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Contribution: Women's Program

Trent University

$491,304.00

The Way We Speak Together: Enwaaying Training Initiatives

FY 2021-22 · 2021-11-29

Summary
This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Trent University will achieve this by developing, implementing, and evaluating an Indigenous women-led interactive and experiential training model for leadership and front-line staff that will create awareness of the many ways in which unconscious bias, and the attendant policies and practices, make Indigenous women more vulnerable to gender-based violence. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and by addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. Specifically, the project is housed at the First People House of Learning at Trent University, levering relationships with the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, the Ontario Native Women’s Association, First Nations and grassroots organizations. They will initiate systemic change by engaging with those who are responsible for existing institutions, policies and practices, and sharing diverse perspectives by which to examine their own role in preventing or perpetuating the crisis of gender-based violence against Indigenous women.
Program
Women's Program
Location
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions

As published

Reference Number
001-2021-2022-Q3-00134
Amendment Number
0
Agreement Type
Contribution
Recipient Type
S
Recipient Legal Name
Trent University
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Province or Territory
ON
Recipient City
Peterborough
Recipient Postal Code
K9L 0G2
Program Name
Women's Program
Program Name (French)
Programme de promotions de la femme
Program Purpose
The purpose of the Women’s Program is to advance equality for women in Canada by working to address or remove systemic barriers impeding women’s progress and advancement. The WP supports the Government of Canada’s goal of advancing gender equality in Canada. It is consistent with Government of Canada priorities related to economic prosperity, and supports Canada’s international commitments related to gender equality.
Program Purpose (French)
Le Programme de promotion de la femme a pour but de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada et il travaille pour ce faire à réduire ou éliminer les obstacles systémiques qui freinent le progrès des femmes. Le Programme soutient la visée du gouvernement du Canada de promouvoir l’égalité entre les sexes au Canada. Il cadre avec les priorités du gouvernement du Canada en matière de prospérité économique et ses engagements internationaux en matière d’égalité entre les sexes.
Agreement Title
The Way We Speak Together: Enwaaying Training Initiatives
Agreement Title (French)
Notre façon de parler ensemble : Initiatives de formation Enwaaying
Agreement Number
ON21765
Agreement Value
$491,304.00
Agreement Start Date
2021-11-29
Agreement End Date
2024-03-31
Description
This 28-month project will support a feminist response and recovery from the current impacts of COVID-19, through systemic change. Trent University will achieve this by developing, implementing, and evaluating an Indigenous women-led interactive and experiential training model for leadership and front-line staff that will create awareness of the many ways in which unconscious bias, and the attendant policies and practices, make Indigenous women more vulnerable to gender-based violence. At the end of the project, the organization will have contributed to addressing systemic barriers by advancing inclusive policies and practices and by addressing persistent harmful gender norms and attitudes to support women’s equality. Specifically, the project is housed at the First People House of Learning at Trent University, levering relationships with the Chanie Wenjack School of Indigenous Studies, the Ontario Native Women’s Association, First Nations and grassroots organizations. They will initiate systemic change by engaging with those who are responsible for existing institutions, policies and practices, and sharing diverse perspectives by which to examine their own role in preventing or perpetuating the crisis of gender-based violence against Indigenous women.
Description (French)
Ce projet de 28 mois favorisera une réponse et une relance féministes à la suite des répercussions actuelles de la COVID 19, grâce à des changements systémiques. Pour réaliser le projet, l’Université Trent élaborera, mettra en œuvre et évaluera un modèle de formation interactive et expérientielle dirigée par des femmes autochtones qui sensibilisera le personnel de direction et de première ligne aux nombreuses façons dont les préjugés inconscients et les politiques et pratiques qu’ils sous-tendent rendent les femmes autochtones plus vulnérables à la violence fondée sur le sexe. À la fin du projet, l’organisme aura contribué à l’élimination des obstacles systémiques en promouvant des politiques et pratiques inclusives et en changeant les normes et attitudes de genre préjudiciables persistantes en matière de genre afin de promouvoir l’égalité des femmes. Plus précisément, le projet sera hébergé à la First Peoples House of Learning de l’Université Trent, et mettra à profit les relations avec la Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies, l’Ontario Native Women’s Association, les Premières Nations et les organismes communautaires. Ces organismes amorceront un changement systémique en mobilisant les responsables des institutions, des politiques et des pratiques existantes et en leur présentant divers points de vue afin de les amener à examiner leur propre rôle dans la prévention ou la persistance de la crise que constitue la violence fondée sur le sexe à l’égard des femmes autochtones.
Expected Results
Women and stakeholders have access to supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men.
Expected Results (French)
Les femmes et les parties prenantes peuvent obtenir de l’aide pour traiter des enjeux liés à l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes.
Organization Code
wage
Organization
Women and Gender Equality Canada | Femmes et Égalité des genres Canada
Trent University - $491,304 Contribution (2021-22) | Canada Spends