Legacy of Hope Foundation

Published purpose

Through this 36-month project, the Legacy of Hope Foundation will increase its ability to prevent or address gender-based violence against Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA+ people. This will be achieved by creating a travelling exhibition and activity guide that will enable host organizations, communities, and governments across Canada (remote, rural, urban) to learn about Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and how to address it in their own environment. They will form a Project Advisory Committee comprised of Indigenous persons from various regions in Canada, that will guide the project and consultations with advocates for women’s rights, missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, as well as other injustices, that can provide their unique perspectives and solutions on GBV. The committee will identify participants for dialogue sessions during the development stage of the exhibition and the activity guide, and host engagement sessions that will give communities the opportunity to share knowledge, view the exhibition and pilot the activity guide. A website will be developed and maintained to help with promotion and accessibility of these educational resources to all communities across Canada. These project activities and engagement sessions will ensure that the exhibition and activity guide are addressing GBV through the collective lens of those who experience it at higher rates than any other population in Canada: Indigenous women and girls and the 2SLGBTQQIA+ community. At the end of this project, the organization will have created tools to raise awareness of GBV to communities across Canada and provide them with the resources to address it. With these tools, learners will also gain the knowledge required to help them educate others on the topic, as well as help them contribute towards the eradication of GBV. The expectation is that this exhibition will have a minimum lifespan of 8 years.