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Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program

Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI)

$499,672.00

Supporting Muslim GBV Survivors: The Culturally Integrative Family Safety Response Model (CIFSR)

FY 2022-23 · 2022-04-27

Summary
This 32-month project will further test the Culturally Integrative Family Safety Response model (CIFSR) to address the lack of culturally grounded supports for Muslim Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors and their families in Ottawa and Kitchener/Waterloo. The Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will achieve this by conducting a comprehensive situational analysis in Ottawa and Kitchener/Waterloo, establishing and formalizing key partnerships, and testing and refining the CIFSR model in these communities. Learnings will be used to further refine the CIFSR model, and the updated model will be shared among GBV community agencies and policy makers. This project will engage with the Coalition of Muslim Women KW (CMW), Ottawa Muslim Community Services (OMCS), faith leaders, service providers, and Muslim GBV survivors, ensuring that key project activities are trauma-informed and survivor-led. The impact of this model will also be assessed through a third-party evaluation, including the analysis of its potential to be adapted and replicated. By the end of the project, MRCSSI will have strengthened their promising practice and have shared it with the wider GBV sector, to strengthen supports to Muslim GBV survivors and their families, in Canada.
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.

AmendmentDateFiscal YearTotal
02022-04-272022-23$499,672.00
12022-04-272022-23$499,672.00

As published

Additional Information
Change of end date
Additional Information (French)
Changement de la date de fin
Agreement End Date
2024-12-31
Agreement Number
GV21501
Agreement Start Date
2022-04-27
Agreement Title
Supporting Muslim GBV Survivors: The Culturally Integrative Family Safety Response Model (CIFSR)
Agreement Title (French)
Soutenir les personnes survivantes musulmanes de la VFS : modèle d’intervention en matière de sécurité familiale culturellement intégrative (CIFSR)
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$499,672.00
Amendment Date
2024-08-15
Amendment Number
1
Description
This 32-month project will further test the Culturally Integrative Family Safety Response model (CIFSR) to address the lack of culturally grounded supports for Muslim Gender-Based Violence (GBV) survivors and their families in Ottawa and Kitchener/Waterloo. The Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) will achieve this by conducting a comprehensive situational analysis in Ottawa and Kitchener/Waterloo, establishing and formalizing key partnerships, and testing and refining the CIFSR model in these communities. Learnings will be used to further refine the CIFSR model, and the updated model will be shared among GBV community agencies and policy makers. This project will engage with the Coalition of Muslim Women KW (CMW), Ottawa Muslim Community Services (OMCS), faith leaders, service providers, and Muslim GBV survivors, ensuring that key project activities are trauma-informed and survivor-led. The impact of this model will also be assessed through a third-party evaluation, including the analysis of its potential to be adapted and replicated. By the end of the project, MRCSSI will have strengthened their promising practice and have shared it with the wider GBV sector, to strengthen supports to Muslim GBV survivors and their families, in Canada.
Description (French)
Ce projet de 32 mois mettra à l’essai de façon plus poussée le Culturally Integrative Family Safety Response Model (CIFSR) [modèle d’intervention en matière de sécurité familiale culturellement intégrative] afin de remédier à l’absence de soutiens culturellement adaptés pour les personnes survivantes musulmanes de la violence fondée sur le sexe (VFS) et leur famille à Ottawa et à Kitchener/Waterloo. Pour ce faire, le Muslim Resource Centre for Social Support and Integration (MRCSSI) mènera une analyse de situation exhaustive à Ottawa et à Kitchener-Waterloo, établira et officialisera des partenariats clés, et mettra à l’essai et peaufinera le modèle du CIFSR dans ces collectivités. Les leçons apprises serviront à peaufiner davantage le modèle, et sa version mise à jour sera transmise aux organismes communautaires de lutte contre la VFS et aux décisionnaires. Ce projet mobilisera la Coalition of Muslim Women KW (CMW), les Ottawa Muslim Community Services (OMCS), les chefs de file confessionnels, les fournisseurs de services et les personnes survivantes musulmanes de la VFS, afin que les principales activités du projet soient fondées sur les traumatismes et dirigées par les personnes survivantes. Les répercussions du modèle seront également évaluées au moyen d’une évaluation par un tiers, y compris une analyse du potentiel d’adaptation et de reproduction du modèle. D’ici la fin du projet, le MRCSSI aura bonifié ses pratiques prometteuses et les aura partagées avec l’ensemble du secteur de lutte contre la VFS afin d’améliorer le soutien offert aux personnes survivantes musulmanes et à leur famille au Canada.
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 (MRCSSI)
Recipient Postal Code
N6B 2M4
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
001-2023-2024-Q4-00004