Project Profiles (2022-2026)

Through the Preventing and Addressing Family Violence: The Health Perspective investment (2022–2026), the Public Health Agency of Canada is funding 24 projects that examine trauma‑ and violence‑informed approaches to supporting people who have experienced abuse, as well as those who have used abusive behaviours in family and intimate relationships.

Art et contes en famille

Arts-based programming for families of immigrant background in Montreal.

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Building Opportunities for Women (BOW)

Empowerment workshops for women in Northern Ontario.

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Changing Contexts: The Art of the Nudge

Changing gender norms in male-dominated work settings.

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COMPASS

Evaluating the Lantern sexual violence prevention program adapted for children 6-12 years of age.

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ConnectED Parents

Helping parents to teach healthy relationship skills to their adolescent children.

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Connections for Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Evaluating a group intervention program for mothers and children who have experienced violence.

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Cross-Sectoral Solutions

Providing intervention and supports for women who have experienced traumatic brain injury as a result of intimate partner violence.

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Effets de l'initiative Espace Parents sur les immigrants

Implementing a parenting program (French only) with immigrants in the Greater Montreal region.

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Fostering Violence Prevention for Black Women, Families and Communities

Empowering Black communities to be leaders in developing strategies to end domestic violence.

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HEAL (Hub for Expressive Arts for Life) to Prevent and Address Family Violence

Community-based arts program for culturally diverse communities in Toronto.

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iHEAL

A nurse-led intervention program for women experiencing intimate partner violence.

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Kaskinomatasowin : prévention et sensibilisation en matière de violence sexuelle

Adapting and implementing the Lantern program for children in Indigenous communities in Quebec.

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Kids Club and Mom's Empowerment

Evaluating a program for mothers and children who have experienced abuse in New Brunswick.

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MODELSS

A digital literacy program for women and youth living in transitional housing.

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Projet STEP

Adapting ad implementing a parenting program for expectant parents who have experienced childhood abuse.

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Recognize and Act on Elder Abuse in a Caregiving Context (ARMCAR)

Implementing and evaluating a health promotion and abuse prevention program for older adults in caregiving settings.

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RISE

A community-based elder mistreatment response program intervention that has demonstrated evidence.

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Safety and Repair

Evaluating online prevention programming for rural communities in Atlantic Canada.

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Sharing in the Healing Journey

An arts-based intervention program for caregivers and their children.

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Stories of Strength

Evaluating the Signs of Safety program as a multigenerational safety planning program.

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Strong Women

An intervention program for women who have experienced substance use and intimate partner violence.

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The AIM Study

The implementation of an advocacy intervention for diverse women in midlife and older experiencing intimate partner violence.

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Trauma- and Violence-Informed Movement

Evaluating trauma and violence-informed activity programming in communities.

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Yukon First Nations Violence Prevention Program

Adapting and implementing a violence prevention program for men in Indigenous communities who have been abusive.

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