Stream 3 – Sport for Social Development in Indigenous Communities deadline Mar 25th, 2024

Stream Three was created in response to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG). Drawn from the MMIWG Calls for Justice, Stream Three has unique social development goals which focus on:

• physical and mental health
• suicide prevention
• sexual trafficking awareness and prevention
• safe and healthy relationships
• sexual positivity (2SLGBTQI+)

Eligible Applicants

To be eligible for Stream Three funding, your organization must be 1 of the following:

• a First Nation or Band Council recognized by the Government of Canada
• a Tribal Council recognized by registered First Nation Bands
• an Inuit community as recognized by the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, and other recognized provincial/territorial/federal agreements with Inuit populations
• a Métis Nation or government recognized by the Government of Canada
• a representative not-for-profit organization who is Indigenous-owned and/or Indigenous-operated (51% + Indigenous shareholders and/or staff) and who primarily serve Indigenous women, girls and/or 2SLGBTQI+ peoples, in other words, have a mandate to provide services, programs or lobbying for Section 35 rights holders (First Nations, Métis, Inuit) and urban and non-status women, girls and/or 2SLGBTQI+ peoples

Eligible Projects

To be eligible for SSDIC Stream Three funding, your project must:

• Propose activities that create opportunities for Indigenous women, girls, and/or 2SLGBTQI+ people,
• including Indigenous people with a disability, to participate in culturally relevant sport or physical
• activity and which address one or more of the following social development goals drawn from the Calls for Justice:
• physical and mental health;
• suicide prevention;
• sexual trafficking awareness and prevention;
• safe and healthy relationships;
• sexual positivity (2SLGBTQI+).
• Address the needs identified by participants and communities being served.
• Invite Indigenous knowledge and experience to guide approaches taken to dealing with MMIWG
• issues.
• Be designed in a way that allows for demonstrated improvement of the health and well-being of
• participants.
• Propose activities occurring between April 1, 2024, and March 31, 2026.

Funding

• Up to $249,999

Deadline

• March 25, 2024, by 11:59pm EDT

Apply here