The Government of Canada has announced the launch of a funding opportunity under the Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities program. Through the program’s first and second streams, $8.9 million is available for projects serving First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities across the country in the 2023-2024 fiscal year.
This program supports Indigenous communities in accessing culturally relevant physical activity. Eligible projects must be Indigenous-designed and Indigenous-led and must address community-identified social development goals such as providing alternatives to risky behaviour or improving opportunities for employment and education.
The Government of Canada has launched a call for proposals to address gender-based violence through promising practices and community-based research.
This funding opportunity aims to fund projects that will develop, put in place, and evaluate or scale up promising practices to strengthen the gender-based violence sector. It will also fund research projects that build knowledge to help address the needs of specific groups that are at risk of gender-based violence or are underserved when they experience it.
The Community Services Recovery Fund is a $400 million investment from the Government of Canada to support charities and non-profits as they focus on how to adapt their organizations for pandemic recovery. The Community Services Recovery Fund aims to strengthen the ability of charities and non-profits to deliver services and resources where they will have the most impact.
Community Service Organizations can apply from January 6, 2023, until February 21, 2023. In the meantime, explore the resource section and sign up for a webinar on how to apply.
The Global Health Equity @ Western hub team would like to invite you to create a Blog on the topic of RACIAL JUSTICE AND GLOBAL HEALTH.
Racial Justice is the systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting inequitable opportunities and outcomes for all. Unfortunately, due to racial injustice, many inequities arise and marginalized populations do not have access to the same resources as others making them more vulnerable to negative health outcomes. These include higher chronic disease risk (diabetes & cardiovascular disease), reduced health seeking, higher levels of unhappiness, loneliness, and depression. BInequities for racialized populations in access to health and care have been further underlined during the COVID-19 pandemic, exemplified by inequities in COVID-19 morbidity, mortality and vaccine distribution.
The Global Health Equity @ Western hub goal is to instigate discussion beyond calls for equity, trans-national solidarity and responsibility, to identify actionable interventions and shifts in thinking that can advance racial justice as it pertains to health.
For this year’s Power & Global Health Day with its theme of Racial Justice, you may consider producing a blog about (for example, but not limited to)…
Lived experiences of racial (in)justice
Indigenous Health
Community-based healing and advocacy
Access to Healthcare
Environmental Racism
Microaggressions
Gender inequities
Gender Rights and Health
Culture and Migration Experiences and Policies
Submissions are welcome from the entire Western community as well as external community members. Current students’ Blogs will be submitted to a panel composed of students, faculty, and community representatives, with the most compelling 5 submissions awarded a prize of $100 and featured on the Global Health Equity HUB @Western University
You do not need to be a current member of the Western community to submit. We want to hear from you! All Blogs meeting submission criteria will be featured on Western’s Global Health Equity website.
Blogs will be accepted from now until October 30th at midnight. Winning student submissions will be announced on Thursday November 24th, 2022, at Power & Global Health Day.
Blogs should not exceed 1500 words and should align with the general blog guidelines for the GHE hub which can be found here.
The Global Health Equity @ Western hub looks forward to hearing from our community and holding these important conversations. Please also join at Power and Global Health Day on Thursday, November 24th, 2022
