Grande Prairie Women's Residence Association

Published purpose

Through this 36-month systemic change project, Grande Prairie Women’s Residence Association (Odyssey House) will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity or representation in leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within the social services sector including breaking down silos and encouraging more effective and equitable sharing of resources in Northern Alberta by creating the Hope Hub Grande Prairie platform, a unified database to minimize revictimization, implementing tailored training programs and establishing a robust governance structure. The project will include a coordinated approach to empowering women to take leadership of their lived/living experiences and exercise autonomy over their service journey. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project. Additional funding will support adjustments/changes to the capabilities and the implementation of the collective database while also providing wages for a community project navigator who would support systemic change, further building collaboration and communication between agencies and stakeholders to ensure consistent access to collective database.