2018–2019 Supplementary information tables

Reduce greenhouse gas emissions from federal government buildings and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030, with an aspiration to achieve it by 2025

Improve the energy efficiency of our buildings/operations^{Footnote *}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Modernize our fleet^{Footnote *}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Support the transition to a low-carbon economy through green procurement

Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls

12.7

Performance indicator: Percentage of contracts that include a green procurement clause.

Starting point: Baseline: 35% (2018). The Department uses PSPC standing offers for most of its procurement needs. The Department will continue to update its templates to include green procurement clauses in all contracts.

Target: 100% by March 31, 2020

100%. A green procurement clause is included in all departmental procurement templates and applied to all relevant contracts.

Ensure that decision‑makers have the necessary training and awareness to support green procurement

Performance indicator: Percentage of designated specialists that have completed the training.

Starting point: On March 31, 2018, 66% of designated specialists had completed the necessary training to support green procurement.

Target: 100% by March 31, 2020

100%. All designated specialists had completed their green procurement training as of March 31, 2019.

Ensure key officials contribute to, and support the Government of Canada Policy on Green Procurement objectives.

Performance indicator: Percentage of designated managers whose performance evaluation includes support for the Government of Canada Policy on Green Procurement.

Starting point: 100% (March 2018)

Target: 100% by March 2020

Result not available for 2018–19. The designated managers included in this calculation left the department over the reporting period and their replacements were not in position until 2019–20.

Demonstrate innovative technologies^{Footnote *}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Promote sustainable travel practices^{Footnote *}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Understand climate change impacts and build resilience^{Footnote *}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Improve transparency and accountability ^{Footnote †}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Develop policy for low‑carbon government^{Footnote †}

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

1973

Ongoing

Grants and Contributions

Appropriation annually through Estimates

2017–18

Community Action and Innovation

The Women’s Program supports action and innovation by investing in initiatives that work to bring about equality between women and men. The Program provides grant and contribution funding to Canadian organizations to support action that will lead to equality across Canada. Funded projects occur at the national, regional, and local levels and work to help create conditions for success for women in Canada.

The Program facilitates collaboration and networking, develops partnerships to address horizontal issues impacting women and girls, shares knowledge and assists organizations working to advance women’s equality to gain access to expertise, resources and tools. The Program does not have repayable contributions.

In 2018–19, the Women’s Program worked to advance equality for women by investing almost $25 million in 344 new and ongoing projects at the local, regional and national levels.

Over the reporting period, 73 previously funded projects were completed. These included:

• 48 projects to end violence against women
• 14 projects to improve women's economic security and prosperity
• 11 projects to encourage women in leadership and decision-making roles

Projects specifically supporting Indigenous women and girls made up 27% of the closed projects in 2018–2019. Of the 73 projects, 69% of organizations were located in urban settings, 26% were in more rural communities, and 5% in remote areas.

These funded projects developed and implemented concrete solutions to the systemic barriers faced by women, including by:

• creating new advisory committees, community consultations and skill-development workshops within the economic development sector to ensure equitable representation of women on boards of directors and steering committees;
• working with stakeholders to raise awareness on the impact of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the workplace, which influenced new provincial legislation adopted in Saskatchewan that grants unpaid leave to survivors of IPV; and
• enhancing coordination between service providers through effective protocols, management strategies, and increased screening rates to improve access to supports for survivors of GBV, including Indigenous women and girls.

An analysis of all closed projects indicated that:

• 97% of projects reported that the Department’s investment resulted in access to new supports to address issues relating to equality between women and men. Types of supports included the development of toolkits for key stakeholders, community action plans, needs assessments, coordinated community response models for GBV, and mentorship models for advancing women in leadership positions.
• 98% of projects reported that the Department’s investment resulted in new opportunities for the organizations, including establishing diverse and cross-sectoral partnerships to advance equality through the creation of advisory committees, communities of practices, youth-focused forums and activities, and national and regional roundtables. New partnerships were fostered with women’s organizations, Indigenous organizations, non-profit community organizations, front-line service providers, and various levels of government. In addition, many projects established long-term partnerships with the private sector and academic institutions to further their project goals.

Beyond funding provided by the Department, organizations identified a number of factors that led to the success of their projects. These included: successful and sustainable partnerships, engagement of stakeholders within key sectors and policy levels, grassroots models of community engagement within projects, and feminist or intersectional approaches to their work.

Working in Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls

The Department further analysed project results for 15 closed projects funded under the call for proposal: Working in Partnership to End Violence Against Women and Girls. These particular projects formed and strengthened strategic partnerships with a range of stakeholders to develop coordinated community response models to address violence against women. These partners included community organizations, front line service providers, health services, local women, local and provincial governments, and police services. Collaborative efforts to create a systemic response to violence against women led to knowledge and resource sharing between these project partners, and the development of various tools, guides and resources adapted to the needs of key stakeholders (for example, resource manuals for violence prevention services, youth curriculum on the importance of dignity for violence survivors, and resources supporting trauma-informed care). This has broadened understanding among stakeholders of the specific issues relating to violence against diverse groups of women and better equipped service providers to support survivors.

Funded projects adopted various strategies to enhance and improve coordination of service responses for survivors, including inter-agency referral and response protocols for intimate partner violence, common language and screening tools for service providers, and formalized agreements between stakeholders to support ongoing and sustainable collaboration. Collaborative action in different communities also provided space for inclusive and intersectional strategies to be developed by a number of projects, including culturally-specific protocols, tools and resources to address the specific barriers and needs of diverse groups of women impacted by violence (for example, Indigenous women and girls, Inuit women and children, and immigrant and cultural minority women).

Increasing Economic Prosperity for Women

The Department further analysed project results for 10 closed projects specifically focused on enabling women’s entrepreneurship. The projects engaged a range of stakeholders in strategic partnerships to identify and respond to barriers faced by women entrepreneurs, such as access to financing, small economies in rural and remote regions, or barriers experienced by Indigenous and immigrant women entrepreneurs in a variety of sectors. Stakeholders included women entrepreneurs, private sector organizations, community, professional and business associations, educational institutions, and local public sector and not-for-profit organizations.

