Indigenous Gender and Wellness Development Grants
Phase 2
This funding opportunity is the second phase of a larger initiative on the topic of Indigenous Gender and Wellness. The first phase supported individuals to attend an Idea Fair and Learning Circle event in June of 2019 through a travel award. At the Idea Fair, Indigenous individuals and allies shared ideas on Indigenous gender and wellness with supporters to work together in growing ideas into potential projects. This second phase, Indigenous Gender and Wellness Development Grants, is intended to support those who attended the Idea Fair to continue working on and sharing their ideas, enabling them to develop relationships and plan for the following phase of funding, which is being planned to provide teams with resources to implement their ideas through action-oriented, community-based participatory projects that will improve wellness for Indigenous Peoples from a gendered perspective.
Funds available
- The total amount available for this funding opportunity is $1,680,000, enough to fund approximately twenty two (22) or more grants. The maximum amount per grant is $75,000 for up to one (1) year.
- The CIHR – HIV/AIDS and STBBI Research Initiative: Community-Based Research Program – Indigenous Stream will support up to $150,000 (of the $1,680,000 total).
Objectives
This funding opportunity is expected to:
- Support planning activities that establish priorities for Indigenous-led research projects related to gender and wellness;
- Facilitate relationship building, knowledge sharing and learning that develop and strengthen Indigenous-led, community-based projects; and
- Support the continued development of ideas and plans to implement action-oriented, community-based projects that will improve wellness among Indigenous communities from a gendered perspective.
The request for applications is now closed.
Awardees
Krystine Abel and Laura Gagnon
Knowledge Circles to Understand Indigenous 2SLGBTQ Inclusion in the Mental Health and Addictions System in Ontario: Dialogues to Explore a 2SLGBTQ Training Program
Principal Investigator: Krystine Abel
Engaging Inuit Concerning Perinatal Health & Wellness: Developing Insights, Interests and an Approach to Action
Principal Investigator: Gail Baikie
Learning Through Dialogue: Effects of Alcohol on Health and Wellbeing in Indigenous Communities
Principal Investigator: Tamara S Bodnar
Explore, Map, and Develop a Plan for Programming Geared Towards Building and Strengthening Healthy Relationship in Indigenous Communities
Principal Investigator: Gregory M Brass
Samuel Adeyanju and Janette Bulkan
Lil'wat Lvmlaomen: Gendered Cultural Resurgence with Lil'wat Traditional Medicine Use
Principal Investigator: Janette Bulkan
Kwseltktnews, “We are all related,” A Secwepemc community-based approach to caring for families
Principal Investigator: Natalie Clark
Slanay skwalwin: Developing foraging walks with Squamish Nation to promote Indigenous women's heart health
Principal Investigator: Annalijn Conklin
Creating Safe Paths for Indigenous Women, Girls and LGBTQ2SA+ Individuals in Edmonton and Area
Principal Investigator: Creating Hope Society of Alberta
Two Spirit Community and Research Gathering
Principal Investigator: Melissa Dykhuizen
Dene Nahjo's Recognition of Being: Indigenous Women's Gathering
Principal Investigator: Danya Erasmus
Building Two Spirit Supports at Egale Youth Services: Wellness, Access and Inclusion for Two Spirit Youth under 29 years of age
Principal Investigator: Lucy Gallo
Study on the cultural appropriateness and safety of a mental health assessment tool among the Indigenous communities of Canada
Principal Investigator: Liliana Gomez Cardona
Indigenous “Communities within Communities”: Aging Well and HIV
Principal Investigator: Sean A Hillier
Métis Healing and Wellness: Connecting to Métis Culture through Beadwork
Principal Investigator: F. Ishiyama
Mâmawapiwin (Meeting) -restoring Men's roles and responsibilities
Principal Investigator: Margaret L Kisikaw Piyesis
