities and services include:

• songwriting
• individual counselling
• peer-led groups
• healing circles
• educational outreach

Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre

Psychotherapy and Psychoeducation Supports

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to expand psychotherapy access for CAF/DND members and affected persons impacted by sexual or gender-based violence. Building on a previously funded DCSRC project, it introduces direct therapy and tools that participants can use on their own schedule to reduce wait times and improve accessibility.

Services are offered in English, in person and virtually, and include:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• other trauma-informed modalities

Resolve Counselling Services Canada

Counselling for Military Survivors of Sexual Misconduct

Kingston, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

The project provides priority access to therapy, without a waitlist, for members of the Defence community who have experienced sexual misconduct and their supporters.

The organization launched a targeted outreach and advertising campaign to promote the program and build community partnerships to improve referrals.

Therapy is trauma-informed and offered in English and French. It uses evidence-based approaches such as:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• integrative psychotherapy

Sexual Assault Centre Kingston

Another Crossing: Expanding Support for Sexual Assault Survivors within the CFB Kingston Area

Kingston, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides rapid on-base access to trauma-informed support for survivors of sexual misconduct at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Kingston. Support is also available to Department of National Defence employees, Cadets, Veterans, and military-connected families, loved ones, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community in the Kingston, Frontenac, and Lennox & Addington region.

Services are offered in English and include:

• a crisis line
• individual and group counselling sessions
• legal and medical systems accompaniment
• advocacy
• community awareness-raising activities
• support for family members and/or caregivers experiencing vicarious trauma

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa

Strength in Vulnerability: Empowering Sexual Violence Survivors through PTSD focused workshops

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding Period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project expands access to trauma-informed, non-medical post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) support services for the wider Defence community, including military personnel, veterans, and their families.

Services are offered in English and primarily delivered in Petawawa, with outreach extending virtually to surrounding regions. The project includes:

• 10-week PTSD
• development of a self-help workbook
• digital awareness campaign to reduce stigma and increase understanding of PTSD related to sexual misconduct

White Ribbon

Allies of Quality at RMC: Enhancing and Deepening the Program

Toronto, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2026

This project builds on prior work with the Royal Military College (RMC) to expand a bilingual, trauma-informed prevention program. It involves providing RMC with an enhanced program, further developing a toolkit of resources for cadets, senior students, and staff based on best practices and lessons learned from a previously funded project.

Allies of Quality in Defence

Toronto, Ontario

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2027

This project addresses the ongoing need to improve institutional responses to sexual misconduct in military learning and training environments. In collaboration with Combat Training Centres, it develops and delivers a bilingual sexual misconduct prevention program for instructors and staff at Canadian Armed Forces schools in Ontario and New Brunswick.

The program helps participants become effective allies to vulnerable populations, learn about referral pathways, and promote equitable, respectful training environments. It also strengthens their ability to respond to sexual misconduct and support survivors.

Wounded Warriors Canada

Sexual Trauma First Aid and Bystander Engagement Training

Whitby, Ontario

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project provides outreach and education through survivor-centred, trauma-informed workshops. The training addresses sexual misconduct within the Department of National Defence (DND) and the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). It includes firsthand accounts from survivors of military sexual trauma (MST).

Workshops are delivered in both English and French across Canada, with virtual options to improve access across regions. They are designed to help participants:

• recognize, address, and prevent sexual harassment and assault
• use strategies to create safer, more respectful workplaces
• better support survivors

Training also promotes a culture of trust, accountability, and inclusivity.

PEI Military Family Resource Centre

Brazilian Jui Jitsu Trauma Treatment Program

Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project introduces an alternative approach to trauma recovery through Brazilian jiu jitsu. It is based on the idea that physical movement can help restore a sense of control over the body and support recovery from trauma.

