Backgrounder – Funding Supports Quebec–based Indigenous women’s and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to Prevent and Address Gender-based Violence

May 3, 2023 – Gatineau, Quebec

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 six Quebec–based projects are recipients of this funding: 

Project Funding Details

Centre d’amitié autochtone de Val d’Or
Val d’Or, Quebec
Project name: Mokaam ("lever du soleil")
Funding amount: $399,996

Centre Mamik Lac-Saint-Jean
Roberval, Quebec
Project name: Accroître la capacité des Centres Mamik du Saguenay Lac-Saint-Jean
Funding amount: $500,000

Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association
Chisasibi, Quebec
Project name: WAGE – Increasing CWEIA's Capacity / FEGC – Augmentation de la capacité de la CWEIA
Funding amount: $620,000

Femmes Autochtones du Québec
Kahnawake, Quebec
Project name: The social rights of women and Indigenous 2SLGBTQI+ people/Les droits sociaux des femmes et des personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+ autochtones
Funding amount: $363,677

Gookumnouch Advisory Paataksuun
Chisasibi, Quebec
Project name: Gookumnouch Advisory Paataksuun
Funding amount: $25,000

Projet de Travailleurs de Soutien aux autochtones (PTSA)/Indigenous Support Workers Project (ISWP)
Montreal, Quebec
Project name: Support for our recent incorporation and ongoing GBA+ analysis/Appui à notre récente constitution en société et à notre ACS+ continue
Funding amount: $25,000