Through funded projects, stakeholders worked collaboratively to develop tools for women and other stakeholders to improve women entrepreneurs’ access to resources and supports in starting and growing their businesses. These included context-specific toolkits for Indigenous women in non-traditional trades, mentoring and leadership development opportunities, and the creation of broader scale women’s networks such as the Aboriginal Women in Health and Science network, made up of women interested in mentoring others pursuing careers in health science. Across many projects, the inclusion of women entrepreneurs in developing tools and resources was a common success factor. Beyond these outcomes, the projects created new networks of women leaders and development partners, leading to learning between partners and further plans for coordinated action.

Several projects also engaged with stakeholders that provide business supports, like community/business associations and financial institutions, to address gender-unequal practices and other identified barriers to women’s entrepreneurial success. These projects spurred these organizations’ reassessment of policies to address systemic barriers to equitable representation on boards and steering committees. Promising practices were also identified to increase the long-term sustainability and success of these and future projects, which will enable stakeholders to better support women entrepreneurs.

Not applicable

The most recent evaluation of the Women’s Program was completed in 2017–18. The evaluation concluded that there is a continued need for the Women’s Program to address gender inequality and the Program remains relevant and distinguished through its focus on systemic change, with its investments successfully increasing access to supports and opportunities to women and communities.

The evaluation recommendations and Management Response Action Plan for the Women’s Program focused on: improving program understanding and expectations of systemic change, increasing focus on knowledge translation and dissemination, and building the capacity of funding recipients throughout the lifecycle to optimize their approach and efforts to achieve systemic change.

The next evaluation of the Women’s Program is planned to be completed in 2022–23.

The Women’s Program continued to develop tools and supports to better connect and engage recipients. For the 2018–19 Capacity-Building call for proposals, the Women’s Program developed a simplified application form and supporting materials and organized information sessions for potential applicants. Regional offices also work to connect and support organizations’ capacity building in various ways. For instance, some offices engaged a number of funded organizations by hosting face-to-face or remote meetings in order to share thematic knowledge and facilitate networking.

$15,360,000

12,071,644

$7,208,871

$8,597,317

$8,597,317

$1,388,446

$5,120,000

$8,758,356

$4,543,727

$5,424,883

$5,418,860

$875,133

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$20,480,000

$20,830,000

$11,752,598

$14,022,200

$14,016,177

$2,263,579

$0

$0

$4,957,885

$5,912,785

$5,912,785

$954,900

$0

$0

$3,469,517

$4,137,754

$4,137,754

$668,237

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$8,427,402

$10,050,539

$10,050,539

$1,623,137

$20,480,000

$20,830,000

$20,180,000

$24,072,739

$24,066,716

$3,886,716

2017–18

Ongoing

Grants and Contributions

Appropriation annually through Estimates

2017–18

Community Action and Innovation

The Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Program takes action under the second pillar of “It's Time: Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence” which is "support for survivors and their families." The GBV Program is population-specific, and its objective is to support organizations working in the GBV sector in developing and implementing promising practices to address gaps in supports for Indigenous and underserved groups of survivors in Canada.

Funding is provided to eligible organizations in support of projects at the local, regional and national levels, and is available for time-specific projects that address gaps in supports for specific groups of survivors. These groups include Indigenous women and their communities, as well as other underserved populations, such as: children and youth; racialized women; LGBTQ2 persons; non-status/refugee/immigrant women; seniors; women living in an official language minority community; women living in northern, rural and remote communities; and women living with a disability.

The GBV Program’s first call for concepts on Promising Practices to Support Survivors and Their Families closed in March 2018. In the first year of funding, 56 grants of up to $30,000 were provided to successful applicants to develop their concepts into full project proposals.

By March 31, 2019, 33 organizations had received full project funding and have initiated projects to develop promising practices to address gaps in support for survivors of GBV across Canada.

Data on program performance indicators is expected to be available beginning in 2020–21.

Not applicable

Not applicable, new program. The next evaluation is planned to be completed in 2020–21^{Footnote *}.  

In 2018–19, the GBV Program provided direct support to successful applicant organizations in the development of full project proposals, and will continue to provide ongoing support to recipient organizations during project implementation. 

GBA+ is embedded in all of WAGE’s activities and is a central component for the organization’s entire workforce. However, WAGE’s GBA+ Implementation Team has 10 FTEs that were specifically dedicated to GBA+ implementation in 2018–19, including the departmental GBA+ Champion.

GBA+ is a fundamental consideration in all initiatives undertaken by WAGE and is embedded in all branches: Policy and External Relations; Communications and Public Affairs; Program Operations; Research, Results and Delivery; and Internal Services. In 2018–19, WAGE applied and monitored GBA+ in the following major initiatives:

Gender mainstreaming of Canada’s 2018 G7 Presidency:

With Canada hosting the G7 in 2018, WAGE worked with other federal departments and their G7 partners to ensure gender equality was front and center. One of the five key themes of Canada’s 2018 G7 presidency was advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. In its role as president, Canada created the Gender Equality Advisory Council with the mandate to promote a transformative G7 agenda and ensure that gender equality and gender-based plus analysis were integrated across all activities and outcomes. After the G7 summit, the Council launched its report, Make Gender Inequality History, proposing concrete recommendations for G7 action. In collaboration with Global Affairs Canada, WAGE supported the integration of GBA+ through all ministerial meetings and the 2018 G7 Leaders’ Summit. The G7 Presidency concluded with a number of Charlevoix commitments, each of which taking GBA+ into consideration when making their recommendations. At the Summit, Canada, the European Union, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the World Bank announced an investment of nearly $3.8 billion in support of quality education for women and girls living in crisis and conflict-affected and fragile states. Canada announced $400 million towards this initiative.