Sessions are designed to be inclusive, adaptive, and clinically safe, with oversight embedded throughout. The program is delivered in English by a highly qualified team that includes:

• a 4th degree black belt experienced in supporting veterans and marginalized groups
• a clinical social worker specializing in trauma in the Defence and RCMP context
• a mental health occupational therapist trained in multiple evidence-based therapies

Centre de prévention et d’intervention pour victimes d’agression sexuelle (CPIVAS)

Integrated support services for those affected by sexual violence

Laval, Quebec

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project focuses on improving support and education for diverse populations, including women, men, Indigenous peoples, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities. Activities and services include:

• updated guides and tools to improve access to resources
• 300 psychotherapy sessions
• personalized support and advocacy
• 20 workshops and events to strengthen education and prevention

Resource and intervention centre for male victims of sexual abuse and their loved ones (CRIPHASE)

Hommes victimes d’inconduites sexuelles: soutien, formation et sensibilisation

Montréal, Québec

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project focuses exclusively on men affected by sexual misconduct. Support is available to currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, and Veterans in the Greater Montréal area and at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier.

Services are offered in French, English, Portuguese, and Spanish and include:

• counselling and peer support
• practitioner training
• awareness-raising activities

Le CALACS du Saguenay (In French only)

Improving access to sexual violence services for women and girls (DND and CAF)

Chicoutimi, Quebec

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project aims to raise awareness of French-language support services and make them easier to access for victims of sexual violence within the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and the Department of National Defence (DND), particularly in rural regions of Quebec. The initiative seeks to address current service gaps and promote equitable access to trauma-informed, survivor-centred services.

Le CALACS du Saguenay will offer support in French, in person and virtually. Services will be adapted to participants’ culture and language and include:

• individual and group support
• awareness activities
• referrals to appropriate resources

Viol-Secours (In French only)

Unissons nos forces !

Québec City, Québec

Funding period: September 2026 to September 2029

This project provides support for currently serving and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces, Department of National Defence employees, families, caregivers, and others in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services are available in the Québec City and Portneuf regions, including Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier.

Services are offered in French and include:

• a 24/7 crisis line
• individual and group counselling
• legal and medical accompaniment services
• workshops on supporting sexual assault survivors

Family Services Regina

Coordinated response to those in the Defence community who have been affected by sexual misconduct

Regina, Saskatchewan

Funding period: March 2024 to September 2026

Family Service Regina (FSR) provides survivor-centred, trauma-informed support to survivors of sexual misconduct in the wider Defence Community. This work builds on its existing Victim Service work and community partnerships, including with the Moose Jaw Military Family Resource Centre.

Services include:

• counselling and emotional support
• safety planning
• legal support including accompaniment in reporting incidents of sexual and physical violence and throughout any court process.
• community outreach and supports, including hospital accompaniment, meeting with Crown Prosecutor, home visits, and connecting to other partners
• support groups to facilitate supportive relationships and information with respect to all forms of abuse including sexual misconduct.
• First Responder Training for people in the community who are likely to receive disclosures of sexual misconduct

Moose Jaw Transition House

Integrated Support for Survivors in Defence

Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Funding period: March 2026 to September 2028

This project supports Defence community members in rural or isolated areas in the Moose Jaw and district community. It aims to improve participants’ well-being and support systemic change within the wider Defence community.

Services and activities are offered in English and include:

• individual and group counselling
• psycho-educational programming
• resource navigation
• advocacy
• awareness-raising activities
• inter-agency collaboration

Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre

Counselling and education services for the wider Defence community

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Funding period: March 2024 to September 2026

The Saskatoon Sexual Assault and Information Centre will hire a counsellor to offer counselling and education services for those in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. It provides in-person services to the Saskatoon area and nearby CAF installations including Canadian Forces Detachment Dundurn, and virtually to the Defence community across Saskatchewan.

The counsellor will help provide:

• continued trauma support
• individual and group counselling
• education services
• outreach to DND/CAF members

The Centre also provides accompaniment for Defence community clients during reporting and legal processes.

Muskoka Parry Sound Sexual Assault Services (MPSSAS)

Ojiibikaawan – (We have roots): Healing from Sexual Violence

Bracebridge, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project provided an integrated healing experience for members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. It helped participants address the impacts of trauma and learn about different elements and practices that support healing. MPSSAS supported people of all genders aged 16 or older who had been affected by sexual misconduct.

Culturally-based services were also available to Indigenous survivors regardless of colonial boundaries. These services aimed to meet the needs of vulnerable Indigenous clients, including those who were nomadic or had experienced trafficking.

Services were offered through the Bracebridge office in person, virtually, or through a combination of both.

Four Directions of Healing

Bracebridge, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project offered culturally-based healing experiences in collaboration with GreeneStone Centre for Recovery. Twice a year, Indigenous members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct had the opportunity to participate in a retreat, with an Elder and a spiritual advisor on site.

