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Workplace Sexual Harassment
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Overview
At a glance
Funding available
- Raise awareness or mobilize a population
- Maximum amount : 1,500,000 $
Eligible candidates
- All industries
- Canada
- Non-profit
- Public or Parapublic institution
- All revenue ranges
- All organization sizes
- All groups
- Law and Legal Services
- Social Services
- All the groups
- All structures
- Provincial
- National
- International
Next Steps
Availability timeline
Activities funded
- Develop, adapt, update, and disseminate public legal education and information resources on workplace sexual harassment laws and resolution options.
- Create public legal education and training materials for employees and employers on addressing workplace sexual harassment.
- Develop and deliver workplace sexual harassment training for audiences such as employers, HR professionals, unions, sector specialists, and front-line workers.
- Projects that better inform vulnerable workers about their rights and how to access help.
- Projects that help employers implement workplace sexual harassment training, policies, or procedures.
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Workplace Sexual Harassment Grant: Major Program Restructuring
The Justice Partnership and Innovation Program has replaced the Legal Aid Program for workplace sexual harassment funding, with expanded project listings across all provinces and territories, new funding timelines from January 2025 to March 2027, and updated contact information.
The grant page has undergone significant restructuring. The Justice Partnership and Innovation Program (JPIP) has replaced the Legal Aid Program as the primary vehicle for workplace sexual harassment funding. A comprehensive section listing currently funded initiatives has been added, featuring detailed project descriptions from organizations across all provinces and territories, including British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Funding timelines have been specified: the workplace sexual harassment initiative runs from January 2025 to March 2027. The target audience has been expanded to include vulnerable workers such as racialized women, newcomers, those in precarious employment, and people in rural and remote areas, as well as employers in specific sectors. Contact information has been updated: the program name changed from Programs Branch to Justice Partnership and Innovation Program,
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Canadian not-for-profit organizations
- Provincial, territorial, regional, and municipal governments and Crown corporations
- Canadian educational institutions and boards of education
- Bands, tribal councils, self-governing First Nations, and Inuit
- International governments or international non-governmental organizations associated with organizations of which Canada is a member
Eligible geographic areas
- Canada
Additional information
- Projects are intended to increase awareness and knowledge of rights and responsibilities related to workplace sexual harassment.
- Public legal education and information may include printed materials, workshops, training, and online resources.
- The Department of Justice encourages participation and consideration of official language minority communities.
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