Gender-based Analysis Plus Forum:

In November 2018, WAGE held the first-ever GBA+ Forum. This event brought together more than 1,000 in-person and online participants from all levels of government, the private sector, civil society, think tanks, academia and research institutions from across Canada, and international stakeholders to engage in a dialogue on how to improve the effectiveness of GBA+. The forum provided valuable guidance on how WAGE can strengthen analytical capacity across Canada and support learning and innovation through the sharing of results and best practices. In fact, results from a post-event survey suggest that 75% of Forum participants felt the event raised their awareness of GBA+ and almost 90% suggested the Forum assisted in identifying opportunities to improve GBA+. A report summarizing input from participants will be released in fall 2019.

GBA+:

The Minister for Women and Gender Equality was mandated to collaborate with central agencies to ensure that GBA+ is effectively integrated into policy-making across government. Over the reporting period, WAGE collaborated with central agencies to support the comprehensive incorporation of GBA+ considerations in Cabinet documents and Treasury Board submissions, as well as in government consultations, budgeting, reporting, and evaluation. As a result of ongoing efforts, GBA+ is currently required in all Memoranda to Cabinet, Treasury Board submissions, and budget proposals. Federal organizations are expected to include a gender and diversity lens in their evaluations, public engagements, and consultations, as well as Departmental Plans and Departmental Results Reports. In Budget 2018, GBA+ was performed for every single budget measure and GBA+ information was included for the main budget measures. Budget 2019 moved even further, reflecting concerted efforts to incorporate GBA+ in the policy development process and provide a comprehensive summary of GBA+ analyses on budget items in the Gender Report. In December 2018, the government also passed the Canadian Gender Budgeting Act to ensure that the federal government’s budgetary and financial management decisions consider gender equality and diversity, and that GBA+ is incorporated into all budgets.

Gender Results Framework:

Budget 2018 introduced the Gender Results Framework, which represents the Government of Canada’s vision for gender equality. This whole-of-government tool supports the application of robust GBA+ to programs and policies by providing tangible methods to track how Canada is currently performing, defining what is needed to achieve greater equality, and determining how progress will be measured. To complement the tabling of Budget 2019, WAGE developed the Gender Results Framework Portal, an up-to-date source of data and research relevant to the Framework’s indicators.

Evidence-Based Policy Initiative:

Through Budget 2018, WAGE received $5 million per year in ongoing funding to support Evidence-Based Policy through enhanced research and data collection, impact measurement, and evaluation. The Evidence-Based Policy initiative is focused on strengthening research and data collection, interdepartmental outreach and policy coordination, and government-wide monitoring and reporting, and supports systematic and rigorous Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) and evidence-based policy across the federal government. GBA+ considerations are at the heart of this initiative, which aims to develop an evidence-based strategic approach to promoting gender equality. The GBA+ for this initiative helped to identify diverse processes and mechanisms to generate, collect and share data disaggregated by intersecting identify factors in way that would meet the needs of diverse knowledge users. It also helped to identify key priorities for research and data collection.

Capacity-Building Call For Proposals:

Budget 2018 included a $100 million investment over five years, through the Women’s Program, to support women’s organizations to ensure a strong, sustainable women’s movement. The Capacity-Building call for proposals (CFP) was launched in fall 2018 and aims to increase organizational capacity and help organizations work collectively to address gender equality issues. The CFP responds to feedback received from women’s organizations on the numerous challenges they are facing in accessing funding to support the important work they do, and in addressing longer term organizational needs required to fulfil their mandates. WAGE took a GBA+ approach in the design, implementation, and assessment of its CFP to ensure that gender and diversity considerations were incorporated throughout the process. In the assessment phases, consideration was given to factors such as geographic and population group representation, sector needs, official languages requirements, and coverage of the Department’s priority areas.

Developing a Strategy to Engage Men and Boys in Gender Equality:

Budget 2018 announced an investment of $1.8 million over two years to inform the scope and focus of a federal strategy on engaging men and boys to advance gender equality and inclusion, and identify areas where innovative solutions can address gaps in supports and better engage men and boys across social, political and economic spheres, touching on each of the Gender Results Framework goals. Over the summer of 2018, roundtables were held across the country to inform the development of a federal strategy. These were complemented by thematic roundtables which focused on issues related to young Canadians, Workplaces, LGBTQ2 communities, racialized and newcomer communities, faith-based communities, and Indigenous peoples. Roundtables reached over 200 stakeholders and supported an enhanced dialogue that recognized men and boys intersectional gendered identities and moves towards an inclusive approach to gender equality. These roundtables helped ensure that a diversity of voices was included at all levels of engagement. Roundtable discussions highlighted that there is no one size fits all approach to engaging men and boys, but rather the work needs to be flexible, recognizing and acknowledging the intricacy of identity. Findings were summarized in a What We Heard Report, which was released on August 16, 2019

National Conversations with Young Canadians:

Budget 2018 provided $7.2 million over five years for WAGE to lead a National Conversation on Gender Equality with Young Canadians. The purpose of the initiative was to co-develop, with youth, a strategy to engage young Canadians in dialogue on the meaning of gender equality and to take action to support an inclusive society. The initiative includes an Indigenous-led stream co-developed between Indigenous youth and Indigenous organizations. GBA+ was used to ensure that an intersectional method was taken in the initiative’s design and its implementation to date. GBA+ ensured that preliminary engagements with civil society organizations and stakeholders were inclusive and representative of the diverse youth in Canada. The impact of GBA+ will be monitored in accordance with the extent to which the initiative meets its diversity objectives.

Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence:

Funding for It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence was approved in November 2017. The 2018–19 fiscal year was the Strategy’s first full year of implementation. All of WAGE’s funded initiatives under the Strategy will consider GBA+ during their development and implementation. In 2018–19, these initiatives included the following:

1. Gender-Based Violence Program

The Gender-Based Violence Program is population-specific, and its objective is to support organizations working in the GBV sector in developing and implementing promising practices to address gaps in supports for Indigenous and underserved groups of survivors in Canada, such as those who are more at risk of GBV and/or who are facing barriers to accessing services. An External Review Committee (ERC) made of stakeholders from other federal departments and from diverse backgrounds (in other words, Indigenous people, racialized women) was established to support WAGE in the assessment of concepts received through the first GBV Program Call for Concepts, launched in January 2018. The ERC ensured that diverse perspectives were applied when reviewing concepts submitted to the GBV Program. By the end of fiscal year 2018–19, 33 GBV projects were underway and another 20 to 25 projects were expected to start early in 2019–20. The projects are supporting a range of underserved groups of survivors, including Indigenous women and their communities, women living with a disability, non-status/refugee/immigrant women, the LGBTQ2 community and gender-non-binary people, and women living in northern, rural and remote communities.

