Grantees
Grantees
Through its Grant Program, the Alliance supports organizations to deliver projects and initiatives across PEI that strengthen mental well-being and resilience. Each of the funded projects or initiatives connects to the science of resilience.
Check out the table below to learn more about each grantee and their work.
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| Grant Year | Project Title | Organization | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 | Thrive and Care - Therapeutic and Social Interventions for Caregivers | Alzheimer Society of PEI | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | BGC Prince County Community Engagement & Access Initiative | BGC Prince County | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Teen Mentoring | Big Brothers Big Sisters of PEI | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Bringing Balance: Physiotherapy sessions for persons with sight loss | Canadian National Institute for the Blind with Charlottetown Physiotherapy | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Resilient Islanders, Resilient Island: Personal and Community Resilience to Climate Events. | Clean Foundation | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Making Connections: Supporting Migrant Workers in PEI | Cooper Institute | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Planning for Resilience in Rural Business Communities | Kensington & Area Chamber of Commerce | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Taking Action on Youth Vaping/Smoking Harm Reduction | Lung Association of NS and PEI | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Building Resilience in PEI Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder | PEI Association for Community Living with Your Life Design Inc. | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Fostering Resilience in Women Leaders: Developing Connection into Action | PEI Coalition for Women in Government with the Federation of PEI Municipalities | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2023-2024 | Women on Water PEI | Rowing Prince Edward Island | We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more! |
| 2022-2023 | Safe Haven | PEI Humane Society | Owning a pet can be a barrier to accessing services on PEI. Islanders with care needs related to mental health or housing may sometimes be in a position where they must choose between getting the care they need and staying with their animal companion. Over the last few years, the PEI Humane Society has sought to address this issue with its confidential Safe Haven Program. This high-demand Program provides temporary emergency housing for pets at no cost to their owners, allowing them to feel confident that their animal companions are safe. This targeted investment will support the operation of Safe Haven and allow the Humane Society to identify partner organizations to co-design a model for how animals could be housed on-site at treatment or care facilities across PEI. The goal of this model will be to avoid separating families to ensure better outcomes for owners and their beloved pets. Amount Awarded: $50,000 one-time funding |
| 2022-2023 | The FocUs Program | Recreation PEI | For Islanders living with chronic disease, the FocUs Program will expand on the already existing Exercise for Health programs, offered in partnership by Recreation PEI and Beck Exercise Physiology, to create beginner-friendly and judgement-free virtual exercise and education sessions. The sessions will run for six weeks, engaging those living with chronic disease as well as their families and support networks. With a concentration on purposeful movement, the FocUs Program aims to help over 100 Islanders improve their mental and physical health, leading to strengthened resilience in relation to the stresses they experience in life. Amount Awarded: $150,000 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | PRIDE 52 | PRIDE PEI Inc. | For years, Pride PEI has supported PEI’s local 2SLGBTQIA+ community by hosting the annual PEI Pride Festival alongside other programming and initiatives. Through this work, the organization has been able to identify gaps across the province. PRIDE 52 will address some of those gaps through the creation of consistent programs and activities that run throughout the year and navigational services for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. This will build on past initiatives like Coffee Catch Ups and Pride Talks which aimed to informally connect the community and create spaces for learning across PEI. In this visible presence throughout the year with PRIDE 52, Pride PEI hopes to strengthen resilience by fostering stronger community connections and a sense of belonging. At its core, this work aims to break down the cycle of fear, isolation, and mental health challenges that many 2SLGBTQIA+ people may face when finding themselves. Amount Awarded: $150,000 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | The Creative Well-Being Initiative | Creative PEI | Based on the findings reached through the first edition of this project, Creative PEI’s Creative Well-Being Initiative will build out informed programming to improve the mental well-being of artists and arts sector workers. The programming includes a peer mentorship program to help artists connect with one another and navigate the stresses of their sectors and a free or sliding-scale therapy service for artists. There will also be the creation of an arts-specific helping tree, a refined annual artist well-being survey, support for Brain Story Certification, and two conferences that look at ways to address mental well-being within the sector. Combined, this diverse array of programming and initiatives seeks to shift the sector’s perception and engagement with the well-being of artists as individuals and as a community. Amount Awarded: $287,550 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | Expanding Your Reach | Reach Foundation | Expanding Your Reach incorporates recovery support, skills development, and social enterprise activities into one program. Since 2018, it has supported hundreds of youth in recovery by strengthening resilience through social and emotional skills and facilitating the transition from recovery to the workforce or further education. This grant will extend the length of the existing program from 16 weeks to 12 months, addressing the requests of participants for continued support to implement the skills in daily life. In the new program, the first 16 weeks will run as usual with a back-to-work component that helps participants identify their personal needs and develop self-confidence. Building on that, there will be a pre-program to help prepare participants for their journey as well as additional weekly support when they return to work or school. In expanding the program, Reach Foundation aims to increase success rates in participant goal achievement and decrease negative outcomes related to substance use. Amount Awarded: $292,000 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | Evening Programs | BGC Charlottetown and Montague | Currently, BGC Charlottetown and Montague offers two evening programs at different points during the year in Charlottetown. Youth Night Drop-In and Evening Programming serve to increase access to the services and care that BGC provides. Youth Night provides a safe and inclusive place for those aged 13 to 16 to socialize with peers outside of home and school. It also fosters leadership