The partnership also gave Indigenous military personnel and Veterans access to continued virtual programming for ongoing support.

Retreat activities included:

• a land-based healing ceremony
• talking circles
• a sweat lodge
• cedar baths

Lawson Health Research Institute

Barriers and Facilitators to Treatment Following Military Sexual Misconduct

London, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project used a qualitative approach to explore barriers perceived or encountered by CAF Veterans affected by sexual misconduct. The research was conducted virtually and included CAF Veterans over the age of 18 who had experienced any form of military-related sexual misconduct.

Clinicians participating in the study were required to have an active caseload of CAF Veterans who had experienced military-related sexual misconduct.

Huronia Transition Homes (HTH)

Project B.A.S.E. (Building Accessible Supports and Education)

Midland, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

Through partnerships with key community organizations, this project continued to reduce barriers to specialized services and training on sexual misconduct for active and retired CAF members. Collaboration with support service networks and service mapping also helped stakeholders learn about existing programming.

HTH provided services to women aged 16 and older who had experienced sexual misconduct.

Services covered all of Simcoe County, including Alliston, Collingwood, Barrie, Orillia, Midland, Angus, Rama First Nation, and the remote island reserve of Beausoleil First Nation.

Programming was offered in person and virtually and included:

• counselling for CAF members
• training on issues such as consent

Amelia Rising Sexual Assault Centre of Nipissing

Trauma Informed Support for Military after Sexual Misconduct

North Bay, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

Amelia Rising Sexual Violence Support Centre provided counselling to members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Training helped the counsellor understand the unique circumstances affecting this population. The project also provided an opportunity to develop a group or workshop for clients from the Defence community.

Services were available in the Nipissing region, covering Temagami, Mattawa, Sturgeon Falls and South River.

Women Warriors’ Healing Garden

Equine-Assisted Learning and Therapy for Women and 2SLGBTQIA+ People Who Have Served with the CAF or RCMP

Orleans, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

Women Warriors’ Healing Garden offered equine-assisted therapy and other equine-assisted mental health activities for Veteran women and members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community in Ottawa.

Services were delivered by a mental health professional trained in the Tranquil Acres Equine-Assisted Therapy method and an equine specialist. Virtual programs were limited to the provinces where the mental health care professionals facilitating them practised, primarily Ontario and Nova Scotia.

Services and activities included:

• individual and group counselling
• group art therapy
• peer support

Ending Sexual Violence Association of Canada (ESVA Canada)

Enhancing capacity of community-based sexual violence centres to respond to CAF/DND survivors of MST

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project focused on developing an evidence-informed, competency-based, bilingual online curriculum to help sexual assault centres respond to military sexual trauma (MST) in the community. It also supported the development of standardized service protocols for sexual assault centres across Canada. These tools were designed to help providers support the recovery of people affected by MST.

EVA Canada’s target audience was community-based sexual violence organizations and service providers delivering direct services to people affected by sexual misconduct.

Counselling and Family Service Ottawa (CFS)

Supporting Francophone survivors of sexual misconduct

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

CFS brought a long history of providing French-language services to people affected by sexual misconduct and partner violence, including men affected by sexual misconduct.

This project supported Francophone minority men and women in the Defence community who had been affected by sexual misconduct. Programming was available online, in person and by phone and included:

• one-on-one counselling
• group therapy

Collaborative Justice Program

Post-charge Restorative Justice Support for Those Affected by Sexual Misconduct

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project provided voluntary access to restorative justice for Defence community members whose cases had been transferred to the criminal court in Ottawa. CJP planned to recruit a military member to its Advisory Circle to provide advice on military cases.

Services were available in person and virtually, in French and English, with flexible hours. CJP also met people in the community when it was safe to do so.

Canadian Women’s Wellness Initiative (CWWI)

Field-Tested Approach to Stress Reduction and Improved Well-Being for Survivors of Sexual Misconduct

Seabright, Nova Scotia

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project offered a stress reduction technique to members of the Defence community who had experienced sexual misconduct. The Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique involved 15 to 20 minutes of silent meditation intended to promote relaxation and support the body’s recovery from stress.

