| PT Implementation of Victim Services |
- Support PTs to enhance victim services in their jurisdictions through five-year funding agreements
- Develop and deliver program and policy to improve victim services
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Every Five Years |
| Measures to Address Prostitution InitiativeEndnote 69 |
- Support victims to exit prostitution through projects, provide training, or offer services including counselling and housing options
- Provide victims with the support needed to participate in the justice system including access to basic legal information
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2015 |
| Measures to Support Victims of Human TraffickingEndnote 70 |
- Enhance and promote recovery from human trafficking through projects, training, or services
- Develop and deliver training for justice professionals and healthcare workers to enhance the awareness, detection, investigation, and prosecution of human trafficking
- Support data gathering and information sharing among stakeholders involved in addressing human trafficking in Canada
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2015 and 2019 |
| Measures to Enhance Criminal Justice System Responses to Sexual Assault in CanadaEndnote 71 |
- Enhance access to justice for victims of sexual assault or fill gaps in the criminal justice process, particularly in relation to reporting, testifying, and providing victim impact statements, through projects, training, or services
- Pilot support services tailored to specific communities of victims such as Indigenous women, women with disabilities, LGBTQQI2S and gender non-conforming communities, and victims of human trafficking
- Develop and deliver training for criminal justice professionals and healthcare workers on sexual assault law and considerations when working with adult survivors of sexual violence
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2016 and 2019 |
| CVBR ImplementationEndnote 72 |
- Purchase and install TAs (e.g., CCTV/videoconferencing, witness screens, soft waiting/child friendly rooms), and other supports (e.g., assistive listening and speaking devices)
- Assess training needs of identified stakeholders regarding the CVBR, plan and organize training events, develop and deliver training materials and related resources (i.e., manuals, toolkits, videos, etc.), and conduct evaluation
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2016 |
| Victim Services and Assistance for Families of MMIWGEndnote 73 |
- Fund the design and delivery of a FILU to provide information navigation and coordination for families of MMIWG and through that function, work with system partners from multiple government sources in order to access information on behalf of families and provide this information in a trauma-informed manner; ensure families are aware of or connected to culturally grounded and trauma-informed healing supports; and conduct outreach to communities and CBOs
- Fund CBOs to provide traditional healing practices, education and information for families, counselling, peer support and healing events (e.g., family gatherings), collaboration with FILUs, and training for NGOs/CBOs to build capacity to work with families
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2016 |
| Assistance for Victims and Survivors of Crime with DisabilitiesEndnote 74 |
- Address gaps where there is limited support and services for victims with disabilities
- Raise awareness and/or conduct research regarding the needs of victims with disabilities
- Enhance the capacity of victim service organizations or other community organizations to provide services to victims with disabilities
- Set up and implement referral networks, partnerships, protocols, public-education projects, and training to benefit victims with disabilities
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2016 |
| Victims and Survivors of Crime in Restorative Justice ProcessesEndnote 75 |
- Develop or enhance partnerships between restorative justice agencies and victim-serving organizations through joint training, information sharing or awareness raising events
- Develop tools and resources and/or deliver training for restorative justice practitioners that increase their capacity to work with victims involved in restorative justice processes from a trauma-informed approach
- Conduct evaluation and research regarding the impact of restorative justice processes on victims, including promising practices in victim-centered or victim-focused models
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2016 |
| CAC InitiativeEndnote 76 |
- Support new CACs that are currently under development or in the early phases of implementation as well as the delivery of existing CACs
- Support capacity-building and networks (e.g., provincial CAC networks, national website and training)
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2017 |
| Funding in Support of Child Victims of CrimeEndnote 77 |
- Expand the scope and reach of available programs and services, including multi-disciplinary teams, to address the needs of child and youth victims in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities
- Enhance the capacity of NGOs to effectively address child victims from various cultures, at different ages and of different genders
- Develop and/or facilitate the delivery of training on specialized populations of child and youth victims
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2019 |
| National Victims Awareness WeekEndnote 78 |
- Raise awareness about the issues facing victims and survivors of crime as well as about the services, assistance, and laws in place to help victims, survivors and their families through activities such as workshops, public awareness events, social media campaigns, training for justice system professionals, newsletters and/or radio, newspaper or television ads
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Annually |