and agency while nurturing creativity. Evening Programming expands on the BGC’s traditional after-school programs and focuses on topics like food and physical literacy. In the evenings, a hot meal is provided to each attendee, ensuring that they are well-nourished and able to engage with the program to the best of their ability. Both programs help participants strengthen resilience and develop responsibility. This grant will allow the programs to become a part of BGC’s core offerings. It will also see the evening programs grow through: - Increased capacity for new participants - Learning sessions from guest experts on topics like fine arts and computer science - Expansion to Montague - Elimination of any cost for participation Amount Awarded: $250,150 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | Milton Community Hall’s MVP – Most Valuable People | Milton Community Hall | The Milton Community Hall currently holds a variety of social and educational activities to bring its local community members together. These close-to-home activities help to make their neighbourhood a place where residents of all ages feel a sense of connection and belonging. Milton Community Hall’s MVP – Most Valuable People project will build on the current capacity for programming and add 50 additional free or low-cost events, classes, and activities throughout the year. This will help the Hall reach over 4,000 visits from community members. Themes of health, relationships, creativity, nature, life skills, parental and family support, youth, and social inclusion will be drawn on. The efforts of this project will see the growth of social networks and diverse skill sets– both of which can contribute to the strengthening of resilience. Amount Awarded: $118,050 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | PAPEI Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program | Paramedic Association of PEI | The Paramedic Association of PEI regularly provides all paramedics across the province with opportunities for professional development through continued education, building on their foundational knowledge. The PAPEI Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program will expand those opportunities to provide certified, evidence-based training like Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Program and Mental Health First Aid. Access to this type of training will improve the ability of paramedics to respond to individuals experiencing suicidal ideation and other psychiatric emergencies. It will also help paramedics support peers who may be experiencing personal struggles related to their own mental well-being. As a professional association, PAPEI seeks to create a culture of education and encourage cohesion with allied first responders who paramedics work with on a daily basis. The program will invite 30 police officers (10 from each major policing service in the province) to take part in the training. The program will also allow for discussion between participants on their experience with the training and the impact it has had on their work and the care they provide to patients. Amount Awarded: $90,450 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | Community Navigator | CHANCES | For CHANCES, a Community Navigator initiative will serve as a tool for families in PEI facing additional life challenges. Community navigation, also known as patient navigation, aims to foster autonomy and strengthen resilience in families by providing guidance around the health and social care system. This guidance can facilitate timely access to services across the social determinants of health. With a consistent virtual/in-person presence embedded into the CHANCES multidisciplinary team, the Community Navigator position will support families through a person-centered approach. This approach will work to reduce barriers, prevent negative health outcomes, strengthen resilience, and improve well-being. Working with families across all existing CHANCES programs, the position will also build capacity to streamline referrals and report gaps and/or barriers to services and programs. As a result of this team addition, CHANCES anticipates a lessened need for families to require more “downstream” services. Amount Awarded: $300,000 over 3 years |
| 2022-2023 | Establishing Standards of Practice in the Delivery of Equine Assisted Mental Health and Well-Being Services in PEI | Health Centered Research Clinic | Establishing a scope of practice for equine assisted therapy practices on PEI. The goal is to integrate best practices for successful programming in mental health therapy and establish agreed upon criteria with the PEI community of therapists and equine handlers providing this service. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Building Resilience in PEI Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | Association for Community Living | This project is designed to provide specialized innovative mental health support, which includes positive behaviour support strategies for adults with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Amount Awarded: $49,180 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Building Indigenous Resilience and Community Healing (BIRCH) | Native Council of PEI | The project will support capacity-building by increasing staff resilience and knowledge, in part through raising awareness of the connection between resilience and mental well-being, based on science, but also based on traditional Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The project will also support the Native Council’s efforts to assess, learn, evaluate, and share resilience-building best practices and their impact on PEI. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Social Activities for Seniors (Chair Yoga and Mental Health) | Generation XX | The program will focus primarily on maintaining the well-being of local seniors along with aiding seniors with additional resources in leading healthy lives. A group of youth and seniors will be tasked with the design and implementation of the chair yoga program, as well as evaluate what additional programming might be suited for the seniors who partake. Amount Awarded: $48,500 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Engaging Youth Stakeholders in Youth Vaping Harm Reduction | Lung Association of NS and PEI | This project builds on the previous 2021-2022 project and will ultimately build a network of interested parties who have a vested interest in youth mental health and addiction and who can work together to build best practice programming for Island youth. Amount Awarded: $48,840 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Fostering Resilience in Women Municipal Leaders | PEI Coalition for Women in Government | This project will offer a series of four (4) quarterly sessions for women serving in Municipal Government. These sessions will be an opportunity for women to; share experiences and best practices, gain tools/information to ensure women are able to deal with situations arising in a way that protects them/their families/their communities, and an opportunity to strategize on ways to make their municipalities safer. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Winter Workshops and Solstice Walks in New Glasgow | The River Clyde Pageant | The project will scale up fall and winter community arts programming in the community of New Glasgow in Central PEI. This programming will include a series of multi-generational workshops culminating in the presentation of the annual Solstice Walk, an outdoor lantern walk that illuminates New Glasgow on the darkest day of the year. