Contribution: Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society
$400,000.00
Blackfoot Gender Justice and Relationality Project
FY 2022-23 · 2023-03-01
Summary
Through this 28-month project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta who identify as members of the Blackfoot Confederacy. This will be achieved by undertaking organizational learning to address key information gaps, and to create knowledge-based resources that aim to increase understanding of Indigenous gender and sexual diversity and prevent sexualized forms of violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people; expanding organizational networks through the formation of an Opokaa’sin-centred relationality network that will work towards advancing a Blackfoot vision of gender justice; collaborating on initiatives to drive change, including the development of Blackfoot gender relationality agreements and wise practices for government policies and community projects; and developing advocacy strategies in service of honouring, promoting, and supporting Blackfoot gender diversity and inclusion.
This project will engage community members and various local Indigenous groups and agencies in guiding the creation of a framework for hearing and propelling Blackfoot perspectives on gender violence prevention and gender justice. The approaches taken will be Blackfoot-grounded and will incorporate conventional perspectives from knowledge keepers and Elders, along with the diverse lived experience knowledge held by Blackfoot women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ community members.
By the end of the project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta.
Department
Program
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Location
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Indigenous recipient
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
As published
Agreement End Date
2025-06-30
Agreement Number
SO220098
Agreement Start Date
2023-03-01
Agreement Title
Blackfoot Gender Justice and Relationality Project
Agreement Title (French)
Projet des Pieds-Noirs sur la justice entre les genres et la relationnalité
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$400,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
Through this 28-month project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta who identify as members of the Blackfoot Confederacy. This will be achieved by undertaking organizational learning to address key information gaps, and to create knowledge-based resources that aim to increase understanding of Indigenous gender and sexual diversity and prevent sexualized forms of violence against Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people; expanding organizational networks through the formation of an Opokaa’sin-centred relationality network that will work towards advancing a Blackfoot vision of gender justice; collaborating on initiatives to drive change, including the development of Blackfoot gender relationality agreements and wise practices for government policies and community projects; and developing advocacy strategies in service of honouring, promoting, and supporting Blackfoot gender diversity and inclusion.
This project will engage community members and various local Indigenous groups and agencies in guiding the creation of a framework for hearing and propelling Blackfoot perspectives on gender violence prevention and gender justice. The approaches taken will be Blackfoot-grounded and will incorporate conventional perspectives from knowledge keepers and Elders, along with the diverse lived experience knowledge held by Blackfoot women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ community members.
By the end of the project, Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on Indigenous women and 2SLGBTQQIA+ individuals living in southern Alberta.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet de 28 mois, l’Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society augmentera sa capacité à prévenir et à traiter la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS) à l’endroit des femmes, des filles ou des personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+ autochtones, en mettant l’accent sur les femmes autochtones et les personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+ vivant dans le sud de l’Alberta qui s’identifient comme membres de la Confédération des Pieds-Noirs. Cet objectif sera atteint en entreprenant un apprentissage organisationnel pour combler les principales lacunes en matière d’information et pour créer des ressources fondées sur les connaissances qui visent à accroître la compréhension du genre et de la diversité sexuelle autochtones et à prévenir les formes de violence fondées sur le sexe à l’endroit des femmes autochtones et des personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+; l’expansion des réseaux organisationnels grâce à la formation d’un réseau relationnel centré sur l’Opokaa’sin qui travaillera à faire avancer une vision des Pieds-Noirs de la justice entre les genres; collaborer à des initiatives visant à favoriser le changement, y compris l’élaboration d’accords sur la relation entre les genres des Pieds-Noirs et de pratiques éclairées pour les politiques gouvernementales et les projets communautaires; et l’élaboration de stratégies de plaidoyer au service de l’honneur, de la promotion et du soutien de la diversité des genres et de l’inclusion chez les Pieds-Noirs.
Ce projet mobilisera les membres de la communauté ainsi que divers groupes et organismes autochtones locaux en vue de les amener à guider la création d’un cadre pour entendre et diffuser les perspectives des Pieds-Noirs au sujet de la prévention de la violence fondée sur le sexe et la justice entre les genres. Les approches adoptées seront fondées sur les Pieds-Noirs et intégreront les perspectives traditionnelles des gardiennes et gardiens du savoir et des Aînées et Aînés, ainsi que les diverses connaissances au sujet de l’expérience vécue détenues par les femmes Pieds-Noirs et les membres de la communauté 2ELGBTQQIA+.
À la fin du projet, l’Opokaa’sin Early Intervention Society aura renforcé sa capacité à prévenir et à lutter contre la violence fondée sur le sexe à l’endroit des femmes, des filles, et des personnes 2ELGBTQQIA+ autochtones, en mettant l’accent sur les femmes et les filles autochtones et les personnes 2ELGBGTQIA+ du sud de l’Alberta.
Expected Results
Partnerships and collaborations are established and/or strengthened to support the LGBTQ2 movement LGBTQ2 organizations have increased knowledge and capacity to advance equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression.
Expected Results (French)
Des partenariats et des collaborations sont mis en place ou améliorés pour appuyer le mouvement de la diversité sexuelle. Les organisations de la diversité sexuelle ont de meilleures connaissances et une capacité accrue pour faire avancer l’égalité en ce qui concerne le sexe, l’orientation sexuelle ainsi que l’identité et l’expression de genre.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotion de l’égalité des sexes, de l’orientation sexuelle, de l’identité et de l’expression de genre
Program Purpose
The purpose of ESSOGIE program is to advance social, political and economic equality with respect to sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.
Advancement towards a greater understanding of the intersection of sex and gender with other identity factors that include race, national and ethnic origin, Indigenous origin or identity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic condition, place of residence and disability are encouraged under the Program.
Program Purpose (French)
L'objectif du programme ESSOGIE est de faire progresser l'égalité sociale, politique et économique en ce qui concerne le sexe, l'orientation sexuelle, l'identité ou l'expression de genre.
Le programme encourage la progression vers une meilleure compréhension de l'intersection du sexe et du genre avec d'autres facteurs identitaires, notamment la race, l'origine nationale et ethnique, l'origine ou l'identité autochtone, l'âge, l'orientation sexuelle, la condition socio-économique, le lieu de résidence et le handicap.
Recipient City
Lethbridge
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Opokaa'sin Early Intervention Society
Recipient Postal Code
T1H 2A5
Recipient Province or Territory
AB
Recipient Type
A
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q1-00209