Organizations funded through Empowering Indigenous Women for Stronger Communities

12 community organizations will receive nearly $5 million in Government of Canada funding. These projects will empower Indigenous women to engage with their communities in order to address issues that affect them, or that hinder their advancement in all aspects of life.

The following organizations will receive funding:

Lillooet Friendship Centre Society

YWCA Agvvik Nunavut

Commission de développement économique des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador / First Nations of Quebec and Labrador Economic Development Commission

St. John's Native Friendship Centre

Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Band Council

Oshki-Pimache-O-Win Education and Training Institute

Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United against Violence Society

Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association

Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre Association

AnânauKatiget Tumingit Regional Inuit Women's Association

Puakuteu Women's Committee of Mashteuiatsh

Nova Scotia Native Women's Association