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2022-2023 | Empowering Youth in Nature to Promote Connection, Creativity and Mental Well-Being | Island Nature Trust | This project approach is unique because it will allow Island Nature Trust to engage teachers, parents, and students around the province utilizing a hybrid model of storytelling, online content, and experiential nature learning. The core and unique pillars of this project are immersion in nature and storytelling, marrying the healing power of nature to the healing arts. Amount Awarded: $45,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Outdoors is for Everyone! | Sierra Club Canada Foundation | Outside is for Everyone! will make the PEI Wild Child programs more accessible to families and enhance the ‘Wild Child Nature Immersion’ programs. These programs are child-led, inquiry driven and nature/play based activities. Amount Awarded: $280,552.23 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Brave Spaces: Fostering compassionate community for 2SLGBTQ+ Islanders | PEERS Alliance | The Brave Spaces project will provide training and support for PEERS Alliance staff and volunteers that will allow for enhanced community-based programming within the 2SLGBTQ+ community. Amount Awarded: $300,000 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | The 4titude Project | Connection 2 Employment | The 4titude (Fortitude) Project focuses on improving mental well-being and strengthening resilience in Island youth. A comprehensive mental well-being toolkit and a series of corresponding workshops focusing on the three principles of the resilience scale will be developed. The 4titude Project Coordinator will serve as an onsite mental well-being coach, administering Mental Health First Aid practices along with a continuum of well-being services dedicated to prevention, early identification and intervention. Amount Awarded: $252,968.00 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Sharing our Culture-Sing, Dance, Drum | Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors | The Sharing our Culture-Sing, Dance, Drum project will increase youth and community awareness of Mi’kmaq culture through stories, songs, dance and drumming. Amount Awarded: $300,000 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Investing Upstream: Placing infants, children and youth at the forefront of lifelong mental well-being – a shift in policy direction for Prince Edward Island | Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities | Investing Upstream will increase cross-sector collaboration for the promotion of upstream mental well-being supports and policies on PEI. Amount Awarded: $298,770 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Ready Set Learn Enhancement Project | PEI Literacy Alliance | The Ready Set Learn Enhancement Project will integrate social support and preventative approaches into the Ready Set Learn program to address the mental well-being needs of children in PEI. Amount Awarded: $141,369 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Triumph Through Adversity | Camp Triumph Society | Triumph through Adversity will allow children who have a family member with chronic illness or disability to receive year-round access to programs and outreach support. Amount Awarded: $297,050 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Optimizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Grand-Families on PEI | Building GRAND-Families Inc | Optimizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Grand-Families on PEI will increase public awareness and understanding of grand-families; build capacity to engage, serve and support grand-families; and develop professional and family competencies to meet the unique needs of grandchildren and youth living with their grandparents. A peer support community and extended network of support will also be created through this project. Amount Awarded: $295,000 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Rejuvenate 4-H Prince Edward Island | 4-H PEI | The Rejuvenate 4-H Prince Edward Island project will evaluate and revamp the existing 4-H provincial program. The project will maintain its focus of supporting the growth and development of youth aged nine to 21 around the following principles: leadership, executive training, public speaking, agriculture awareness, community service and life skills projects. Amount Awarded: $300,000 over 3 years |
| 2021-2022 | Village des Sources l’Étoile Filante Youth Mental Wellness Camps | Centre Goéland Inc. | Village des Sources l’Étoile Filante Youth Mental Wellness Camps offer mental health programming for school-age students. This project will allow for increased capacity and delivery to more students in English and French School Boards on PEI. Amount Awarded: $87,000 over 1 year |
| 2021-2022 | Creating Resilience | Blooming House Women’s Shelter Inc | Creating Resilience will deliver ‘Community in Conversations’ through ICT (integrative community therapy). Regular weekly ICT (groups) will be established providing a safe space of inclusion and diversity for sharing experiences to promote healthy coping strategies and creating and reinforcing social/support networks. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Care4Caregivers: Mental Health Support to Build Resilience for Caregivers | Association for Community Living | Care4Caregivers: Mental Health Support to Build Resilience for Caregivers will provide Care4Caregivers, a group-based, self-care and resiliency training program designed for those who are full-time continuing care providers. Amount Awarded: $49,273 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Making Something from Nothing: Family Maker Time | STEAM PEI | Making Something from Nothing: Family Maker Time provides an opportunity for families to build their resiliency and core life skills through engineering challenges, guided discussion and journalling. The program aims to build communication, problem solving and collaboration skills. Amount Awarded: $18,209 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Community Ceilidh Concert Series (CCCS) | Under the Spire Music Festival | The Community Ceilidh Concert Series (CCCS) grew from recognition of barriers for audiences searching for accessible entertainment. This free concert series will feature four ceilidhs celebrating different communities: Families (July 2), LGBTQIA2S+ community (July 19), Franco-Acadian community (August 20), and the final ceilidh entitled Nostalgia (Sept 10) is dedicated to Island seniors. Amount Awarded: $43,157.40 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | The Greenhouse Project | The PEI Food Exchange Program Inc. | The Greenhouse Project is an incubator program that can help communities across Prince Edward Island establish new, revitalize old, or strengthen existing gardening projects. The Greenhouse Project will provide support to participating communities in three main ways: community networking, experiential learning opportunities, and consultation. Amount Awarded: $25,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Building Resilience with Community Gardens | Immigrant & Refugee Services Association PEI and the City of Charlottetown | Building Resilience with Community Gardens will improve mental well-being for all ages. This project will create a community garden