This tool helps organizations evaluate their programs, workshops, or services using a GBA Plus approach. It identifies gaps in how intersecting identity factors are considered within organizational initiatives. The tool features specific assessment questions adapted from the Canadian Department of Women and Gender Equality’s GBA Plus training and tailored for the Immigrant and Refugee-Serving Sector….
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GBA Plus: Self Learning and Group Activities for Inclusive Programming
This tool is designed to improve understanding of intersectionality and how it can be applied to support groups with unique vulnerabilities. It helps organizational staff apply GBA Plus principles more effectively through individual or small group activities that foster practical learning. This document invites readers to watch a series of video clips, followed by thought-provoking…
Read More...Gender-Based Violence: Sectors Collaboration Toolkit
This resource was created as part of the National Gender-Based Violence Settlement Strategy Project, a national strategy to address GBV in newcomer, immigrant, and refugee communities. In a national survey conducted in 2019, 96% of service providers identified improved coordination between the immigrant-serving and anti-violence sectors as a priority in a national strategy. Intersectionality recognizes…
Read More...Going to the Library – Plain Language Booklet
This booklet was developed by Literacy Partners of Manitoba in partnership with the Winnipeg Public Library. Note that Literacy Partners of Manitoba is no longer in operation. The booklet reviews in plain language what is available through the library and how you can access resources.
Read More...Guide to Equity-Driven Data Management
This guide provides agencies a grounding in the foundations of data management and equity through key terms, GBA Plus, and key data equity principles. It then explores five phases of developing a comprehensive data management strategy: identifying data needs, evaluating current practices, designing a strategy, implementing the strategy, and ongoing monitoring and evaluation. Each section…
Read More...Healthcare Access for Migrants – Le droit d’accès aux soins de santé au Canada
Le français suit The HIV Legal Network has released a helpful new guide: Know Your Rights: Accessing Healthcare Without Permanent Residence or Citizenship in Canada. It offers practical information for **migrants—including refugees, people with precarious status, and undocumented individuals—**on how to access healthcare across Canada, especially for those living with or affected by HIV. Topics…
Read More...Healthy Child Manitoba: Child and Youth Report 2017
This is the second legislated public report on the status of Manitoba’s children and youth, required every 5 years, under the Healthy Child Manitoba Act. The report is organized by four stages of child and youth development (prenatal, early childhood, middle childhood, youth), along with the four outcome goals of the Healthy Child Manitoba Strategy…
Read More...Heritage Plates: A Culinary and Resource Guide for Newcomers
Heritage Plates: A Newcomer’s Guide is a project developed by the Immigrant Centre in collaboration with the University of Manitoba’s Student Leadership Program. This cookbook and resource guide showcases a diverse collection of cultural and favorite recipes generously contributed by clients, staff, and community members. In addition to its culinary offerings, Heritage Plates provides a…
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Hindi language Dementia Toolkit
This is a free Hindi language Toolkit डिमेंशिया से ग्रस्त व्यक्ति से संवाद करना (Translation: “Interacting with persons with Dementia”) by Dr. Ferzana Chaze and Nellie Groenenberg (Professors, Sheridan College), Danielle Farrell (Alzheimer Society of Peel) and Rajni Sharma and Jasleen Kaur (Students, Social Service Worker Gerontology program, Sheridan College). The toolkit, created in simple conversational Hindi, includes 8 scenarios that family members/caregivers…
Read More...Imagine Canada: What are the rules, anyway? A guide for Charities to Engage and Advocate in and after Elections
This presentation by Imagine Canada and the Ontario NonProfit Network explains the Canada Revenue Agency and Elections Canada rules around public conversations and advocacy during elections.
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