Rooted in Respect: Métis-Led Paths to Ending Domestic & Gender-Based Violence

Rooted in Respect: Métis-Led Paths to Ending Domestic & Gender-Based Violence

A provincial project led by Métis women for Métis women and 2SLGBTQIA+ peoples: grounded in community voices, culture, and lived experience.

SWOT

Rooted in Métis Voices.

This provincial project gathered the lived and living experiences of Métis women and 2SLGBTQIA+ community members across Saskatchewan to understand barriers, strengths, and urgent needs related to domestic and gender-based violence. Guided by Indigenous Research Methodologies, this project prioritizes cultural safety, community leadership, and Métis data sovereignty.

Strengths • Weaknesses • Opportunities • Threats

SWOT Findings:

What We Heard Across Saskatchewan

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Regional Infographics
Executive Summary

Where We Are Now
The Path Forward

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LFDM is currently working on the next stage of this project: transforming community-identified needs into concrete action. Guided directly by the voices and recommendations shared across Saskatchewan, we are advancing solutions that honour Métis identity, self-determination, and lived experience.

Our work is currently centering around five foundational pillars:

  • Investment in Métis-led services and safe spaces

  • Trauma-informed, land-based and culture-based supports

  • Métis data governance and culturally safe programming

  • Inclusive services for 2SLGBTQIA+ and gender-diverse community members

  • Rural and northern accessibility solutions

These pillars reflect what Métis community members told us is urgently needed to ensure that every person, regardless of location, gender identity, or circumstance, has access to safety, dignity, and healing.

Key Messages from Community

  • Healing happens through culture, land, Elders, and community.

  • Métis-specific services save lives.

  • We need supports that include women, men, Two-Spirit, trans, and gender-diverse people..

  • Safety must be community-led, not government-controlled.