Backgrounder – Government of Canada announces support for 17 organizations based in the Prairies to prevent and address gender-based violence

March 25, 2024 – Winnipeg, Manitoba — Women and Gender Equality Canada

Today, Women and Gender Equality Canada announced over $7.4M for 17 organizations located in Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for proposals: Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations to further address gender-based violence, which provides funding to bolster the capacity of Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ organizations, helping them address the root causes of violence, and deliver prevention programming in their communities.

Aboriginal Council of Winnipeg Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: WIEC Inc. – Implementing WIEC’s Action Plan to address MMIWG2S+ in Winnipeg

Funding amount: $400,000

Ndinawemaaganag Endaawaad Inc. (Ndinawe)  

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: Ndinawe’s Good Relative Project

Funding amount: $399,982

Wahbung Abinoonjiiag Inc.

Winnipeg, MB 

Project name: Wahbung Capacity Building and Community Strengthening

Funding amount: $99,013

Tunngasugit Inc.   

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: Tunngasugit WAGE Capacity Building

Funding amount: $371,052

The Manitoba Association of Friendship Centres Inc.   

Winnipeg, MB 

Project name: Healing Our Sisters: Addressing Gender-Based Violence Against Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ People

Funding amount: $492,500

The Pas Family Resource Centre – Minisewin Waska  

The Pas, MB

Project name: Mamahtawihew

Funding amount: $500,000

La Ronge Native Women's Council Inc.

La Ronge, SK

Project name: Piwapan Community Liaison

Funding amount: $463,713

The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for Proposals to Address Gender-based Violence Through Promising Practices and Community-based Research to develop, put in place, and evaluate promising practices to prevent and address gender-based violence:

Saskatchewan Towards Offering Partnership Solutions to Violence

Fort Qu'Appelle, SK

Project name: When People Care Enough to Act: Strengthening Informal Supports

Funding amount: $572,920

All Nations Hope Network Inc.

Regina, SK

Project name: Around the Kitchen Table: Scaling up the response to GBV in Saskatchewan’s Indigenous communities

Funding amount: $474,766

Metis Central Western Region 2 Council Inc.

Prince Albert, SK

Project name: Wiichihishoo Kawii Otinum La Fors program

Funding amount: $649,600

Elmwood Community Resource Centre and Area Association Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: Scaling GBV Support for South Asian, Black, and Arab Women in Manitoba

Funding amount: $649,733

The following organizations are receiving funding through the Call for Proposals to Address Gender-based Violence Through Promising Practices and Community-based Research to conduct community-based research to help address the needs of those that are at risk of gender-based violence or are underserved when they experience it: 

Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan Inc.

Regina, SK

Project name: Mapping impacts of intersecting identities on GBV survivors’ experiences with the legal system

Funding amount: $400,000

Circling Buffalo Inc.

Winnipeg, MB 

Project name: Improving Shelter Experience for Indigenous Women

Funding amount: $75,116

The following organization is receiving funding to develop promising practices to support survivors of gender-based violence and their families.

EVA Manitoba

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: Online Reporting Tool

Funding amount: $1,076,771

The following organizations are receiving funding through Women and Gender Equality Canada's Women’s Program:

National Family and Survivors Circle (NFSC)

Headingley, MB

Project name: Pathways of Change: Advancing Equality, Healing, and Justice

Funding amount: $631,500

Southern Chiefs' Organization Inc.

Winnipeg, MB

Project name: GAGANNAAWENIMAANAANIG Manitoba MMIWG2S+ Partnership Implementation Plan

Funding amount: $488,129

Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan Inc

Regina, SK

Project name: Strategic Policy and Stakeholder Relations Project

Funding amount: $296,774