2. GBV Research

GBV Research seeks to build knowledge in view of developing evidence-based policies, programs and initiatives to prevent and address GBV. WAGE’s research activities incorporate a GBA+ perspective at all stages of the research cycle, from the framing of research questions, to gathering data, conducting analysis, and disseminating results.

To fill knowledge gaps on GBV, WAGE and Statistics Canada collaborated on the development of three national surveys to establish baselines of the prevalence of different forms of GBV within different populations, provide a deeper understanding of GBV in Canada, and measure tangible progress towards preventing and addressing GBV over time. These surveys allow Canada to monitor progress over time, and analysis of these data in reports and publications will contribute to evidence-based decision making. Applying a GBA+ lens to the development of the surveys and the data analysis plan data has resulted in many benefits. These include taking into account different lived experiences of GBV among diverse populations, better identification of marginalized populations, and aiding to identify limitations in methodology where it was decided that a separate initiative would have to be undertaken to collect information among given populations. The surveys will enhance the availability of data to inform GBA+ in public policy.

• Data collection for the Survey on Safety in Public and Private Spaces was launched and completed in 2018–19 and results will be released in the fall 2019.
• Data collection for the Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population, which examines sexual victimization and harassment among post-secondary students, occurred in the provinces between February and June 2019. Results are expected in 2019–20.
• Development of a survey on sexual misconduct in the workplace also began during the fiscal year and will be launched in 2019–20, with data expected to be released in 2020–21.

In addition, WAGE funded research projects to address specific research needs related to engaging men in advancing gender equality, and understanding female genital mutilation/cutting in the Canadian context. To address a broader range of issues, a call was also launched for research proposals related to gender equality and GBV, including a specific interest in Indigenous-led and co-created research to help address needs identified by Indigenous communities. These projects will provide new data and analysis on subpopulations to further inform GBA+.

3. GBV Knowledge Centre’s Online Platform

In December 2018, WAGE launched the GBV Knowledge Centre’s online platform, a searchable online tool that shares existing federal resources, research, data, information on funded projects and promising practices to enable more coordinated action to address GBV. Over the reporting period, a GBA+ lens was applied to establish inclusion criteria for the addition of federal and provincial resources on GBV. This will help ensure that inclusive and comprehensive information is made available for all populations at risk of experiencing GBV.

WAGE’s programs do not provide services or benefits to individual Canadians. As a result, there is no individual recipient microdata information to report.

It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence

Women and Gender Equality Canada^{Table note 1}

Department of National Defence; Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada; Public Health Agency of Canada; Public Safety Canada; Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Not applicable

November 23, 2017

Ongoing

It’s Time: Canada’s Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence (the Strategy) is the Government of Canada’s response to Gender-Based Violence (GBV). Its initiatives are organized across three pillars: preventing Gender-Based Violence; supporting survivors and their families; and promoting responsive legal and justice systems. The Strategy builds on existing federal initiatives and aligns with provincial and territorial efforts, enabling enhanced collaboration. Women and Gender Equality Canada ensures the overall coordination of the Strategy.

The Government of Canada will have invested over $200 million between 2017–18 and 2022–23, and over $40 million per year ongoing starting in 2023–24, to launch and expand the Strategy. Funds allocated in 2017–18 included $100.9 million over five years, and $20.7 million per year ongoing, to support the implementation of the GBV Strategy. Additional funds allocated in 2018–19 provided $97.5 million over five years, starting in 2018–19, and $22 million per year ongoing, to expand the Strategy. Overall, the Strategy will advance shared outcomes through the following actions, to be undertaken by the six partner departments :

• Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE) received funding to establish the GBV Knowledge Centre, enhance data collection and research on GBV, launch an awareness initiative to engage youth in a national dialogue on GBV, fund the development and implementation of promising practices that support underserved survivors through the GBV Program, and work with stakeholders to develop and implement a framework to prevent and address GBV at post-secondary institutions (PSIs);
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) received funding to support the implementation and testing of programs to prevent child maltreatment and teen/youth dating violence, and to support the development of training and resources for health and allied professionals about GBV, trauma-informed care, and safety planning;
• Public Safety Canada (PS) received funding to enhance efforts to address online child exploitation and develop preventative bullying and cyberbullying initiatives;
• Department of National Defence (DND) received funding to enhance Family Crisis Teams and provide support to sexual assault centres in close proximity to Canadian Forces bases to support members of the Canadian Armed Forces and their families affected by violence;
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) received funding to develop training on cultural awareness and humility, and the use of trauma-informed approaches, which will reinforce understanding of survivors' rights, raise awareness of myths pertaining to sexual assaults, and improve capacity across the RCMP to effectively respond to those affected by violence in a gender and culturally sensitive and responsive manner. The RCMP also received funding to enhance their capacity to combat online child sexual exploitation and transnational child sex offenders; and
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) received funding to address GBV through enhancements to the Settlement Program, including developing a coordinated approach, GBV training for settlement workers, and enhanced place based services for clients.

For more information on the Strategy: https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/violence/knowledge-connaissance/strategy-strategie-en.html

A Deputy Heads (DH) Governance Committee composed of all signatory departments and federal entities meets twice a year, or more frequently as needed. It is chaired by the Deputy Minister for Women and Gender Equality. To support the work of the DH Governance Committee, a Director General (DG) Coordinating Committee and a working-level Interdepartmental Coordinating Committee (ICC) have also been established.

