Researcher to address gender based violence with Government of Canada grant
On August 6, the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development announced agreements that will see almost $200 million over two years flow to shelters, sexual assault centres and organizations supporting women and children experiencing violence. This will ensure these critical front-line organizations can continue to provide life-saving services and supports to those who need it most. To swiftly deliver these much-needed funds across the country, Women and Gender Equality Canada will work with Women鈥檚 Shelters Canada, Canadian Women鈥檚 Foundation and with the Government of Qu茅bec.
The 平特五不中 led project, Pathways2Equity: Youth鈥恖ed, Indigenous鈥怓ocussed, Gender鈥怲ransformative, Arts鈥怋ased Approaches to Challenging Gender Norms in Addressing Gender Based Violence, was funded $713,170 as part of the announcement. Prof Claudia Mitchell of the Department of聽Integrated Studies in Education, is the principal investigator on the project.
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The project aims to foster聽leadership聽of聽Indigenous聽girls聽and聽young聽women and to聽develop聽strategies聽for聽engaging聽multi鈥恆ge聽groupings聽of聽boys聽and聽young聽men聽to address gender based violence.
Methods will include creating聽local聽and聽culturally聽relevant聽dialogues聽and聽knowledge鈥恠haring聽events, and聽using聽'dialogues鈥恡hrough鈥恡he鈥恆rts'聽 approaches. Events will聽involve聽girls聽and聽boys聽learning聽together with extended families and community members.聽