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Contribution: Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program

Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association

$620,000.00

WAGE - Increasing CWEIA's Capacity

FY 2022-23 · 2023-01-03

Summary
Through this 39-month project, the Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on indigenous women from the Eeyou Istchee territory in Quebec. This will first be achieved by gathering quantitative and qualitative data on local population’s level of knowledge about GBV. Based on the information gathered, a taskforce will be created to support, via an online workshop series, CWEIA’s 11 local member association’s prevention and awareness-raising efforts for Eeyou Istchee’s population of all ages on various GBV issues. This project will engage the Gookumnouch Advisory Paataksuun as well as traditional healers in order to create a safe space for dialogue between CWEIA’s staff and its local member associations in order to be better equipped to understand and discuss GBV issues from a culturally relevant perspective as well as to provide comfort and accompany local populations feeling triggered and/or stigmatised by various lived experiences of GBV. Additional partners include the Cree Board of Health and Social Services, Eeyou Eenou Police force and the Cree Nation Government who will have representation on the project’s taskforce in order to disseminate awareness-raising information and training materials on GBV in their respective networks. By the end of the project, CWEIA will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, as well as 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on improving the capacity of its local member associations as well as deepen its collaborative relationships with local community and institutional partners on addressing gender-based violence.
Program
Equality for Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression Program
Location
Chisasibi, Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Other
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Agreement End Date
2026-03-31
Agreement Number
SO220067
Agreement Start Date
2023-01-03
Agreement Title
WAGE - Increasing CWEIA's Capacity
Agreement Title (French)
FEGC – Augmentation de la capacité de la CWEIA
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$620,000.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
Through this 39-month project, the Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on indigenous women from the Eeyou Istchee territory in Quebec. This will first be achieved by gathering quantitative and qualitative data on local population’s level of knowledge about GBV. Based on the information gathered, a taskforce will be created to support, via an online workshop series, CWEIA’s 11 local member association’s prevention and awareness-raising efforts for Eeyou Istchee’s population of all ages on various GBV issues. This project will engage the Gookumnouch Advisory Paataksuun as well as traditional healers in order to create a safe space for dialogue between CWEIA’s staff and its local member associations in order to be better equipped to understand and discuss GBV issues from a culturally relevant perspective as well as to provide comfort and accompany local populations feeling triggered and/or stigmatised by various lived experiences of GBV. Additional partners include the Cree Board of Health and Social Services, Eeyou Eenou Police force and the Cree Nation Government who will have representation on the project’s taskforce in order to disseminate awareness-raising information and training materials on GBV in their respective networks. By the end of the project, CWEIA will have strengthened its capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, as well as 2SLGBTQI+ people, with a focus on improving the capacity of its local member associations as well as deepen its collaborative relationships with local community and institutional partners on addressing gender-based violence.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet de 39 mois, la Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association (CWEIA) augmentera sa capacité à prévenir et à contrer la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS) visant les femmes, les filles ou les personnes 2ELGBTQI+ autochtones en mettant l’accent sur les femmes autochtones du territoire d’Eeyou Istchee au Québec. Pour réaliser le projet, la CWEIA recueillera des données quantitatives et qualitatives sur le niveau de connaissance de la population locale au sujet de la VFS. Un groupe de travail sera créé pour appuyer, dans le cadre d’une série d’ateliers en ligne et à partir de l’information recueillie, les 11 associations locales membres de la CWEIA dans le cadre d’efforts de prévention et de sensibilisation de l’ensemble de la population d’Eeyou Istchee à diverses questions liées à la VFS. Ce projet mobilisera le groupe consultatif Paataksuun Gookumnouch ainsi que des guérisseuses et guérisseurs traditionnels afin de créer un environnement sécuritaire pour le dialogue entre le personnel de la CWEIA et les associations locales membres, afin qu’ils soient mieux outillés pour comprendre et discuter des enjeux liés à la VFS d’un point de vue culturel et pour offrir du réconfort et accompagner les populations locales qui se sentent provoquées ou stigmatisées par diverses expériences vécues de la VFS. Parmi les autres partenaires, mentionnons le conseil Cree de la santé et des services sociaux, la police d’Eeyou Eenou et le gouvernement de la Nation Cree, qui seront représentés dans le groupe de travail du projet afin que l’information et le matériel de formation sur la VFS soient diffusés dans leurs réseaux respectifs. D’ici la fin du projet, la CWEIA aura renforcé sa capacité de prévenir et de contrer la VFS visant les femmes, les filles et les personnes 2ELGBTQI+ autochtones en mettant l’accent sur l’amélioration de la capacité de ses associations membres locales et sur le renforcement de ses relations de collaboration avec les partenaires communautaires et institutionnels locaux pour lutter contre la violence fondée sur le sexe.
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
Chisasibi
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Cree Women of Eeyou Istchee Association
Recipient Postal Code
J0M 1E0
Recipient Province or Territory
QC
Recipient Type
A
Reference Number
001-2022-2023-Q4-00032
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