space that can be accessed by anyone, from children attending alongside their parents to plant, weed or harvest, to seniors looking for a low-impact activity and way to be involved with the community. Amount Awarded: $32,200 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Building Resilient Coaches in PEI Communities (Preventing “Burnout” in Coaches and navigating Athletes in Distress) | Sport PEI | Building Resilient Coaches in PEI Communities will develop tools and identify supports needed for Island coaches in moments of need for themselves and their athletes Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Legacy Garden Therapeutic Horticulture Pilot Program | PEI Farm Centre | The Legacy Garden Therapeutic Horticulture Pilot Program proposes to help participants, adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and senior citizens learn new skills or regain those they’ve lost; it will also help participants improve their memory, language skills, cognitive abilities, and socialization skills. Amount Awarded: $25,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Caregiver Hospice Peer Support Program | Hospice Palliative Association of PEI (Hospice PEI) | The Caregiver Hospice Peer Support Program will provide specialized training to current hospice volunteers, hospice staff and new volunteers by adding a caregiver support component. The Support Program will help caregivers emotionally, build on their resilience and give them tools for self-care and to navigate systems for their specific needs as a caregiver on their end-of-life journey with their loved one. Amount Awarded: $25,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Enhancing Seniors’ Mental Wellbeing Through Safe and Sustainable Programming and Partnerships | Young at Heart Musical Theatre Company for Seniors Inc. (Young at Heart Theatre) | Enhancing Seniors’ Mental Wellbeing Through Safe and Sustainable Programming and Partnerships will develop a strategy to find new ways to engage with seniors which will be safe, accessible and sustainable now and in the future. This strategy will build Young at Heart Theatre’s capacity to expand its reach to more seniors on PEI. Amount Awarded: $40,200 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Mother’s Home Programming | Island Pregnancy Centre | Mother’s Home Programming provides essential supports to at-risk single mothers within a supportive housing environment. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Expanded dance education in three parts: Inclusive Dance, Post-Natal Yoga, My Parent & Me | Confederation Centre of the Arts | This project will support outreach and engagement efforts to make access to the arts more accessible through three programs: Inclusive Dance, Post-Natal Yoga and My Parent & Me Amount Awarded: $15,480 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | BPOC Peer Support Program & Mental Well-Being Anti-Stigma Campaign | Black Cultural Society of Prince Edward Island Inc. (BCSPEI) | The BPOC Peer Support Program & Mental Well-Being Anti-Stigma Campaign will offer mental health support for PEI’s Black and People of Colour (BPOC) communities while running an anti-stigma campaign around mental health within the BPOC communities. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Kensington Music and Wellness Week (KMWW) | Under the Spire Music Festival | Kensington Music and Wellness Week will work with local businesses to provide a week of mental well-being and resilience development programming paired with arts and culture. KMWW is a collaboration between Under the Spire Music Festival and the Town of Kensington to incorporate music into movement activities, community outreach, and resilience-based activities like exposure to music therapy and a Music and Wellness Lecture series. Amount Awarded: $34,267.50 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Queer Youth Group Writing Club | PEI Writers’ Guild | The Queer Youth Group Writing Club will create a writing club for 2SLGBTQ+ youth and allies aged 12-18 with the goal of producing a collaborative book and creating a familiar and safe space in order to nurture and develop an encouraging environment to build supportive relationships. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | The Creative Well-Being Initiative | Creative PEI | The Creative Well-Being Initiative will address two areas of collaboration. The first is to enlist the help of the mental health community in promoting the mental well-being of arts workers who often struggle with the emotional strains of making creative work, challenging working conditions and precarious employment. The second is to identify ways that artists can support the mental health community by developing the capacity to use art as a means of promoting mental well-being for the community at large. Amount Awarded: $50,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Handle with Care–Strengthening Program Evaluation | Early Childhood Development Association of PEI | Handle with Care– Strengthening Program Evaluation will allow the Early Childhood Development Association of PEI to create an evaluation plan for the Handle with Care Program. The Handle with Care program consists of simple, interactive strategies that build on the strengths of parents and caregivers to help promote the social and emotional well-being of young children from birth to six years. Amount Awarded: $10,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Exploring Youth Vaping/Smoking Cessation and Prevention on PEI | Lung Association of Nova Scotia and PEI | Exploring Youth Vaping/Smoking Cessation and Prevention on PEI will create a better understanding of the challenges and barriers youth and young adults encounter when trying to make a quit attempt, highlight opportunities for improvement to help youth who are addicted and provide evidence-based recommendations for advanced youth-focused cessation opportunities. Amount Awarded: $30,000 1-year funding |
| 2021-2022 | Liberation School for BIPOC Resilience and Mental Well-Being | BIPOC USHR | Liberation School for BIPOC Resilience and Mental Well-Being aims to increase the ability of BIPOC communities on PEI to “regain a sense of hope and imagine a positive future” in the face of daily racial trauma and re-establish a sense of safety, belonging, and dignity, both at the individual and community level. Based on the theories of decolonization, liberation psychology and critical consciousness, the curriculum of the school will be designed to increase confidence, pride, self-concept, and to improve knowledge on BIPOC histories, traditions, and approaches to mental health and addictions. Amount Awarded: $70,911.50 1-year funding |
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Project Funded
PROJECT TITLE: Thrive and Care - Therapeutic and Social Interventions for Caregivers
Organization: Alzheimer Society of PEI
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: BGC Prince County Community Engagement & Access Initiative
Organization: BGC Prince County
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Teen Mentoring
Organization: Big Brothers Big Sisters of PEI
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Bringing Balance: Physiotherapy sessions for persons with sight loss
Organization: Canadian National Institute for the Blind with Charlottetown Physiotherapy
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Resilient Islanders, Resilient Island: Personal and Community Resilience to Climate Events.
