Backgrounder: Funding Supports Eight British Columbia–based Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence

November 25, 2022 – Victoria, BC  

In January 2022, Women and Gender Equality Canada launched a call for proposals in order to bolster the capacity of Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to provide gender-based violence (GBV) prevention programming that will address the root causes of violence.

The following eight British Columbia–based projects are recipients of this funding: 

North Island Métis Association
Campbell River, British Columbia
Project title: Leading Change Through Policymaking: Centring Métis Women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ Citizens
Funding amount: $400,000

Indigenous Women’s Sharing Society
Courtenay, British Columbia 
Project title: Circle of Connections
Funding amount: $311,457 

Kermode Friendship Society
Terrace, British Columbia 
Project title: Kermode Safer Stronger GBV Initiative
Funding amount: $321,290

2 Spirits in Motion Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
Project title: 2 Spirits in Motion Society GBV Capacity
Funding amount: $750,000 

Pacific Association of First Nations Women
Vancouver, British Columbia 
Project title: Indigenous Women Rise
Funding amount: $500,000

Transforming Embers 2Spirit Wellness Society
Vancouver, British Columbia
Project title: Stoking the Fires: Building Land-Based 2SLGBTQQIA+ Capacity
Funding amount: $121,895

Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness Society
Victoria, British Columbia
Project title: Honouring 2SLGBTQQIA+ Indigenous Staff and Street Family Voices Toward Ending Indigenous Homelessness
Funding amount: $360,019

Victoria Native Friendship Centre
Victoria, British Columbia
Project title: Victoria Native Friendship Centre Gender-Based Violence Capacity-Building Data Management
Funding amount: $400,000