Grants and Contributions

Through this 18-month project, Solidarité des femmes et familles interconnectées francophones du Niagara (SOFIFRAN) will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address emerging issues facing francophone immigrant women in the Niagara region. The project will include research, an external assessment and community consultations to better understand the issues faced by French-speaking immigrant women in the region, and to identify priority actions to address them using a Gender Base Analysis Plus (GBA+) approach. The project will also include the development of a strategic plan, partnerships and training for the SOFIFRAN team in mental health, digital tools and computer software. An evaluation will be carried out to measure the results of the project.

Through this 24-month project, the Alliance des femmes de la francophonie canadienne (AFFC) will help advance access to leadership and decision-making roles for Francophone and Acadian women in minority communities across the country through systemic change. In collaboration with partner organizations, the AFFC will address systemic and structural barriers these women face. The organization will draw on research and best practices found in the literature to develop and provide strategic tools and workshops that support community organizations in implementing organizational changes to increase women’s representation in decision-making roles. The AFFC will equip itself with an action plan and a training plan focused on strengthening organizational capacity on inclusive diversity management, gender equality, and creating sexism-free environments. An external evaluation will measure the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 21-month systemic change project, The Re-Seasoning Coalition (TRSC) will help advance the economic security and prosperity, and representation in leadership and decision-making roles for Black women in the foodservice industry. To do so, the project will conduct race-based research; develop an e-learning program (ELP) for industry leaders to learn about equity, anti-Black racism, and how to improve processes of promotion, recruitment, and retention of Black women; and promote the ELP at industry conferences and through partner networks. TRSC will also publish a content series that challenges stereotypes and highlights Black women in foodservice, host conferences for knowledge sharing, and connect Black women to industry leaders, recruiters, and mentors to build opportunities for advancement. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 18-month project, Cowichan Women Against Violence Society will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization's need for a new strategic direction that will creatively support the equity, health, safety and security of its clients. The project will include trauma-informed community consultations which will inform the development of a strategic plan, creation of the draft strategic plan, and review and revision of the plan based on stakeholder feedback. The project will also use data from community consultations to develop strategic goals and objectives.

Through this 30-month project, Saskatchewan Queer Mental Health Collective (SQMHC) will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities in urban and rural Saskatchewan by improving capacity for mental health practitioners providing mental health care to 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by discovering and documenting the inclusive mental health services landscape through community mapping and by creating educational materials, toolkits, workshops and networking opportunities/mentorship for mental health providers, and providing access to a Clinical Advisor and Elder-in-Residence to support providers across the province. SQMHC will also develop a case support framework and sustainability plans to ensure future improvements to the educational components and for maintaining professional mentorship support. This project will result in the creation of a comprehensive provider directory, increased awareness and competency among mainstream providers of queer and trans inclusive services, and improved access to inclusive mental health care for underserved queer, trans and Two Spirit communities across Saskatchewan.

Through this 30-month systemic change project, the UN Global Compact Network Canada will help advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles by targeting male allyship. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within gender norms and attitudes, and authority, voices at the table, and decision-making power by focusing on the role of male allyship for gender equality. This will be done through conducting consultation sessions with women from equity-deserving groups to understand existing challenges and gaps to their career development, convening a male allyship working group to create space for candid conversations and identify areas where support and guidance is needed, bringing women leaders together in an advisory committee to discuss the impact allyship had on their careers, and developing a Male Allyship Action Plan Guide to highlight actionable steps and resources for any organization wanting to enhance allyship within their diversity, equity, and inclusion work. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Over a 18-month period, Women in Urbanism Canada (WIUC) will undertake this project to increase its capacity to advance gender equity in Canadian cities. This will be achieved through strategic planning and development across the areas of governance, human resources, finances, and communications. The key activities include creating strategies, developing policies and procedures, and strengthening internal capacity through training. This project will support the growth of the organization, thereby advancing positive change for more women, girls, and gender-diverse people in communities across Canada.

Through this 18-month project, Gender Equity in Media Society Vancouver will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s need for training, updated policies and practices, and focused organizational direction. The project will include a review and update to human resource policies, development of financial sustainability strategies, board and staff training, upgrades to operational systems, and strategic planning.

Through this 30-month project, TransEstrie will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ equality-related needs and barriers. To do this, the organization will first prepare a plain-language guide for healthcare professionals on interpreting and applying the Standards of Care for the Health of Transgender and Gender Diverse People (SOC) in Quebec. The guide will help healthcare professionals to adopt practices that are both consistent with the SOC and reflective of Quebec’s realities. Through this work, TransEstrie wishes to improve the provision of care to gender-diverse people. Second, TransEstrie will develop a multimedia tool based on the principle of the “human library” and the experiences of “photovoices.” This will promote subjects’ autonomy in their self-representation by encouraging them to express their agency and authority in their medical journey, and it will help humanize trans and non-binary people’s experiences.

Through this 19-month project, the Comité de la Condition Féminine au Témiscamingue will build its capacity to advance women’s equality. It will address the need to adjust the organization’s practices in response to recent increase in complexity of specific issues affecting women within its operating area. The project will include research and documentation on the reality for women in Témiscamingue through an intersectional lens as well as integrating the feminist intersectional approach into the organization’s practices.