Organization: Clean Foundation
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Making Connections: Supporting Migrant Workers in PEI
Organization: Cooper Institute
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Planning for Resilience in Rural Business Communities
Organization: Kensington & Area Chamber of Commerce
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Taking Action on Youth Vaping/Smoking Harm Reduction
Organization: Lung Association of NS and PEI
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Building Resilience in PEI Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder
Organization: PEI Association for Community Living with Your Life Design Inc.
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Fostering Resilience in Women Leaders: Developing Connection into Action
Organization: PEI Coalition for Women in Government with the Federation of PEI Municipalities
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Women on Water PEI
Organization: Rowing Prince Edward Island
Grant Year: 2023-2024
Summary: We'll be sharing the details about this project on social media in spring 2024. Be sure to subscribe to our channels and watch for more!
PROJECT TITLE: Safe Haven
Organization: PEI Humane Society
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: Owning a pet can be a barrier to accessing services on PEI. Islanders with care needs related to mental health or housing may sometimes be in a position where they must choose between getting the care they need and staying with their animal companion. Over the last few years, the PEI Humane Society has sought to address this issue with its confidential Safe Haven Program. This high-demand Program provides temporary emergency housing for pets at no cost to their owners, allowing them to feel confident that their animal companions are safe.
This targeted investment will support the operation of Safe Haven and allow the Humane Society to identify partner organizations to co-design a model for how animals could be housed on-site at treatment or care facilities across PEI. The goal of this model will be to avoid separating families to ensure better outcomes for owners and their beloved pets.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 one-time funding
PROJECT TITLE: The FocUs Program
Organization: Recreation PEI
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: For Islanders living with chronic disease, the FocUs Program will expand on the already existing Exercise for Health programs, offered in partnership by Recreation PEI and Beck Exercise Physiology, to create beginner-friendly and judgement-free virtual exercise and education sessions. The sessions will run for six weeks, engaging those living with chronic disease as well as their families and support networks.
With a concentration on purposeful movement, the FocUs Program aims to help over 100 Islanders improve their mental and physical health, leading to strengthened resilience in relation to the stresses they experience in life.
Amount Awarded:
$150,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: PRIDE 52
Organization: PRIDE PEI Inc.
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: For years, Pride PEI has supported PEI’s local 2SLGBTQIA+ community by hosting the annual PEI Pride Festival alongside other programming and initiatives. Through this work, the organization has been able to identify gaps across the province.
PRIDE 52 will address some of those gaps through the creation of consistent programs and activities that run throughout the year and navigational services for 2SLGBTQIA+ community members. This will build on past initiatives like Coffee Catch Ups and Pride Talks which aimed to informally connect the community and create spaces for learning across PEI.
In this visible presence throughout the year with PRIDE 52, Pride PEI hopes to strengthen resilience by fostering stronger community connections and a sense of belonging. At its core, this work aims to break down the cycle of fear, isolation, and mental health challenges that many 2SLGBTQIA+ people may face when finding themselves.
Amount Awarded:
$150,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: The Creative Well-Being Initiative
Organization: Creative PEI
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: Based on the findings reached through the first edition of this project, Creative PEI’s Creative Well-Being Initiative will build out informed programming to improve the mental well-being of artists and arts sector workers. The programming includes a peer mentorship program to help artists connect with one another and navigate the stresses of their sectors and a free or sliding-scale therapy service for artists. There will also be the creation of an arts-specific helping tree, a refined annual artist well-being survey, support for Brain Story Certification, and two conferences that look at ways to address mental well-being within the sector.
Combined, this diverse array of programming and initiatives seeks to shift the sector’s perception and engagement with the well-being of artists as individuals and as a community.
Amount Awarded:
$287,550 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Expanding Your Reach
Organization: Reach Foundation
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: Expanding Your Reach incorporates recovery support, skills development, and social enterprise activities into one program. Since 2018, it has supported hundreds of youth in recovery by strengthening resilience through social and emotional skills and facilitating the transition from recovery to the workforce or further education. This grant will extend the length of the existing program from 16 weeks to 12 months, addressing the requests of participants for continued support to implement the skills in daily life.
In the new program, the first 16 weeks will run as usual with a back-to-work component that helps participants identify their personal needs and develop self-confidence. Building on that, there will be a pre-program to help prepare participants for their journey as well as additional weekly support when they return to work or school.
In expanding the program, Reach Foundation aims to increase success rates in participant goal achievement and decrease negative outcomes related to substance use.
Amount Awarded:
$292,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Evening Programs
Organization: BGC Charlottetown and Montague
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: Currently, BGC Charlottetown and Montague offers two evening programs at different points during the year in Charlottetown. Youth Night Drop-In and Evening Programming serve to increase access to the services and care that BGC provides.
Youth Night provides a safe and inclusive place for those aged 13 to 16 to socialize with peers outside of home and school. It also fosters leadership and agency while nurturing creativity. Evening Programming expands on the BGC’s traditional after-school programs and focuses on topics like food and physical literacy. In the evenings, a hot meal is provided to each attendee, ensuring that they are well-nourished and able to engage with the program to the best of their ability. Both programs help participants strengthen resilience and develop responsibility.
This grant will allow the programs to become a part of BGC’s core offerings.
