Backgrounder - Funding Supports Northern Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence

December 15, 2022 – Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories

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 prevention programming that will address the root causes of violence.

The following two projects are recipients of this funding: 

Project Funding Details

Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre

Iqaluit, Nunavut

Project title: Building capacity to implement strengths-based community service delivery model to prevent and heal from violence 

Funding amount: up to $482,417 

Tahiuqtiit Women's Society

Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories 

Project title: Tungasugit (Welcome): Redefining Shelter Operations for Inuit Women Escaping Violence 

Funding amount: up to $489,952