Contribution: Gender-Based Violence Program
Y des femmes de Montréal
$584,189.00
Project UNIQUE: Learning in action
EF 2026-27 · 2026-04-01
Résumé
Through this 12-month project, the YWCA Montreal will expand the UNIQUE project in order to strengthen the GBV sector. It will amplify the promising practice at the heart of the structured multidisciplinary UNIQUE support program for women going through separation or divorce, a period recognized as a time of increased vulnerability. It will address the legal issues and challenges to accessing justice specifically faced by these women by promoting a better understanding of their rights. This will empower them in the context of separation or divorce so that they can navigate the legal system with greater clarity, confidence and security.
To achieve this, the project will include supporting two cohorts of participants through a course of 12 workshops in addition to providing intensive support spread over several weeks, combining thematic conferences, practical activities, discussion groups and regular follow-ups. In order to promote a safer and more autonomous transition to a new post-separation life stage, the new access to justice component will complement the five existing intervention components within the UNIQUE holistic model, namely 1) basic needs and social protection, 2) livelihoods and employability, 3) financial inclusion and personal finance management, 4) social empowerment and building relationships, and 5) health and physical and mental well-being.
The YWCA Montreal will make the various content related to the promising UNIQUE practice available online to professionals in the field to allow them to reproduce or amplify it.
Ministère
Programme
Gender-Based Violence Program
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Type
Contribution
Source
Proactive Disclosure - Grants and Contributions
Tel que publié
Agreement End Date
2027-03-31
Agreement Number
GV250019
Agreement Start Date
2026-04-01
Agreement Title
Project UNIQUE:
Learning in action
Agreement Title (French)
Projet UNIQUE : apprentissages en action
Agreement Type
Contribution
Agreement Value
$584,189.00
Amendment Number
0
Description
Through this 12-month project, the YWCA Montreal will expand the UNIQUE project in order to strengthen the GBV sector. It will amplify the promising practice at the heart of the structured multidisciplinary UNIQUE support program for women going through separation or divorce, a period recognized as a time of increased vulnerability. It will address the legal issues and challenges to accessing justice specifically faced by these women by promoting a better understanding of their rights. This will empower them in the context of separation or divorce so that they can navigate the legal system with greater clarity, confidence and security.
To achieve this, the project will include supporting two cohorts of participants through a course of 12 workshops in addition to providing intensive support spread over several weeks, combining thematic conferences, practical activities, discussion groups and regular follow-ups. In order to promote a safer and more autonomous transition to a new post-separation life stage, the new access to justice component will complement the five existing intervention components within the UNIQUE holistic model, namely 1) basic needs and social protection, 2) livelihoods and employability, 3) financial inclusion and personal finance management, 4) social empowerment and building relationships, and 5) health and physical and mental well-being.
The YWCA Montreal will make the various content related to the promising UNIQUE practice available online to professionals in the field to allow them to reproduce or amplify it.
Description (French)
Grâce à ce projet de 12 mois, le Y des femmes de Montréal amplifiera le projet UNIQUE afin de renforcer le secteur de la VFS. Il permettra d’amplifier la pratique prometteuse au coeur du programme structuré d’accompagnement multidisciplinaire UNIQUE auprès des femmes vivant une séparation ou un divorce, une période reconnue comme un moment de vulnérabilité accrue. Il traitera des enjeux juridiques et des défis d’accès à la justice auxquels font spécifiquement face ces femmes en appuyant une meilleure compréhension de leurs droits. Cela permettra de renforcer leur pouvoir d’agir en contexte de séparation ou de divorce afin qu’elles puissent naviguer le système légal avec davantage de clarté, de confiance et de sécurité.
Pour ce faire, le projet comprendra l’accompagnement de deux cohortes de participantes à travers un parcours de 12 ateliers en plus de bénéficier d’un accompagnement intensif étalé sur plusieurs semaines, combinant conférences thématiques, activités pratiques, groupes de parole et suivis réguliers. Afin de favoriser une transition plus sécuritaire et autonome vers une nouvelle étape de vie post-séparation, le nouveau volet d’accès à la justice sera complémentaire aux 5 volets d’intervention déjà existants au sein du modèle holistique UNIQUE soit : 1) besoins essentiels et protection sociale, 2) moyens de subsistance et employabilité, 3) inclusion financière et gestion des finances personnelles, 4) autonomisation sociale et création de liens, et 5) santé et bien-être physique et mental.
Le Y des femmes de Montréal mettra à disposition, en ligne, aux professionnel.les des milieux, les divers contenus liés de la pratique prometteuse UNIQUE afin de leur permettre de la reproduire ou l’amplifier.
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
Montréal
Recipient Country
CA
Recipient Legal Name
Y des femmes de Montréal
Recipient Postal Code
H2K 0G1
Recipient Province or Territory
QC
Recipient Type
N
Reference Number
190-2026-2027-Q1-00005