Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program
Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration
$532,105.00
Investigating Risk and Protective Factors of GBV Among Muslim Communities to Strengthen Community Coordinated Responses
FY 2023-24 · 2023-11-15
Summary
Through this 40-month project, the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. It will address the necessity of exploring the unique risk factors, needs, and experiences of immigrant and refugee women survivors of gender-based and family violence who come from collectivist backgrounds. To do so, the project will include collaborating with project partners to establish project governance and tools, engaging with the community, conducting data collection, analyzing data, and producing a report on the findings and recommendations. MRCSSI will develop a webinar and training materials, prepare slides and info-graphs to be presented at conferences, and publish their findings on the MRCSSI website to share information on the research findings.
With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will 1) Develop and Integrate an Intersectional Survivor-Centred Engagement Framework into work of Cross-Sector Stakeholders and Diverse Muslim Communities; 2) strengthen awareness, capacity, and coordinated responses through strategic knowledge translation and outreach. Through this MRCSSI will further advance Gender Equality.
Department
Program
Gender-Based Violence Program
Location
London, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Amendments
Each version of the agreement as published, oldest first, with its total as of that version. The amount above is the latest.
| Amendment | Date | Fiscal Year | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2023-11-15 | 2023-24 | $397,105.00 |
| 1 | 2023-11-15 | 2023-24 | $397,105.00 |
| 2 | 2023-11-15 | 2023-24 | $532,105.00 |
As published
Additional Information
Increase of agreement value, Change of end date
Additional Information (French)
Augmentation de la valeur de l'accord, changement de la date de fin
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
GV230344
Agreement Start Date
2023-11-15
Agreement Title
Investigating Risk and Protective Factors of GBV Among Muslim Communities to Strengthen Community Coordinated Responses
Agreement Title (French)
Étude des facteurs de risque et de protection de la violence fondée sur le sexe au sein des communautés musulmanes afin de renforcer les interventions communautaires coordonnées
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$532,105.00
Amendment Date
2026-05-08
Amendment Number
2
Description
Through this 40-month project, the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will conduct research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups. It will address the necessity of exploring the unique risk factors, needs, and experiences of immigrant and refugee women survivors of gender-based and family violence who come from collectivist backgrounds. To do so, the project will include collaborating with project partners to establish project governance and tools, engaging with the community, conducting data collection, analyzing data, and producing a report on the findings and recommendations. MRCSSI will develop a webinar and training materials, prepare slides and info-graphs to be presented at conferences, and publish their findings on the MRCSSI website to share information on the research findings.
With the Supplemental funds and extension provided in early 2026, the Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will 1) Develop and Integrate an Intersectional Survivor-Centred Engagement Framework into work of Cross-Sector Stakeholders and Diverse Muslim Communities; 2) strengthen awareness, capacity, and coordinated responses through strategic knowledge translation and outreach. Through this MRCSSI will further advance Gender Equality.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet d’une durée de 40 mois, le Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) mènera des recherches qui contribueront à améliorer les services de lutte contre la VFS destinés aux groupes à risque. Il s’agira d’explorer les facteurs de risque, les besoins et les expériences uniques des immigrantes et des réfugiées victimes de violence fondée sur le sexe et familiale, issues de milieux collectivistes. Pour ce faire, le projet comprendra la collaboration avec les partenaires du projet pour établir la gouvernance et les outils du projet, l’engagement avec la communauté, la collecte et l’analyse des données, et la production d’un rapport sur les résultats et les recommandations. Le MRCSSI développera un webinaire et du matériel de formation, préparera des diapositives et des infographies qui seront présentées lors de conférences, et publiera ses résultats sur son site Web afin de partager des informations sur les résultats de la recherche.
Grâce aux fonds supplémentaires et à la prolongation accordés au début de 2026, le Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) 1) élaborera un cadre de mobilisation intersectionnel axé sur la personne survivante et l’intégrera dans le travail des parties prenantes intersectorielles auprès des différentes communautés musulmanes; 2) va œuvrer à accroître la sensibilisation, renforcer les capacités et améliorer la coordination des interventions grâce à des activités stratégiques de transfert des connaissances et de sensibilisation. L’organisme contribuera ainsi à faire progresser l’égalité des genres.
Expected Results
Promising practices are incorporated by the GBV sector into new or enhanced supports for target populations.
Expected Results (French)
Intégration, par le secteur, des pratiques prometteuses aux mesures de soutien nouvelles ou améliorées qu’il offre aux populations ciblées.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Program Name
Gender-Based Violence Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de financement de la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe
Program Purpose
The purpose of the GBV Program is to strengthen the GBV sector to address gaps in supports for two groups of survivors: 1) Indigenous women and their communities, and 2) underserved populations (including women living with a disability, non-status/refugee /immigrant women, LGBTQ2S, gender non-conforming people and ethno-cultural women) in Canada. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to improve supports to help create long-term, comprehensive solutions at the national, regional, and local levels.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de financement de la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe (le Programme) vise à renforcer la lutte contre la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS) et, en particulier, à remédier au manque de soutien pour deux catégories de survivantes et survivants, soit : 1) les femmes autochtones et leurs communautés; et 2) les populations sous-desservies au Canada (notamment les femmes handicapées, les femmes réfugiées, immigrantes ou en situation irrégulière, les personnes allosexuelles et les femmes des minorités ethnoculturelles). Il s’agit d’un programme de subventions et contributions pour les organismes canadiens qui mènent des projets visant à améliorer les mesures d’aide offertes et à créer des solutions durables et complètes à l’échelle nationale, régionale et locale.
Recipient City
London
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration
Recipient Postal Code
N6B 2M4
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q3-00041