It will also see the evening programs grow through:
- Increased capacity for new participants
- Learning sessions from guest experts on topics like fine arts and computer science
- Expansion to Montague
- Elimination of any cost for participation
Amount Awarded:
$250,150 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Milton Community Hall’s MVP – Most Valuable People
Organization: Milton Community Hall
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: The Milton Community Hall currently holds a variety of social and educational activities to bring its local community members together. These close-to-home activities help to make their neighbourhood a place where residents of all ages feel a sense of connection and belonging.
Milton Community Hall’s MVP – Most Valuable People project will build on the current capacity for programming and add 50 additional free or low-cost events, classes, and activities throughout the year. This will help the Hall reach over 4,000 visits from community members. Themes of health, relationships, creativity, nature, life skills, parental and family support, youth, and social inclusion will be drawn on.
The efforts of this project will see the growth of social networks and diverse skill sets– both of which can contribute to the strengthening of resilience.
Amount Awarded:
$118,050 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: PAPEI Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program
Organization: Paramedic Association of PEI
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: The Paramedic Association of PEI regularly provides all paramedics across the province with opportunities for professional development through continued education, building on their foundational knowledge.
The PAPEI Suicide Prevention and Intervention Program will expand those opportunities to provide certified, evidence-based training like Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training Program and Mental Health First Aid. Access to this type of training will improve the ability of paramedics to respond to individuals experiencing suicidal ideation and other psychiatric emergencies. It will also help paramedics support peers who may be experiencing personal struggles related to their own mental well-being.
As a professional association, PAPEI seeks to create a culture of education and encourage cohesion with allied first responders who paramedics work with on a daily basis. The program will invite 30 police officers (10 from each major policing service in the province) to take part in the training. The program will also allow for discussion between participants on their experience with the training and the impact it has had on their work and the care they provide to patients.
Amount Awarded:
$90,450 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Community Navigator
Organization: CHANCES
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: For CHANCES, a Community Navigator initiative will serve as a tool for families in PEI facing additional life challenges. Community navigation, also known as patient navigation, aims to foster autonomy and strengthen resilience in families by providing guidance around the health and social care system. This guidance can facilitate timely access to services across the social determinants of health.
With a consistent virtual/in-person presence embedded into the CHANCES multidisciplinary team, the Community Navigator position will support families through a person-centered approach. This approach will work to reduce barriers, prevent negative health outcomes, strengthen resilience, and improve well-being. Working with families across all existing CHANCES programs, the position will also build capacity to streamline referrals and report gaps and/or barriers to services and programs.
As a result of this team addition, CHANCES anticipates a lessened need for families to require more “downstream” services.
Amount Awarded:
$300,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Establishing Standards of Practice in the Delivery of Equine Assisted Mental Health and Well-being Services in PEI
Organization: Health Centered Research Clinic
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: Establishing a scope of practice for equine assisted therapy practices on PEI. The goal is to integrate best practices for successful programming in mental health therapy and establish agreed upon criteria with the PEI community of therapists and equine handlers providing this service.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Building Resilience in PEI Adults with Intellectual Disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Organization: Association for Community Living
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: This project is designed to provide specialized innovative mental health support, which includes positive behaviour support strategies for adults with intellectual disabilities and/or Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
Amount Awarded:
$49,180 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Building Indigenous Resilience and Community Healing (BIRCH)
Organization: Native Council of PEI
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: The project will support capacity-building by increasing staff resilience and knowledge, in part through raising awareness of the connection between resilience and mental well-being, based on science, but also based on traditional Indigenous ways of knowing and being. The project will also support the Native Council’s efforts to assess, learn, evaluate, and share resilience-building best practices and their impact on PEI.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Social Activities for Seniors (Chair Yoga and Mental Health)
Organization: Generation XX
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: The program will focus primarily on maintaining the well-being of local seniors along with aiding seniors with additional resources in leading healthy lives. A group of youth and seniors will be tasked with the design and implementation of the chair yoga program, as well as evaluate what additional programming might be suited for the seniors who partake.
Amount Awarded:
$48,500 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Engaging Youth Stakeholders in Youth Vaping Harm Reduction
Organization: Lung Association of NS and PEI
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: This project builds on the previous 2021-2022 project and will ultimately build a network of interested parties who have a vested interest in youth mental health and addiction and who can work together to build best practice programming for Island youth.
Amount Awarded:
$48,840 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Fostering Resilience in Women Municipal Leaders
Organization: PEI Coalition for Women in Government
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: This project will offer a series of four (4) quarterly sessions for women serving in Municipal Government. These sessions will be an opportunity for women to; share experiences and best practices, gain tools/information to ensure women are able to deal with situations arising in a way that protects them/their families/their communities, and an opportunity to strategize on ways to make their municipalities safer.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Winter Workshops and Solstice Walks in New Glasgow
Organization: The River Clyde Pageant
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: The project will scale up fall and winter community arts programming in the community of New Glasgow in Central PEI. This programming will include a series of multi-generational workshops culminating in the presentation of the annual Solstice Walk, an outdoor lantern walk that illuminates New Glasgow on the darkest day of the year.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Empowering Youth in Nature to Promote Connection, Creativity and Mental Well-Being
Organization: Island Nature Trust
Grant Year: 2022-2023
Summary: This project approach is unique because it will allow Island Nature Trust to engage teachers, parents, and students around the province utilizing a hybrid model of storytelling, online content, and experiential nature learning. The core and unique pillars of this project are immersion in nature and storytelling, marrying the healing power of nature to the healing arts.