CWWI provided training to anyone whose life was affected by traumatic stress. The TM course was offered in eight cities across Canada: Vancouver, Victoria, Edmonton, Calgary, Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, and Fredericton.

Sexual Violence New Brunswick (SVNB)

Strengthening and Sustaining Systems Advocacy Services

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project improved understanding of and responses to the unmet needs of Defence community members affected by sexual misconduct. These individuals needed support in several areas at the same time, including healing, trauma, healthcare, housing, mental health, and employment, related to their experiences of sexual misconduct.

Through a Systems Advocacy Service Model, the organization worked to improve collaboration between community-based agencies and relevant government departments in the Greater Fredericton Area. SVNB’s primary client group included people affected by sexual misconduct living in the greater Fredericton region, including Canadian Forces Base Gagetown.

Centre de prévention et d’intervention pour victimes d’agression sexuelle (CPIVAS)

Integrated support services for those affected by sexual violence

Laval, Quebec

Funding period: October 2025 to October 2028

This project focused on improving support and education for diverse populations, including women, men, Indigenous peoples, and 2SLGBTQI+ communities. Activities and services included:

• updated guides and tools to improve access to resources
• 300 psychotherapy sessions
• personalized support and advocacy
• 20 workshops and events to strengthen education and prevention

The Pepper Pod - Retreat Centre for Women Veterans

Beyond Trauma

Chelsea, Quebec

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project offered a one-day ‘Beyond Trauma’ retreat for women in the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct, whether or not they had participated in a Lifeshop. Participants could connect with other survivors and learn gender-responsive, strengths-based skills to support their healing.

Retreats were planned at the Pepper Pod and near CAF bases across Canada, such as in Edmonton and Gagetown.

CRIPHASE

Individual counselling for adult men who have experienced sexual abuse

Montreal, Quebec

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project focused on developing individual psychosocial support services to help participants regain a healthy sense of control over their lives. Services were offered to people who self-identified as men, were over the age of 18, had experienced childhood sexual abuse, and lived in the Montreal metropolitan area.

The project intended to place particular emphasis on Canadian Armed Forces members and employees of the Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada.

Montreal Sexual Assault Centre (MSAC)

Sexual violence information/assistance (SVIA) in support of the Defence community

Montreal, Quebec

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project provided a provincial 24/7 telephone line for Defence community members throughout Quebec. The line offered support, information, and referrals to resources closest to their homes.

A promotional campaign was planned to raise awareness of the line among Defence community members in communities across Quebec. Training was also planned for existing and newly recruited operators to help them better understand the specific needs and realities of the Defence community. This training was to be based on an assessment of the CAF community’s context and needs.

Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)

Building a Safe Passage for Indigenous WG2STGD People Impacted by Sexual Misconduct in CAF/DND

Gatineau, Quebec

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project aimed to:

• make Elder/Knowledge Keeper support available during a crisis
• keep NWAC’s resource map up to date so First Nations, Métis and Inuit Women, Girls, Two-Spirit, Transgender and Gender Diverse (WG2STGD) people could find information on support services in their region
• ensure Indigenous WG2STGD perspectives were heard and included
• build capacity to deliver trauma-informed training on sexual misconduct/violence prevention specific to the experiences of Indigenous WG2STGD people

Training was provided to DND/CAF staff, and support was provided to service workers engaging with Defence community members.

NWAC supported and represented Indigenous women, girls, Two-Spirit, transgender, and gender-diverse people across Canada. This included First Nations people living on and off reserve, status and non-status people, and disenfranchised Inuit and Métis across Turtle Island and Inuit Nunangat.

Dragonfly Centre - Sexual Assault Services

Military Sexual Trauma Supports Programs

Bonnyville, Alberta

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project provided support and counselling to members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct. Services were available at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake and in 15 surrounding Indigenous communities, including to Francophone community members.

The project included a psycho-educational component that aimed to help participants learn about:

• the impacts of sexual misconduct within the Defence community
• setting boundaries
• healthy coping strategies

Sexual Assault Centre of Edmonton (SACE)

Sexual Violence Support & Education for the CAF Community

Edmonton, Alberta

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2026

This project provided counselling and public education programs. SACE offered services to people aged 3 and older of any gender, sexual orientation, or background who had been affected by sexual misconduct in the greater Edmonton area, including surrounding rural communities and the Edmonton Garrison Base.