Learning from Our Elders: Indigenous Perspectives of Gender in Harvesting and Gathering
Principal Investigator: Donna L Kurtz
Anne-Marie Leclerc and Roxanne Lemieux
Development of Trauma-Informed Practices for Indigenous Women Transitioning to Parenthood
Principal Investigator: Anne-Marie Leclerc
Indigenous Youth Empowerment Handbook, Curriculum and Training Series: Mobilizing Youth to Address Gender-Based Violence and Interconnected Health Issues in Northern Indigenous Communities
Principal Investigator: Liard Aboriginal Women's Association
Early Partnerships in Building Community-Led Programs and Supports for Incarcerated Indigenous Mothers in Ontario
Principal Investigator: Angela Mashford-Pringle
Land, Language, Life: Engendering an Indigenous Identity and Wellness
Principal Investigator: Laurie Meijer Drees
Two Worlds, Two Spirits: Gathering the Circle of LGBTQ2S+ Métis in British Columbia
Principal Investigator: Métis Nation of Greater Victoria
Indigenous Elders’ Lodge: Treaty 7 Elders’ exploration of the role of traditional Gender Roles on Wellness
Principal Investigator: Janet Naclia
Visioning Two-Spirit Wellness in Urban Indigenous Communities
Principal Investigator: Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC)
Ceremonies of Life: Sexual and Gender Wellness through Togetherness
Principal Investigator: Paqtnkek Health Centre
The Nine Genders: A Traditionalist way of organizing Indigenous gender, Interpreting gender through an Indigenous worldview
Principal Investigator: Michael R Parsons
Iskwew Iskotew (Woman Fire): HIV Positive Indigenous Women’s Wholistic Health Symposium, Bringing Solutions-Focused Research to Life through Knowledge Translation and Exchange
Principal Investigator: Doris Peltier
Harlan Pruden and Travis Salway
Wellness in Two-Spirit Communities across Turtle Island: A two-eyed seeing approach to a gender-inclusive community-based 2S research network
Principal Investigator: Harlan Pruden
Susan J Ross and Melissa Tremblay
Developing a community-academic research network based in Maskwacis, Alberta to improve Indigenous gender-related health and wellness
Principal Investigator: Susan J Ross
Exploring the needs of Calgary’s urban Indigenous youth across the gender-identity spectrum in relation to culturally relevant programming and services to support sexual health, identity and belonging
Principal Investigator: Natalie St-Denis
Two Spirit peoples’ experiences accessing and receiving care in community pharmacies
Principal Investigator: Jaris P Swidrovich
Indigenous Digital Wellness: Indigenous Masculinity, Identity, and Wellbeing in Male Youth
Principal Investigator: Braden P Te Hiwi
A Culturally Respectful Approach to Identifying the Roles Sex and Gender Play in the Health and Wellness of Nlaka’pamux First Nations Communities
Principal Investigator: Darren E Warburton
Christine M Wekerle and Dawn Martin-Hill
The Eniako'nikonhriiohake (One will have a good mind) Project: Building a technology-based resilience curriculum for Indigenous youth
Principal Investigator: Christine M Wekerle
Strengthening Relations Through Cultural & Arts-Based Practices to Promote Resiliency and Well-Being for Two-Spirit Youth and Their Families
Principal Investigator: Lana Whiskeyjack
Advancing a holistic, physical activity-based wellness program for Indigenous women – Knowledge sharing to foster expansion
Principal Investigator: Sonja C Wicklum
Alexandria Wilson and Tasha Spillett
Re(connecting) and Re(membering): Gathering Indigenous Women and Two-Spirit Land-Based Educators and Practitioners
Principal Investigator: Alexandria M Wilson
Proclaiming Our Roots: Sharing The Stories of Indigenous-Black People’s Identities for Health and Wellbeing in Canada
Principal Investigator: Ciann L Wilson
Optimizing the Health of Indigenous Infants and Toddlers: Identification of Community Strengths, Needs and Priorities to Promote Early Childhood Development through Healthy, Gender Diverse Parenting
Principal Investigator: Amy Wright
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