The mandate of the ICC is to support the DH and DG committees in their roles to provide strategic oversight to Strategy implementation, ensure regular monitoring and reporting to Canadians on action plan activities and their impacts, ensure coherence and coordination of plan activities, and inform the evaluation and continuous improvement of the Strategy and action plan. The DG Committee and ICC meet quarterly to review progress on the initiative.

In addition, the Minister for Women and Gender Equality formed the Advisory Council on the Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence in June 2016. The Advisory Council serves as a forum to exchange views, promising practices and research on issues related to GBV. The members of the Advisory Council come from a broad range of sectors and areas of expertise to offer guidance and insights related to the development and implementation of the Strategy.

In January 2019, WAGE established the Advisory Committee on the Framework to Prevent and Address GBV at PSIs to provide advice and feedback on the development, consultation and implementation of the Framework.

$219,078,431 from 2017–18 to 2022–23 and $42,700,000 per year ongoing starting in 2023–24.

$38,007,045

$31,036,956

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

Not applicable

2021–22

SO 1. Gender-based violence (GBV) is reduced

1.1 Percentage of population that self-report sexual assault (past 12 months)

1.2 Percentage of population that self-report any form of GBV (in their lifetime)

1.3 Number of women victims of homicide in an intimate relationship context in Canada

1.1.1 The target for this indicator is a decrease against baseline data [3.7%, 2014 General Social Survey (GSS)].

1.2.1 The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20 using results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, expected in fall 2019.The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

1.3.1 The target for this indicator is a decrease against baseline data (57, 2016 Homicide Survey).

1.1.1 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey (GSS) – Victimization, every five years

1.2.1 Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), every five years

1.3.1 Source: Statistics Canada, Homicide survey, annual

1.1.1. Based on the most recent available data, 3.7% of women reported that they experienced sexual assault in the past 12 months (GSS – Victimization 2014). This result is comparable to rates reported in 2004 (3.5%) and 2009 (3.4%).^{Table note 2}

1.2.1. The result for this indicator is not yet available. The baseline will be established in 2019–20 using results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, expected in November 2019.

1.3.1. In 2017, 84% of homicide victims killed by an intimate partner were female (64 of 76 victims). The rate of intimate partner homicide was five times greater for females than for males (0.41 per 100,000 females aged 15 and over versus 0.08 for males aged 15 and over).

SO 2. Those impacted by GBV have improved health and social outcomes.

2.1 Percentage of intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors who report good, very good, or excellent health.

2.2 Percentage of sexual assault survivors reporting social isolation (stay home at night, avoid people and places) as a result of victimization.

2.1.1 The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20 using results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, expected in fall 2019. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

2.2.1 The target for this indicator is a decrease against baseline data (18%, 2014 GSS).

2.1.1 Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), every five years

2.2.1 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey (GSS) – Victimization, every five years

2.1.1. The result for this indicator is not yet available. The baseline will be established in 2019–20 using results from the Survey of Safety in Public and Private Spaces, expected in November 2019.

2.2.1. Based on 2014 results, 18% of sexual assault survivors reported that they stay at home at night because of fear of going out alone (versus 10% for non-victims). However, available data does not include other factors of social isolation and does not specify whether the reported behaviour resulted from an incident of sexual assault. 

Not applicable

Knowledge

ER (Expected Result) 1: Intended audiences, including those involved in the development and delivery of policies and programs, access GBV-related evidence.

PI 1.1: Percentage of survey respondents reporting that they are satisfied with the relevance/usefulness of evidence products.

PI 1.2: Number of distinct Knowledge Centre website sessions.

PI 1.3: Number of product downloads.

PI 1.4: Number of social media shares/retweets of evidence products.

T 1.1: 75% (threshold). The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20.

T 1.2: The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 1.3.1: The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 1.4: The baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

PI 1.1 Source: WAGE, GBV Knowledge Centre, User survey (pop-up survey), annual

PI 1.2 Source: WAGE, GBV Knowledge Centre, Digital Analytics, annual

PI 1.3 Source: WAGE, GBV Knowledge Centre, Digital Analytics, annual

PI 1.4 Source: WAGE, GBV Knowledge Centre, Digital Analytics, annual

ER 3: Intended audiences, including those involved in the development and delivery of policies and programs, use/apply GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.

PI 3.1: Percentage of survey respondents reporting that they use the evidence products in their work.

PI 3.2: Nature of policy and/or program change.

T 3.1: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 3.2: This indicator is qualitative in nature. As a result, targets are not applicable.

PI 3.1 Source: WAGE, GBV Knowledge Centre, Participant Surveys, annual

PI 3.2 Source: WAGE, Case studies to provide qualitative insights of impact on nature of policy and/or program change, annual

ER 6: Those impacted by or at risk of GBV, including survivors, are better supported across the justice and social sectors.

PI 6.1: Percentage of survivors of GBV that meets the Criminal Code threshold who reported incident to police.

T 6.1: The target for this indicator is an increase against baseline data (5%, 2014 GSS).

PI 6.1 Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey (GSS) – Victimization, every five years

The Strategy includes initiatives aimed at addressing knowledge gaps and mobilizing knowledge in order to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of GBV and its impacts. It is anticipated that increasing access to GBV-related knowledge will serve to advance GBV programming and policies, which will in turn result in improved GBV supports over time.

To date, the main activities supporting the Strategy’s Knowledge theme have included implementing the GBV Knowledge Centre’s coordination role, establishing the Strategy’s governance structure, undertaking research, analysis and data collection, and launching the GBV Knowledge Centre’s online platform.

The new online platform brings multiple sources together into a single platform to support evidence-based decision-making. The GBV KC focuses on sharing responsive and useful knowledge products with service providers, researchers, non-governmental organizations, Indigenous organizations, and federal, provincial, and territorial governments. Since the launch of the online platform, thousands of viewers have been accessing reliable GBV-evidence. While the digital analytic baselines for the GBV Knowledge Centre’s online platform are being set this year, qualitative feedback from knowledge donors and users has been positive, with continued refinements and additions being made to the online platform on a regular basis. Initial results from December 10, 2018, when the platform was publicly launched, to March 31, 2019, indicate that there was a total of 3,627 Knowledge Centre website sessions^{Table note 3}.