Counselling services were also available to people in other parts of Alberta. Online courses were accessible worldwide.

The programs included:

• counselling that provided trauma therapy for members of the Defence community who had experienced sexual misconduct
• public education that offered person-centred, evidence-based education for youth and adults

Victoria Sexual Assault Centre

Increased access for those in the wider Defence community affected by sexual misconduct

Victoria, British Columbia

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

For the duration of this project, the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre hired a counsellor to improve its existing services such as counselling, peer support, outreach, and access to services for individuals aged 13 years and older. The Centre’s services were available in English to women and all trans and gender-diverse survivors in and around the Greater Victoria Community.

Ann Davis Transition Society

Trauma Informed Counselling & Supports Program for Survivors of Military Based Sexual Misconduct

Chilliwack, British Columbia

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2025

For the duration of this project, the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre hired a counsellor to improve its existing services and make them easier to access. Services were available in English to women and all trans and gender-diverse survivors aged 13 and older in Greater Victoria and surrounding communities.

Services included:

• counselling
• peer support
• outreach

Veterans Transition Network (VTN)

VTN’s Group Counselling for Women

Vancouver, British Columbia

Funding period: March 2023 to March 2024

This project offered a 5-day Transition Skills Course to 10 women from across Canada each year. Participants were active or retired military personnel who had been affected by sexual misconduct. Services were designed specifically for women, creating a space where they could connect with peers and speak openly about their experiences.

VTN had recruited and trained female psychologists across Canada to provide an appropriate environment for delivering services to women affected by military sexual trauma.

Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre

Victoria and Westshore Child and Youth Advocacy Centres

Victoria, British Columbia

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

Victoria Child Abuse Prevention and Counselling Centre supported military families by increasing access to crisis support and victim services during investigations of child sexual abuse involving children and youth in the greater Victoria jurisdiction.

The organization assigned a victim service advocate to each case. Services included:

• safety planning and crisis support
• community referrals
• ongoing communication and case updates for families and affected persons
• court-process preparation and accompaniment

Soutien aux hommes agressés sexuellement – Estrie (SHASE)

Adult male victim intervention and awareness for CAF

Sherbrooke, Quebec

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

SHASE provided individual and group counselling to adult men in the Defence community who had been affected by sexual misconduct, with services tailored to people of diverse sexual orientations. The organization also developed awareness activities specifically designed for CAF members and veterans.

Klinic Community Health

Training for DND/CAF practitioners to support Indigenous individuals and/or those within the 2SLGBTQIA+ community who have experienced military sexual misconduct

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

Klinic conducted research to develop an evidence-based training module to help DND/CAF practitioners support Indigenous people and/or members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community who had experienced military sexual misconduct. Klinic also developed a report intended for community organizations affiliated with DND/CAF to raise awareness of this topic.

Family Enrichment and Counselling Service, Inc.

Building Resilience

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

This project offered members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct a choice of group and/or individual support based on their needs and comfort level. Participants at various stages of healing could gain information, learn coping strategies, and explore their feelings and thoughts in a safe environment.

Services included:

• counselling
• group support
• psycho-educational programming
• resource navigation

St. John’s Status of Women Council/Women’s Centre

Outreach, lowering barriers and preventive education for Defence community women, two-spirit, and non-binary individuals

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

Through outreach, the St. John’s Status of Women’s Council promoted its services to the Defence community. It expanded its services by hiring an additional staff member to help reduce barriers to care for people affected by sexual misconduct in and around the St. John’s metropolitan area. Emphasis was placed on reaching women, Two-Spirit, and non-binary people.

Services were offered in English only. The Council also planned to recruit a bilingual counsellor as part of the project.

Services and activities included:

• counselling support
• outreach
• training facilitation
• prevention education developed and delivered to the Defence community

NL Sexual Assault Crisis Centre

Enhancing Support Services for those impacted by sexual violence

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

This capacity-building project helped the NL Sexual Assault Crisis Centre strengthen its 24/7 telephone line and expand the operating hours of its text/web-based chat line. Members of the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct throughout Newfoundland and Labrador could access the toll-free telephone line.

Callers reached a trained volunteer who could answer questions, provide emotional support, connect them to a resource, or simply listen.

