From Safety Planning to Safety Assessment: Enhancing Risk Management in the Lives of Women and their Children
Juniper House, Yarmouth This project will integrate the safety assessment and risk management approach used by The Redwood, which offers shelter and support services to women and children, to optimize service at Juniper House. This grant enables Juniper House to research and identify the supports needed by women in the rural Nova Scotia area. This […]
UPstanders Against Violence
Surpassing Our Survival (S.O.S.) Society, Prince George UPstanders Against Violence aims to reduce and prevent gender-based violence by bringing together community expertise, school faculty, and youth leadership in a school setting. This will be a youth-led initiative with shared decision-making supported by adult allies. This is a three-phase leadership and capacity-building project, and each phase […]
Shift
HIV Community Link, Calgary This program offers support, outreach, and education to women across the spectrum of sex work and sexual exploitation. The goals are to enhance the wellness, safety and stability of women actively working, and to support those who want to exit sex work. Taking a harm-reduction and human-rights based approach, the program […]
Safer Transitions: Welcoming Gender Diversity in Saskatchewan’s Transition Houses
Moose Jaw Pride, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan The goal of this project is to ensure that Saskatchewan’s Transition Houses are equipped with information, resources, and procedures to ensure the safe and equitable treatment of gender-diverse people who are seeking crisis support services. After providing diversity training to a few Saskatchewan Transition Houses, Moose Jaw Pride recognized […]