While medium-term results for this theme will not be available until 2021–22, it is expected that increasing access to GBV information will lead to increased use of evidence by various audiences to develop policies and programs that help to address GBV. It is anticipated that this will help increase service providers’ capacity to meet the diverse needs of survivors, and will contribute to the Strategy’s long-term outcome − better GBV supports across the justice and social sector over time.

Intervention

ER 1: Intended audiences, including those involved in the development and delivery of policies and programs, access GBV-related evidence.

PI 1.3: Number of product downloads.

PI 1.5: Number of downloads of the framework to prevent and address GBV at post-secondary institutions.

PI 1.6: Number of page views for tools/resources developed.

T 1.3.2: The target and baseline for this indicator will be established in 2019-20 (PS produced research documents).

T 1.5: This is a new indicator. The baseline and target for this indicator are expected to be set in 2020–21.

T 1.6: This is a new indicator. The baseline and target for this indicator are expected to be set in 2020–21.

PI 1.3 Source: PS, Digital Analytics, annual

PI 1.5 Source: WAGE, Digital Analytics, platform TBD, annual

PI 1.6 Source: WAGE, Digital analytics, platform TBD, annual

ER 2: Intervention, programming and training participants access GBV-related information, training, support.

PI 2.1: Percentage of awareness activity participants who report improved awareness of key messages.

PI 2.2: Percentage of RCMP employees who complete training and report having enhanced knowledge and skills related to addressing GBV.

PI 2.3: Percentage of settlement workers who receive interventions that report increased knowledge of GBV and awareness of available services.

PI 2.4: Number and type of stakeholders participating in the development of the framework.

PI 2.5: Percentage of total investigative packages completed by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre (NCECC) that are sent to law enforcement agencies of jurisdiction within the specified service standard.

PI 2.6: Number of funding agreements signed with recipients to enhance services to Defence Team members (CAF members, DND civilian employees, CAF family members, and Cadets) as per Terms and Conditions.

T 2.1.0: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established (shared indicator).

T 2.2: 80%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2020–21 after training is piloted.

T 2.3: 70% of settlement workers who receive interventions. The baseline for this target will be set in 2019–20.

T 2.4: This is a new indicator. The baseline and target for this indicator will be set in 2019–20.

T 2.5: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 2.6: 10 per year. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2021–22.

PI 2.1 Source: WAGE/DND/PS, Project reports/participant surveys, annual.

PI 2.2 Source: RCMP, Self-assessment questionnaire, annual.

PI 2.3 Source: IRCC, Project reports/departmental reports, annual.

PI 2.4 Source: WAGE, Project reports, annual.

PI 2.5 Source: RCMP, Internal statistics captured by the NCECC, annual

PI 2.6 Source: DND, Funding agreements under DND terms and conditions, annual.

ER 3: Intended audiences, including those involved in the development and delivery of policies and programs, use/apply GBV-related evidence in their policy and programming work.

PI 3.3: Percentage of community of practice members who report integrating GBA+-related and GBV-related evidence generated by the Program into their policy and programming work.

PI 3.4: Percentage of effective interventions that continue to be delivered after the initial funding period.

PI 3.5: Percentage of investigators who report using/applying GBV-related evidence/knowledge in sexual assault cases.

T 3.3: 100%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2023–24, after the first funding cycle.

T 3.4: 50%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2023–24, after the first funding cycle.

T 3.5: 80%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20.

PI 3.3 Source: WAGE, Project reports, project-end interview, annual

PI 3.4 Source: PHAC, Project reports, project-end interview, annual

PI 3.5 Source: RCMP, Post-training survey (data collection to begin once training is implemented), annual

ER 4: Intervention participants, including service providers, survivors and those at risk of experiencing or perpetrating GBV, use/apply knowledge or support to adapt their attitudes and behaviours related to GBV.

PI 4.1: Percentage of intervention/training participants who report using/applying knowledge in their work or lives.

PI 4.2: Percentage of intervention participants who report using/applying knowledge or support to adapt their attitudes and/or behaviours related to GBV.

PI 4.3 Percentage of intervention participants who report using/applying knowledge or resources to adapt their policies and practices.

T 4.1.0: 70%

T 4.2.0: 70%

T 4.3: 70%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2023–24, after the first funding cycle.

PI 4.1 Source: WAGE, DND, RCMP, and IRCC, Project files, Participant surveys GBV funding program performance indicators, annual

PI 4.2 Source: IRCC, PHAC, and PS, Project reports, Participant surveys, annual

PI 4.3 Source: PHAC, Project reports, annual

ER 5: Social norms, attitudes and behaviours that contribute to GBV are changed.

PI 5.1: Percentage of respondents reporting agreement with attitude and behaviour statements that contribute to GBV.

PI 5.2: Percentage of population who report non-physical inappropriate sexual behaviour in public spaces (leering, verbal harassment, gestures).

T 5.1: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target (decrease) for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 5.2: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target (decrease) for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

PI 5.1 Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Safety in Public and Private Spaces (SSPPS), every five years

PI 5.2 Source: Statistics Canada, SSPPS, every five years

ER 6: Those impacted by or at risk of GBV, including survivors, are better supported across the justice and social sectors.

PI 6.2: Percentage of Indigenous stakeholders who agree that cultural competency and trauma-informed GBV training has improved the services provided by the RCMP.

PI 6.3: Percentage of CAF members and families who report satisfaction with Family Crisis Team programs and services.

PI 6.4: Percentage of compliance of hosting providers to take down notices.

PI 6.5: Percentage of CAF members and families who report satisfactory experiences with services provided by not-for-profit sexual assault centres in communities.

PI 6.6: Percentage increase of Canadian victims of online child sexual exploitation identified and uploaded to Interpol’s International Child Sexual Exploitation Database (ICSE DB).

PI 6.7: Percentage of cases of sexual assault reported by self-identified victims of sexual assault.

PI 6.8: Number of supported sexual assault centres reporting compliance with Terms and Conditions and Funding agreements.