Landing Strong Co-operative

Resource workbook

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

Landing Strong created a resource workbook to help people affected by military sexual misconduct begin their recovery. The workbook used calming graphics and incorporated mindfulness to provide an engaging experience. It was available across Canada and internationally in print and digital formats.

Avalon Sexual Assault Centre

Building Pathways to Accessing Trauma Informed Supports and Sexualized Violence Prevention

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2025

Avalon integrated CAF-linked service providers into its programs and supported services that lacked critical resources and were already used by Defence community members affected by sexual misconduct.

The program aimed to strengthen relationships with organizations and service providers working with diverse populations to:

• identify and reduce barriers to information and support services
• improve communication and care coordination
• strengthen service providers’ skills
• improve the referral process
• reduce the risk of re-traumatization for people affected by sexual misconduct

In spring 2023, Avalon expanded its programs and services to communities across Nova Scotia and to people of diverse genders, including men.

New Start Counselling

Beyond Zero Tolerance: Re-establishing safety and hope for those impacted by sexual misconduct

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

This project aimed to provide wraparound support through two components:

• education and outreach services for the Defence community, including people who might not identify as being affected by sexual misconduct
• therapeutic group counselling for people affected by sexual misconduct, which was the project’s main component

Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre

Psychotherapy for those in the wider Defence community who have experienced sexual misconduct

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

The Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre expanded services for members of the wider Defence community who had experienced sexual misconduct by hiring an additional staff member to provide psychotherapy.

Services were trauma-informed, client-centred, and inclusive. They were offered in English only, virtually and in person, and included:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
• Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

White Ribbon

Allies of Quality in Defence

Toronto, Ontario

Funding period: March 2024 to March 2025

The “Allies of Quality in Defence” project built on White Ribbon’s previous CAF interventions to provide services to the wider Defence community.

Through outreach and collaboration with the DND/CAF community, the project engaged underserved communities in discussions about how overlapping identities and characteristics could increase vulnerability to sexual misconduct. These included gender, gender expression, Indigenous identity, 2SLGBTQI+ identity, racialized identity, language minority status, neurodiversity, and age.

The project engaged with CAF bases and installations, including the Royal Military College in Kingston. It was delivered in English.

Sexual Assault Centre Kingston (SACK)

The Another Crossing Project: Rapid Access Program

Kingston, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2025

Through the Rapid Access Program, Defence community members could quickly access sexual misconduct support and counselling services. The program also provided virtual counselling and phone appointments to help prevent disruptions in services. SACK was located near Canadian Forces Base Kingston.

Durham Rape Crisis Centre

Serving Those in Service

Oshawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

This project provided services tailored to the needs of Defence community members. It included the rollout of “ManMade,” supportive training designed specifically for men. The training aimed to reduce barriers related to allyship and survivorship among men and build confidence, self-esteem, and resilience among men in the Defence community affected by sexual misconduct.

Services were available virtually and in person and included:

• long-term individual counselling
• group counselling services
• outreach
• training

Sexual Assault Support Centre of Ottawa

Project Collaboration: Working together to Support Canada’s Defence Community

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2025

This project aimed to create a safe, accountable, and confidential space where Defence community members affected by sexual misconduct could share their lived experiences with trained Peer Support Facilitators. It supported women and gender-diverse people in the Ottawa area who had experienced sexual misconduct within the Defence community.

The organization engaged the community on military sexual misconduct through outreach and offered peer support by phone, in person, and virtually. Services included:

• individual and/or group support
• advocacy
• system navigation
• resources

Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime (CRCVC)

Resource booklet

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

CRCVC created a bilingual booklet that brought together resources and legal information for Defence community members who had been affected by sexual misconduct. The booklet used a victim-centred approach and provided information tailored to men, women and 2SLGBTQI+ people.

CRCVC also created a video to raise awareness, educate community members about sexual misconduct, and inform those affected about their rights.

Ottawa Coalition to End Violence Against Women (OCTEVAW)

Ask Women Anything

Ottawa, Ontario

Funding period: February 2023 to February 2024

Ask Women Anything provided education and raised awareness among diverse women and gender-diverse people on a range of topics, including gender-based violence. Each panel discussion featured two to five women and gender-diverse people with expertise in the topic.

The topics covered and the participation of Defence community members on panels helped audiences learn about gender-based violence. Panels were accessible online and in person.