The funding is provided under the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence, a four-year bilateral agreement government has signed with Women and Gender Equality Canada.
The Indigenous Women’s Reconciliation Council has received $550,000 for violence prevention efforts. The funding is provided under the National Action Plan to End Gender-based Violence, a four-year bilateral agreement government has signed with Women and Gender Equality Canada, resulting in $13.6 million in new funding to invest in violence prevention initiatives throughout the province.