Call for Proposals to Address Gender-based Violence (Canada)

Deadline: 3-Feb-23

Women and Gender Equality Canada has launched a call for proposals to address gender-based violence (GBV) through two separate streams: promising practices and community-based research.

Objectives

• There are two objectives for this call for proposals:
  • For the Promising Practices stream: The objective is to fund projects to develop, put in place, and evaluate or to scale promising practices to strengthen the GBV sector.
  • For the Community-based Research stream: The objective is to fund research projects that build knowledge to help address the needs of the underserved in the GBV sector.

Key Action Areas

For the Promising Practices stream

• Key actions will focus on promising practices that strengthen the GBV sector. They will also address gaps in prevention and supports for at-risk populations. The key action areas are:
  • Develop, put in place, and evaluate a promising practice
  • Scale a tested and successful promising practice
  • Strengthen the GBV sector to better address the needs of at-risk populations
  • Seek to understand the root causes and systemic factors that enable GBV and work on viable solutions
  • Address barriers to accessing GBV supports and services

For the Community-based Research stream:

• Key actions will focus on community-based research that will help improve GBV services for at-risk groups:
  • Produce knowledge to help improve services for at-risk groups: Black or racialized women, immigrant, refugee and newcomer women, women living with disabilities, Indigenous women, or 2SLGBTQI+ people
  • Conduct research on GBV that is community-driven and action or change oriented

Funding Information

• Community-based Research Stream
  • The maximum amount per project is: Up to $400,000 in total for a community-based research and data collection project
• For the Promising Practices stream
  • For a project to develop, put in place, and evaluate a promising practice, you can apply for the maximum amounts below. These are total amounts for the whole project:
    • Up to $650,000 in total to develop, put in place, and evaluate a promising practice within a local, provincial, or territorial context
    • Up to $850,000 in total to develop, put in place, and evaluate a promising practice on a pan-Canadian scale. Project activities must have an impact in at least four WAGE regions and be carried out in both official languages (both official languages not required for Indigenous organizations)
    • For a project to scale a successful promising practice in a new location or with a new population, you can apply for the maximum amounts below. These are total amounts for the whole project:
    • Up to $650,000 in total for a project within a local, provincial, or territorial context Up to $2,000,000 in total for a project in multiple provinces or territories.
• Duration: Projects should aim to start no earlier than summer 2023 and must end by March 31, 2026.

Eligible Activites

Promising Practices Stream

• The call for proposals will support activities that:
  • Engage key at-risk and underserved populations
  • Engage and work with stakeholders
  • Engage and mobilize men and boys as allies to prevent and end GBV
  • Build evidence on promising practices to strengthen the GBV sector
  • Design and test ways to address service gaps in the gender-based violence sector
  • Develop products such as backgrounders or guides as part of a greater project and
  • Scale a promising practice that has shown positive results. Scaling may include:
    • Replication of an existing promising practice in a new location or with a new population
    • Use of the promising practice to advocate for change in law and policy, or
    • Work with partners to increase wrap-around supports in a community
  • They will prioritize proposals that:
    • Develop, put in place, and evaluate a promising practice for at-risk populations:
      • That engages men and boys as allies in the prevention of GBV
      • To prevent human trafficking, or
      • To enhance supports for victims and survivors of human trafficking
      • Scale a promising practice that has been tested and shown positive results
      • Prevent and address GBV as experienced by Black or racialized women, immigrant, refugee and newcomer women, women living with disabilities, 2SLGBTQI+ people, or northern communities, and/or
      • Address any other gap, such as geography, as deemed by the Department
      • The activities must align with the following objective: To fund research projects that build knowledge to help address the needs of the underserved in the GBV sector.

For the Community-based Research Stream

• All projects in this stream must:
  • Get ethics approval before research can begin. You can get research ethics approval from the following:
    • An existing research ethics board within the applicant or its umbrella organization
    • An academic institution could go through their usual process to get approval
    • An organization that approves research, such as the Community-Based Research Ethics Office.
    • Address one or more of the three pillars of the federal GBV Strategy:
      • Prevent GBV
      • Support survivors and their families
      • Promote responsive legal and justice systems
      • Be community-based
      • Focused on GBV
      • Focus on and involve Black or racialized women, immigrant, refugee and newcomer women, women living with disabilities, Indigenous women, or 2SLGBTQI+ people
      • Include a way to share information with others as a key component. You will need to share your findings with affected communities in a way that is accessible and useful. For instance, you could share information on your project with the GBV Knowledge Centre.
• They will prioritize proposals that:
  • Have a local or regional scope of work and/or
  • Address any other gap, such as geography, as deemed by the Department

Eligibility Criteria

All applicants under this call for proposals must meet the following criteria:

• Be a Canadian organization
• Have proof of incorporation or registration or be created under an Act
• Have experience working on GBV issues, for example, if you propose a project on human trafficking, you must show your experience in this area
• For the Promising Practices stream
  • Be one of the following organization types:
    • Not-for-profit organizations
    • Indigenous governments or their agencies
    • Research organizations or institutes: They have a mandate to conduct research and have research staff and facilities – you must have proof of incorporation or registration as an independent body
    • Centres of expertise: They provide leadership, best practices, support, or training in a given field – you must have proof of incorporation or registration as an independent body
    • Universities, colleges, and CÉGEPs: For these applicants, the federal government will only fund up to 50% of the total project budget
• For the Community-based Research stream
  • Be one of the following organization types:
    • Not-for-profit or for-profit organizations that:
      • Do not intend to generate a profit
      • Have experience in community-based research or a current partner with that experience
      • Are community-based and work with one or more of these population groups: Black or racialized women, immigrant, refugee and newcomer women, women living with disabilities, Indigenous women, or 2SLGBTQI+ people
    • Research organizations or institutes that:
      • Have a mandate to conduct research and have research staff and facilities
      • Have proof of incorporation or registration as an independent body
      • Have a partnership with a community-based organization that:
        • Serves at least one of the at-risk groups
        • Has experience working on GBV issues
    • Centres of expertise that:
      • Provide leadership, best practices, support, or training in a given field
      • Have experience in research
      • Have proof of incorporation or registration as an independent body
        • Have a partnership with a community-based organization that:
          • serves at least one of the at-risk groups
          • has experience working on GBV issues
    • Universities, colleges, and CÉGEPs: For these applications, the federal government will only fund up to 50% of the total project budget. They must:
      • Have experience in research
      • Have a partnership with a community-based organization that:
        • Serves at least one of the at-risk groups
        • Has experience working on GBV issues

For more information, visit Government of Canada.