T 6.2: 80%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2020–21, after the training is piloted.

T 6.3: 70%. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2020–21.

T 6.4: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20, once a new agreement (including new data to be collected) is signed with the recipient organization. The target (annual percentage increase) for this indicator will be set once the baseline has been established.

T 6.5: 70% of those who access care programs or services. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2020–21.

T 6.6: 10% increase annually. The baseline will be the number of victims identified and uploaded to Interpol’s ICSE DB in 2018–19.

T 6.7: The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2019–20. The target for this indicator will be set by March 31, 2020.

T 6.8: 10 per year. The baseline for this indicator will be set in 2021–22.

PI 6.2 Source: RCMP, Indigenous stakeholder survey, annual

PI 6.3 Source: DND, Canadian Forces Health Lifestyle Information Survey Annual; Quality of Life Survey, every three years; and Community Needs Assessment Survey, every three years

PI 6.4 Source: PS, Program files, annual

PI 6.5 Source: DND, Your Say Survey, annual

PI 6.6: Source: RCMP, Interpol Database statistic and RCMP internal statistics, annual

PI 6.7: Source: RCMP, Various records management system in use, (in other words, PROS, PRIME, VERSADEX) if a complainant is the victim; Reporting groups, annual

PI 6.8 Source: DND, Funding agreements under DND Terms and Conditions in support of Sexual Assault Centres in Canada program, annual

This theme is comprised of initiatives that focus on measures to prevent and address GBV. The realities of those who have experienced GBV highlight the need for improved supports as well as the importance of providing tailored services to diverse populations who have experienced GBV. Over time, it is anticipated that these measures will result in enhanced supports for GBV survivors that meet the diverse needs of survivors, which are essential for reducing GBV and improving the health and social outcomes of those impacted by GBV.

Results achieved to date against the Strategy’s short-term outcomes focus on access to GBV evidence, as well as training, awareness and supports for intervention participants. This has included:

• Prevention:
  • Organizations received funding to help build the evidence base of “what works” in the prevention of child maltreatment and to support projects focused on preventing teen and youth dating violence
  • The Preventing Bullying and Cyberbullying initiative was launched and a public opinion research survey with parents and youth was conducted
• Support to survivors and their families:
  • Organizations working in the GBV sector received funding to develop and implement promising practices to address gaps in supports for Indigenous women and other underserved survivors in Canada
  • Funding to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) was increased to expand its capacity to reduce the online availability of child sexual abuse material and break the cycle of abuse, and develop a Victim Support Strategy
  • Key resources (for example, videos, guides) were developed for settlement workers and prevention programming was provided within the settlement sector across Canada
  • Family Crisis Teams that support members of the Canadian Armed Forces received training on responding to GBV and accessing supports and services
• Promoting responsive legal and justice systems:
  • The National Child Exploitation Crime Centre received increased funding to build its investigative capacity to combat child sexual exploitation and transnational child sex offenders
  • The Sexual Assault Review Team completed a review of over 30,000 sexual assault case files. Lessons from this review will be used to strengthen police training and awareness, investigative accountability, victim support, public education and communication

The Performance highlights section below outlines more detailed results for each of the Strategy’s funded partners and activities.

Since 2017, the Government of Canada has invested over $200 million to launch and expand the GBV Strategy. In 2017–18, $100.9 million over five years and $20.7 million per year ongoing were allocated to launch the Strategy. In 2018–19, additional funds of $97.5 million over five years and $22 million per year ongoing were allocated to enhance the Strategy. Though work is ongoing, progress has been made towards the shared outcomes of the Strategy. As expansion funding was accessed late in 2018–19, performance highlights presented below mostly reflect activities funded through Budget 2017. In 2018–2019, the following results were achieved by the partner Departments:

• Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE):
  • Knowledge Centre: The GBV Knowledge Centre’s (KC) online platform was unveiled in December 2018. This online tool compiles resources and research into a single platform providing information on federal funding opportunities related to GBV and searchable databases that bring together existing data, evidence, and federal initiatives on GBV. The platform also includes key information and initiatives in provinces and territories, as well as information on resources available for those affected by GBV. In addition, as the focal point of the GBV Strategy, the KC facilitates the alignment of existing federal resources, coordinates new federal initiatives, supports the sharing of research and data, ensures alignment with provincial and territorial strategies, and accounts publicly for results. To this end, the Minister’s Gender-Based Violence Advisory Council met twice during 2018–19 to discuss updates to the initiatives being implemented under the Strategy and to identify persisting gaps. The Deputy Minister’s Indigenous Women’s Circle met this year to specifically discuss GBV and heard from Strategy partners on a variety of initiatives that are of particular interest to Indigenous women, such as human trafficking. The Federal-Provincial-Territorial Forum of Ministers Responsible for the Status of Women met in December 2018 and agreed to continue working collaboratively on issues related to GBV and human trafficking. Furthermore, WAGE continues to lead and/or support various federal working groups related to GBV including: shelters, human trafficking, child sexual exploitation on the Internet, harmful practices, family violence, missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The Interdepartmental Coordination Committee has met regularly to enable a coherent response, and to support accountability.
  • Research: To fill knowledge gaps on GBV, WAGE and Statistics Canada continued collaborating on three national surveys to establish baselines of the prevalence of different forms of GBV within different populations, provide a deeper understanding of GBV in Canada, and measure tangible progress towards preventing and addressing GBV over time. Data collection for the Survey on Safety in Public and Private Spaces was launched and completed in 2018–19 and results will be released in the fall 2019. Data collection for the Survey on Individual Safety in the Postsecondary Student Population, which examines sexual victimization and harassment among post-secondary students, occurred in the provinces between February and June 2019. Results are expected late in 2019–20. WAGE and Statistics Canada also began development of a survey on sexual misconduct in the workplace, which will be launched in 2019–20 with findings anticipated for release in 2020–21. In addition, WAGE funded research projects to address specific research needs related to engaging men in advancing gender equality, and understanding female genital mutilation/cutting in the Canadian context. To address a broader range of issues, a call was also launched for research proposals related to gender equality and GBV, including a specific interest in Indigenous-led and co-created research to help address needs identified by Indigenous communities.
  • Youth Awareness: In 2018–19, WAGE selected technology-facilitated violence as the theme of its awareness campaign. Campaign concepts are being developed and tested, with a launch expected in 2020.
  • GBV Program: By March 31, 2019, 33 organizations had received full project funding through the GBV call for concepts on Promising Practices to Support Survivors and Their Families. Funded projects are testing promising practices to address gaps in supports for survivors, including health, housing, healing, mobility/accessibility, and safety. As part of this initiative, WAGE also provided funding to the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) to lead a project called “Building Leadership Capacity to Address Gender-Based Violence against Non-Status, Refugee, and Immigrant Women across Canada.” The project will test a community advocacy network strategy for non-status, refugee and immigrant (NSRI) women survivors of GBV, service providers, and other civil society leaders. This strategy will build capacity in the community to develop survivor-led, evidence-based solutions to GBV. The project includes a peer champions program that uses education to create leaders and foster connections between NSRI women.
  • Framework to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions: In January 2019, WAGE signed a contribution agreement with Possibility Seeds to develop a Framework Report, with the objective of recommending key actions for PSIs to prevent and address GBV at PSIs, as well as next steps for Framework development. The development of the Framework Report was based on extensive engagement with the Advisory Committee and over 300 diverse stakeholders.
• Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC):
  • Preventing teen and youth dating violence: PHAC provided funding to 21 projects focused on preventing teen and youth dating violence. These projects are developing, delivering and testing diverse programs to promote healthy relationships and prevent dating violence in both school and community settings. As part of this initiative, PHAC is also supporting the Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet) to facilitate a community of practice that will enhance collaboration, build capacity and consolidate learnings across this group of projects.
  • Preventing child maltreatment: To support the prevention of child maltreatment, PHAC has provided funding to McMaster University to lead a project called Promoting Healthy Families “A Canadian Evaluation of Triple P – The Positive Parenting Program.” This project will assess the effectiveness of this popular program and identify any potential gaps. It will focus specifically on the development of healthy family relationships and the prevention of child maltreatment.
  • GBV training and resources: In addition, PHAC provided funding for three projects to support the development of training and resources about GBV, trauma-informed care, and safety planning. These projects are reaching health care providers, coaches, teachers and other professionals to improve their capacity to recognize, prevent and respond to GBV.
• The Department of National Defence distributed funding to 27 Military Family Resource Centres across Canada and abroad, to support military members and their families in the prevention and intervention of GBV. Funding was used for Community symposiums on GBV and family violence, education and support to LGBTQ2 children and youth, workshops on technology safety in a relationship; and the impact of gender stereotypes. In addition, DND held a national training for Family Crisis Team members on responding to sexual assault and family violence calls, understanding the barriers faced by LGBTQ2 individuals when accessing supports and services, engaging men to promote safety and well‑being, and dealing with men’s trauma.
• Public Safety Canada increased funding for the Canadian Centre for Child Protection (C3P) to help it expand Cybertip.ca’s capacity, maintain Project Arachnid, and develop C3P’s Victim Support Strategy. As of March 2019, Project Arachnid has processed over 1.5 billion webpages and over 61 billion images. In addition, Public Safety Canada’s Online Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness initiative is underway, which entails the development of five prevention workshops directed at children and youth, to raise awareness of online child sexual exploitation. Public Safety also began implementing activities aimed at preventing and addressing bullying and cyberbullying^{Table note 4}. A public opinion research survey was conducted with parents and youth and two research reports are in development. The research reports will provide: 1) a comprehensive scan of programs designed to address cyberbullying; and 2) a comprehensive literature review of recent advances in cyberbullying research. In addition, ‘cyberbullying’ was included as a priority issue in Public Safety Canada’s 2018 Call for Applications under the National Crime Prevention Strategy. Community-based intervention projects are currently in development and will be implemented in 2019–20.
• The Royal Canadian Mounted Policy (RCMP):
  • Sexual Assault Review Team: The RCMP previously received additional funding to expand the RCMP Sexual Assault Review Team (SART). The RCMP’s review of over 30,000 sexual assault case files is now complete. The review, as well as consultations with advocates and experts in the field of sexual violence, resulted in key findings that are now guiding the work of the SART. The SART also completed the necessary framework that will allow RCMP Divisions to establish Sexual Assault Investigations Review Committees (SAIRCs); efforts are well underway to establish SAIRCs across the country by the end of 2019.
  • Cultural Awareness and Humility: In 2018-19, the RCMP undertook significant consultations with internal and external subject matter experts, including Indigenous stakeholder, to support the development of the “Cultural Awareness and Humility” and “Using a Trauma-Informed Approach” courses. These courses will be offered to RCMP employees starting in 2019–20. In addition to the development of training, the RCMP provided support for several events and initiatives aligned with the GBV Strategy, which were held at RCMP National Headquarters, the RCMP’s training academy (Depot) and across the Divisions, advancing cultural awareness on human trafficking, sexual exploitation and diversity.
  • Combat online sexual exploitation of children and transnational child sex offenders: Funding for online child sexual exploitation has been implemented to enhance the National Child Exploitation Crime Centre`s operational capacity relating to online child sexual exploitation investigations, including victim identification, as well as to initiate efforts in combatting Canadian transnational sex offenders (TCSOs).
• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada’s Settlement Program distributed funding to organizations to prevent and address GBV. Funding was used to provide GBV awareness and prevention training to over 1,300 settlement workers across Canada to identify and respond appropriately to clients that disclose abuse. Additionally key GBV resources were developed including: an orientation video translated into seven different languages; a place based workshop series for women in rural Manitoba who have or who may be at risk of experiencing violence; a GBV prevention video for teens and young adults; a workshop to engage men and boys to prevent GBV in the Atlantic region; as well as a GBV prevention guide for working with newcomers.

Questions related to the GBV Strategy can be sent to: cfc.finalaviolence-endviolence.swc@cfc-swc.gc.ca