Backgrounder – Government of Canada supports 14 organizations to advance gender equality in Nova Scotia and across Canada

December 14, 2023 – Halifax, Nova Scotia — Women and Gender Equality Canada

Today, Women and Gender Equality Canada announced up to $5.4M for 14 organizations in Nova Scotia.

The following organizations are receiving funding to develop, implement and evaluate promising practices to strengthen the gender-based violence sector:

Immigrant Migrant Women's Association of Halifax

Dartmouth, NS

Project name: Circles of Women: A Prevention EmergPromising Practice in the Lives of Immigrant and Migrant women

Funding amount: $494,900

Elizabeth Fry Society of Mainland Nova Scotia

Dartmouth, NS

Project name: Restorative Approach to Multiple Proceedings: A Human-Centered Response to Gender-Based Domestic Violence

Funding amount: $646,374

Fédération des femmes acadiennes de la Nouvelle-Écosse

Halifax, NS

Project name: Communauté outillée et engagée face à la violence fondée sur le sexe

Funding amount: $451,399

Access to Justice & Law Reform Institute of Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS

Project name: Engaging & Working with Community and Justice Partners to Promote Child and Youth Safety & Wellbeing

Funding amount: $294,356

Avalon Sexual Assault Centre Society

Halifax, NS

Project name: The Legal Pathways and System Navigation Model for Survivors of Sexualized Violence

Funding amount: $298,754

The following Indigenous organizations are receiving funding to increase their capacity to provide gender-based violence prevention programming to address the root causes of violence:

Nova Scotia Native Women's Association

Truro, NS

Project name: NSNWA Sisterness Mobilization Project

Funding amount: $494,510

Mi’kmaq Circle of Hope Society

Membertou, NS

Project name: MSit No’kmaq : Indigenizing Nova Scotia’s GBV Response

Funding amount: $477,701

The following organizations are receiving funding through the 2SLGBTQI+ Community Capacity Fund to build the capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance equality across Canada:

The Youth Project

Halifax, NS

Project name: Beyond Survival: Queered Culturally Relevant Community Health Interventions, Tangible Organizational Sustainability

Funding amount: up to $423,155

Momentum

North Kentville, NS

Project name: Building the capacity of Momentum to accelerate advocacy coherence across the 2SLGBTQIA+ and related sectors

Funding amount: $395,325

AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS

Project name: The Nova Scotia 2SLGBTQIA+ Health Project

Funding amount: $449,881

Intersecting Futures Lab

Halifax, NS

Project name: Intersecting Futures Lab- Pilot Project

Funding amount: up to $25,000

Rainbow Refugee Association of Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS

Project name: Centering LGBTQI+ Newcomers in Leadership Development

Funding amount: up to $147,705

The following organization is receiving funding through the LGBTQ2 Projects Fund to support community-informed projects that will address key issues faced by 2SLGBTQI+ communities:

Wabanaki Two Spirit Alliance

Halifax, NS

Project name: Building Cultural Continuity and Two-Spirit Youth Connection

Funding amount: $386,703

The following organization is receiving funding through Women and Gender Equality Canada's Women’s Program:

Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia

Halifax, NS

Project name: Immigrant Women Entrepreneurship Network

Funding amount: $413,466