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SPOTLIGHT
Featuring Work From Our Network Partners
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The Network Exchange is a monthly online forum to support learning and information sharing about initiatives and resources that contribute to addressing gender-based violence in Saskatchewan.
Join us on Oct 18 to hear from STOPS to Violence Network Partners- SaskSport and Caring Hearts.
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Missed the one from Sept 20? Keep an eye on our website and social media to watch it.
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Get Involved with SVPW 2022
Violence Prevention - It Starts With You
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SVPW: Oct 24 to Oct 28, 2022 |
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The theme for this year's Saskatchewan Violence Prevention Week is 'It Starts With You'.
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Get Involved!
Keep an eye on our website and social media to find out ways you can advocate for preventing violence before and during the campaign.
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation |
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Each year, September 30 marks the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
The day honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities.
This is an opportunity to explore the rich and diverse cultures, voices, experiences and stories of the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
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e-Certification Series
How to Design for Belonging and Inclusion in Your Organization
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A sense of belonging plays a significant role in fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce, team, or organization.
Join Susie Wise from Hasso Plattner Institute for Design at Stanford University for this live webinar-workshop. This two-part 180-minute e-certification series will outline the ways that leaders from all walks of life can use tangible design tools to cultivate a sense of belonging.
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Sept 23 - 25, 2022 - Hybrid
Sept 25, 2022 - In Person
Sept 26 - 30, 2022
Sept 29, 2022 - In Person (Regina)
Sept 30, 2022 - In Person (Regina)
Oct 4, 2022 - Held Virtually
Oct 12, 2022 - Held Virtually
LEVERAGE Conference:
Oct 17, 2022 - Held Virtually
Oct 18, 2022 - Held Virtually
Oct 20, 2022 - Held Virtually
Oct 19-20, 2022 - In Person (Regina)
Oct 20, 2022 - In Person
Oct 24- 28, 2022
Nov 2, 2022 - Held Virtually
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Knowledge Synthesis Grants
Deadline to submit application:
September 30, 2022
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SSHRC and Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) have launched Knowledge Synthesis Grants to mobilize social sciences and humanities research to examine and synthesize existing knowledge on gender-based violence (GBV).
Grant holders will identify research gaps and opportunities and their work will inform and guide policy-makers and service providers contributing to ensuring a violence-free Canadian society.
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Deadline to submit application:
September 30, 2022
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The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) seeks to support organizations to combat racism, promote events and education, and build a more anti-racist society.
Under their National Anti-Racism Fund, applications are currently being accepted under the following funding streams:
- Event Sponsorship Applications
- Youth Initiatives Sponsorship
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Enabling Accessibility Fund
Deadline to submit application:
November 1, 2022
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Through the Government of Canada’s 2022 Call for Proposals (CFP) under the Enabling Accessibility Fund (EAF) could receive funding for the retrofit, renovation or new construction of accessible facilities or venues.
This year, the EAF Small projects component has put a priority on the funding of projects related to shelters for those experiencing violence and gender-based violence, Indigenous organizations, Early Learning and Child Care centres, and workplaces.
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National Housing Strategy Longitudinal Outcomes Research Grant
Deadline to submit application:
November 22, 2022
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This is a partnership grant being offered by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC).
Research areas can include housing provision, the built environment, the ecosystem and climate change. This grant is for multi-disciplinary research teams to examine areas holistically, using gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) analytical lens. CMHC welcomes Indigenous research proposals.
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Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse in Canada, 2020/2021, The Daily, September 2022
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The article contains information on how Indigenous shelters adapted their operations during the first year of the pandemic with the implementation of different measures and practices. It presents detailed information on the characteristics of Indigenous shelters for victims of abuse, as well as on the residents who are staying in these facilities.
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Toxic masculinity is part of elite hockey. We need a culture shift, CBC News, September 2022
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Allegations of group sexual assault by past Canadian World Junior teams has shone a spotlight on the culture within elite hockey, something Alexis Peters has studied and tried to warn hockey leaders about more than two decades ago.
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Alternative Response Officers to become permanent fixture on Saskatoon streets, CBC News, August 2022
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“That encourages that night time activity and economy that we’re going towards,” Pshebylo said.
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Saskatchewan Towards Offering Partnership
Solutions to Violence
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Living, working and writing to you from Treaty 4 territory, the traditional lands of First Nations people and homeland to the Métis. We are committed to moving forward in a respectful way in the spirit of reconciliation.
STOPS to Violence staff
Tracy, Nofa, Jodi and Karishma
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