Giving Voice

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2024-2025 CALL FOR PROPOSALS

NOW OPEN

The Minister's Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW) is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Giving Voice Call for Proposals.

Funding is available for community groups and organizations who want to host or participate in community-based events that would “Give Voice” to stopping violence against Indigenous women and girls, as well as assist with community mobilization and implementation.

Background:

In Canada, one in two Indigenous women is a victim of violence. However, despite representing a small percentage of the overall population, Indigenous women are three times more likely to be victims of violence, and those violent situations are eight times more likely to end in homicide.

Violence against Indigenous women exists for a variety of reasons, including patriarchal and discriminatory legislation implemented by past governments – leading to historical and ongoing oppression – residential schools, and systemic racism and sexism.

The Minister’s Advisory Council on Indigenous Women (MACIW):

The Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation created the MACIW in June 2011 to provide advice to the Government of British Columbia on how to improve the quality of life of Indigenous women across BC. Additional information, including the MACIW’s Guiding Principles and the Terms of Reference is available at About MACIW.

There are many strong, courageous individuals and organizations that work diligently to stop violence against women and girls. To add to these efforts, the MACIW launched Giving Voice in 2013 a project that “gives voice” to issues of violence within their lives, families, and communities. Giving Voice community-led projects provide opportunities for healing that aim to stop violence by changing behaviours and attitudes and mobilizing communities.

For more information about Giving Voice go to the Giving Voice Video and the Giving Voice 2019-20 Year 1 Report

Call for Proposals - Giving Voice 2024-2025:

• Funding for the 2024-2025 Giving Voice Call for Proposals is being made available through a new Canada-British Columbia bilateral agreement as part of the National Gender-Based Violence Action Plan. This initiative is one of several key actions our government is advancing under Safe and Supported: B.C.’s Gender-Based Violence Action Plan.

Application Guidelines	HERE
Online Application	HERE

Highlights:

Up to $30,000 per project is available.

The project is open to applicants from:

• First Nations Government (First Nations Band Council, Tribal Council, or government authority established by a self-government agreement or a comprehensive land claim agreement).
• Indigenous Non-Profit Group (First Nations, Métis, or Inuit; including sports, arts, and other societies).
• Métis Chartered Community
• Indigenous Friendship Centre (associated with the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres).

Important dates:

Proposal deadline closes by midnight on:	June 28, 2024, at 12:00 am (midnight) PST
Applicants notified in:	August 2024
Projects must be completed by	June 30, 2025

To be considered, all applications must:

• Complete an online application that includes a description of your project and a basic budget.
• Successful applicants will be required to complete an online report at the end of their project or by June 30, 2025 (whichever date comes first).
• Giving Voice is intended to be barrier free. For applicants who cannot access the online link to apply and would like a paper application form, or to discuss other options such as an oral or recorded submission, please contact givingvoice@gov.bc.ca no later than June 19, 2024.

For more information contact: givingvoice@gov.bc.ca