Carrier Sekani Family Services Society

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Through this 34-month project, Carrier Sekani Family Services Society will increase its ability to prevent and address gender-based violence (GBV) against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people with a focus on individuals leaving domestic violence in Northern British Columbia. This will be achieved by completing an organizational review of programming; an environmental scan of Indigenous specific programs nationally; setting up a steering committee and focus groups with various Nations along Highway 16; engaging a university partner in research, results analysis, and model design; and sharing project results, including a train the trainer capacity building model, with communities along Highway 16. This project will engage Saikuz, Nadleh, Sllako, Lake Baine Nation and Wetsuweten Nations, to provide participants for the focus groups. The organization will also engage with a university partner who will help Carrier Sekani Family Services Society with research, results analysis and recommendations for the train the trainer model. By the end of the project, Carrier Sekani Family Services Society will have strengthened their capacity to prevent and address GBV against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people, with a focus on individuals leaving domestic violence in Northern British Columbia.