Government of Canada invests in community projects to reduce health inequities
Summary
This grant program seeks to strengthen capacity and build knowledge and tools to enable partners to work together across sectors to advance action on the social determinants of health. expanding the capacity of multiple sectors to establish and grow a network of community partners to address urgent needs of people experiencing homelessness in the City of Toronto.Lead organization: Centre for Innovation and Research in Aging Inc. Project name: Development, implementation, and evaluation of a bilingual rights-based data repository: An educational intervention to improve knowledge about the human rights of older adults Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick Funding: $249,622 Description: This project seeks to develop an interactive web-based tool offering up-to-date, de-identified, and customizable data on Older Persons Human Rights. The two web-based CRIF and OPRIF data repositories will support the Government of New Brunswick, and other provinces, to uphold the human rights of children and older persons, respectively, in their development, implementation, and evaluation of policies, programs, and practices.Lead organization: Community-Based Research Centre Society Project name: Establishing the Canadian coalition to abolish conversion therapy Location: Burnaby, British Columbia Funding: $250,000 Description: The Canadian Coalition to Abolish Conversion Therapy will connect 2SLGBTQIA+ community organizations (including those serving Indigenous people, Black and People of Colour and newcomers), with academics, researchers, legal experts, survivors, and key stakeholders from mental health organizations and affirming faith organizations.Collaborative knowledge sharing and coalition development are necessary to support broader prevention efforts. This protocol will focus on the social determinants of health and wellbeing and facilitate collaboration between players who traditionally operate independently (in "silos").Lead organization: HIV Legal Network Project name: Its not so simple: Assessing the impact of the simple drug possession and trafficking offences on health equity Location: Toronto, Ontario Funding: $92,671 Description: This project seeks to gather information through a comprehensive review of literature and primary interviews on the distinction made between drug possession for personal use versus for the purpose of trafficking. The New Brunswick Coalition for Pay Equity and CAAW will identify and meet key Indigenous organizations, share their knowledge of pay equity and invite them to propose representatives to join an advisory committee to co-develop research and make recommendations on pay equity in the context of NB First Nations communities.Lead organization: Sexual Assault Services of Saskatchewan (SASS) Inc. Project name: Building an intersectoral primary prevention workforce to advance gender transformative approaches to sexual violence prevention in Saskatchewan Location: Regina, Saskatchewan Funding: $249,465 Description: This project seeks to build capacity for a diverse team of policy and practise stakeholders who are committed to intersectoral action in leading and testing new primary prevention efforts to end sexual violence.