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Social Justice Grants

Homelessness and Poverty

Pivot Foundation

To address homelessness, poverty, and other key social justice issues in Canada’s poorest community — Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Toronto City Summit Alliance

To support the session Making Housing Happen which explored what businesses, governments and communities can do to deliver the housing the Greater Toronto region needs

YWCA Toronto

Pledge for their Elm St. housing project which will provide:

150 affordable units for single women and women with families
100 units for women with mental health issues and their children
50 units for Aboriginal families, 10 of which are designated for Aboriginal women fleeing violence

York Region Association to End Homelessness

To support forums between social service agencies, faith groups, community members and government to understand, plan and implement a strategic response to homelessness and social isolation in York Region, Ontario (in partnership with Agora Foundation).

Strengthening the Social Justice Sector

Hollyhock Leadership Institue

To support the Social Change Institute brings leaders from diverse sectors together to build skills, share strategies and find opportunities to collaborate.

Preventing Violence

Canadian Women’s Foundation

Kelowna Family Service Centre Society “Stopping the Violence Reaching Older Women” will support seniors, including those with disabilities, in dealing with violence and abuse.

Castlegar & District Community Services Society “Women Moving Beyond the Violence” will ensure that women who are in, or have left violent relationships, have immediate access to support.

Société Inform Elles a program tailored to Francophone African immigrant and refugee women who have experienced violence.

Cranbrook Women’s Resource Society “Our Community Coordinated Response to Relationship Violence” focused on helping rebuild abused women’s lives.

Project Respect, Victoria Women’s Sexual Assault Centre (Victoria, B.C.) trains marginalized youth in the isolated coastal community of Bella Coola, B.C. to become mentors on sexuality issues and preventing sexual violence.

Whitevalley Community Resource Centre Society (Lumby, B.C.) develops curriculum on best practices in violence prevention which addresses sexual relationships, substance abuse, and non-violent methods of resolving conflict for local schools in the North Okanagan region of B.C.

People for a Healthy Community on Gabriola Society (Gabriola Island, B.C.) develops sustainable community supports on Gabriola Island for women experiencing, or at risk of experiencing, violence and develops planned strategies to help women rebuild their lives after experiencing violence.

Respectful Relations, SWOVA Community Development and Research Society (Salt Spring Island, B.C.) is an award-winning program for adolescents in grades 7 to 11 that uses interactive workshops to teach students about preventing and dealing with violence, bullying, racism, homophobia, and similar issues.