Amount Awarded:
$45,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Outdoors is for Everyone!
Organization: Sierra Club Canada Foundation
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Outside is for Everyone! will make the PEI Wild Child programs more accessible to families and enhance the ‘Wild Child Nature Immersion’ programs. These programs are child-led, inquiry driven and nature/play based activities.
Amount Awarded:
$280,552.23 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Brave Spaces: Fostering compassionate community for 2SLGBTQ+ Islanders
Organization: PEERS Alliance
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Brave Spaces project will provide training and support for PEERS Alliance staff and volunteers that will allow for enhanced community-based programming within the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Amount Awarded:
$300,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: The 4titude Project
Organization: Connection 2 Employment
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The 4titude (Fortitude) Project focuses on improving mental well-being and strengthening resilience in Island youth. A comprehensive mental well-being toolkit and a series of corresponding workshops focusing on the three principles of the resilience scale will be developed. The 4titude Project Coordinator will serve as an onsite mental well-being coach, administering Mental Health First Aid practices along with a continuum of well-being services dedicated to prevention, early identification and intervention.
Amount Awarded:
$252,968.00 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Sharing our Culture-Sing, Dance, Drum
Organization: Mi’kmaq Heritage Actors
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Sharing our Culture-Sing, Dance, Drum project will increase youth and community awareness of Mi’kmaq culture through stories, songs, dance and drumming.
Amount Awarded:
$300,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Investing Upstream: Placing infants, children and youth at the forefront of lifelong mental well-being – a shift in policy direction for Prince Edward Island
Organization: Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Investing Upstream will increase cross-sector collaboration for the promotion of upstream mental well-being supports and policies on PEI.
Amount Awarded:
$298,770 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Ready Set Learn Enhancement Project
Organization: PEI Literacy Alliance
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Ready Set Learn Enhancement Project will integrate social support and preventative approaches into the Ready Set Learn program to address the mental well-being needs of children in PEI.
Amount Awarded:
$141,369 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Triumph Through Adversity
Organization: Camp Triumph Society
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Triumph through Adversity will allow children who have a family member with chronic illness or disability to receive year-round access to programs and outreach support.
Amount Awarded:
$297,050 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Optimizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Grand-Families on PEI
Organization: Building GRAND-Families Inc
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Optimizing Mental Health and Well-Being in Grand-Families on PEI will increase public awareness and understanding of grand-families; build capacity to engage, serve and support grand-families; and develop professional and family competencies to meet the unique needs of grandchildren and youth living with their grandparents. A peer support community and extended network of support will also be created through this project.
Amount Awarded:
$295,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Rejuvenate 4-H Prince Edward Island
Organization: 4-H PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Rejuvenate 4-H Prince Edward Island project will evaluate and revamp the existing 4-H provincial program. The project will maintain its focus of supporting the growth and development of youth aged nine to 21 around the following principles: leadership, executive training, public speaking, agriculture awareness, community service and life skills projects.
Amount Awarded:
$300,000 over 3 years
PROJECT TITLE: Village des Sources l’Étoile Filante Youth Mental Wellness Camps
Organization: Centre Goéland Inc.
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Village des Sources l’Étoile Filante Youth Mental Wellness Camps offer mental health programming for school-age students. This project will allow for increased capacity and delivery to more students in English and French School Boards on PEI.
Amount Awarded:
$87,000 over 1 year
PROJECT TITLE: Creating Resilience
Organization: Blooming House Women’s Shelter Inc
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Creating Resilience will deliver ‘Community in Conversations’ through ICT (integrative community therapy). Regular weekly ICT (groups) will be established providing a safe space of inclusion and diversity for sharing experiences to promote healthy coping strategies and creating and reinforcing social/support networks.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Care4Caregivers: Mental Health Support to Build Resilience for
Caregivers
Organization: Association for Community Living
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Care4Caregivers: Mental Health Support to Build Resilience for Caregivers will provide Care4Caregivers, a group-based, self-care and resiliency training program designed for those who are full-time continuing care providers.
Amount Awarded:
$49,273 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Making Something from Nothing: Family Maker Time
Organization: STEAM PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Making Something from Nothing: Family Maker Time provides an opportunity for families to build their resiliency and core life skills through engineering challenges, guided discussion and journalling. The program aims to build communication, problem solving and collaboration skills.
Amount Awarded:
$18,209 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Community Ceilidh Concert Series (CCCS)
Organization: Under the Spire Music Festival
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Community Ceilidh Concert Series (CCCS) grew from recognition of barriers for audiences searching for accessible entertainment. This free concert series will feature four ceilidhs celebrating different communities: Families (July 2), LGBTQIA2S+ community (July 19), Franco-Acadian community (August 20), and the final ceilidh entitled Nostalgia (Sept 10) is dedicated to Island seniors.
Amount Awarded:
$43,157.40 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: The Greenhouse Project
Organization: The PEI Food Exchange Program Inc.
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Greenhouse Project is an incubator program that can help communities across Prince Edward Island establish new, revitalize old, or strengthen existing gardening projects. The Greenhouse Project will provide support to participating communities in three main ways: community networking, experiential learning opportunities, and consultation.
Amount Awarded:
$25,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Building Resilience with Community Gardens
Organization: Immigrant & Refugee Services Association PEI and the City of Charlottetown
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Building Resilience with Community Gardens will improve mental well-being for all ages. This project will create a community garden space that can be accessed by anyone, from children attending alongside their parents to plant, weed or harvest, to seniors looking for a low-impact activity and way to be involved with the community.
Amount Awarded:
$32,200 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Building Resilient Coaches in PEI Communities
(Preventing “Burnout” in Coaches and navigating Athletes in Distress)
Organization: Sport PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Building Resilient Coaches in PEI Communities will develop tools and identify supports needed for Island coaches in moments of need for themselves and their athletes
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Legacy Garden Therapeutic Horticulture Pilot Program
Organization: PEI Farm Centre
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Legacy Garden Therapeutic Horticulture Pilot Program proposes to help participants, adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities and senior citizens learn new skills or regain those they’ve lost; it will also help participants improve their memory, language skills, cognitive abilities, and socialization skills.
Amount Awarded:
$25,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Caregiver Hospice Peer Support Program
Organization: Hospice Palliative Association of PEI (Hospice PEI)
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Caregiver Hospice Peer Support Program will provide specialized training to current hospice volunteers, hospice staff and new volunteers by adding a caregiver support component. The Support Program will help caregivers emotionally, build on their resilience and give them tools for self-care and to navigate systems for their specific needs as a caregiver on their end-of-life journey with their loved one.
Amount Awarded:
$25,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Enhancing Seniors’ Mental Wellbeing Through Safe and Sustainable Programming and Partnerships
Organization: Young at Heart Musical Theatre Company for Seniors Inc. (Young at Heart Theatre)
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Enhancing Seniors’ Mental Wellbeing Through Safe and Sustainable Programming and Partnerships will develop a strategy to find new ways to engage with seniors which will be safe, accessible and sustainable now and in the future. This strategy will build Young at Heart Theatre’s capacity to expand its reach to more seniors on PEI.
Amount Awarded:
$40,200 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Mother’s Home Programming
Organization: Island Pregnancy Centre
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Mother’s Home Programming provides essential supports to at-risk single mothers within a supportive housing environment.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Expanded dance education in three parts: Inclusive Dance, Post-Natal Yoga, My Parent & Me
Organization: Confederation Centre of the Arts
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: This project will support outreach and engagement efforts to make access to the arts more accessible through three programs: Inclusive Dance, Post-Natal Yoga and My Parent & Me
Amount Awarded:
$15,480 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: BPOC Peer Support Program & Mental Well-Being Anti-Stigma Campaign
Organization: Black Cultural Society of Prince Edward Island Inc. (BCSPEI)
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The BPOC Peer Support Program & Mental Well-Being Anti-Stigma Campaign will offer mental health support for PEI’s Black and People of Colour (BPOC) communities while running an anti-stigma campaign around mental health within the BPOC communities.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Kensington Music and Wellness Week (KMWW)
Organization: Under the Spire Music Festival
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Kensington Music and Wellness Week will work with local businesses to provide a week of mental well-being and resilience development programming paired with arts and culture. KMWW is a collaboration between Under the Spire Music Festival and the Town of Kensington to incorporate music into movement activities, community outreach, and resilience-based activities like exposure to music therapy and a Music and Wellness Lecture series.
Amount Awarded:
$34,267.50 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Queer Youth Group Writing Club
Organization: PEI Writers’ Guild
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Queer Youth Group Writing Club will create a writing club for 2SLGBTQ+ youth and allies aged 12-18 with the goal of producing a collaborative book and creating a familiar and safe space in order to nurture and develop an encouraging environment to build supportive relationships.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: The Creative Well-Being Initiative
Organization: Creative PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: The Creative Well-Being Initiative will address two areas of collaboration. The first is to enlist the help of the mental health community in promoting the mental well-being of arts workers who often struggle with the emotional strains of making creative work, challenging working conditions and precarious employment. The second is to identify ways that artists can support the mental health community by developing the capacity to use art as a means of promoting mental well-being for the community at large.
Amount Awarded:
$50,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Handle with Care–Strengthening Program Evaluation
Organization: Early Childhood Development Association of PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Handle with Care– Strengthening Program Evaluation will allow the Early Childhood Development Association of PEI to create an evaluation plan for the Handle with Care Program. The Handle with Care program consists of simple, interactive strategies that build on the strengths of parents and caregivers to help promote the social and emotional well-being of young children from birth to six years.
Amount Awarded:
$10,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Exploring Youth Vaping/Smoking Cessation and Prevention on PEI
Organization: Lung Association of Nova Scotia and PEI
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Exploring Youth Vaping/Smoking Cessation and Prevention on PEI will create a better understanding of the challenges and barriers youth and young adults encounter when trying to make a quit attempt, highlight opportunities for improvement to help youth who are addicted and provide evidence-based recommendations for advanced youth-focused cessation opportunities.
Amount Awarded:
$30,000 1-year funding
PROJECT TITLE: Liberation School for BIPOC Resilience and Mental Well-Being
Organization: BIPOC USHR
Grant Year: 2021-2022
Summary: Liberation School for BIPOC Resilience and Mental Well-Being aims to increase the ability of BIPOC communities on PEI to “regain a sense of hope and imagine a positive future” in the face of daily racial trauma and re-establish a sense of safety, belonging, and dignity, both at the individual and community level. Based on the theories of decolonization, liberation psychology and critical consciousness, the curriculum of the school will be designed to increase confidence, pride, self-concept, and to improve knowledge on BIPOC histories, traditions, and approaches to mental health and addictions.
Amount Awarded:
$70,911.50 1-year funding