Grants and Contributions

This 48-month project will test and evaluate the application of the Aboriginal Women's Intervention as a promising practice in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, including its expansion to the experiences of immigrant women in order to improve the health and well-being of women survivors of intimate partner violence.

This 60-month project will develop, implement, and evaluate a cross-sector, multiagency, multidisciplinary community response to the commercial sex trafficking of vulnerable children and youth in order to improve the quality and consistency of care provided to young victims and their families.

The aim of this 33-month project is to develop a strategic plan for the organization in order to reorganize and strengthen RECAF's organizational capacities. The concept of gender will be integrated into the organization's system of operations, allowing the organization to better meet the socio-economic needs of Francophone women and girls of ethno-cultural origin and contribute to gender equality.

The financial and time supplement is granted to allow RECAF to finalize the drafting and promotion of a manual on the concept of gender, and to strengthen the capacities of the Francophone community network in Ontario to serve Francophone women and girls of ethnocultural origin.

This 24-month project will address organizational capacity to allow Hiatus House to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced by strengthening internal Human Resources policies and procedures; updating the payroll management system to mitigate risk and improve recruitment and retention; as well as a website revision to ensure accessibility in both official languages through a user-friendly platform for the Windsor-Essex County community members and partners.

Supplemental funding will be used to improve internal team’s ability to provide safe and flexible care for all women by bringing knowledge and tools to improve and evaluate outcomes and by partnering with the Indigenous community; to increase diversity of funding and implement collaborative initiative to increase sector sustainability.

This 48-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of an advocacy strategy to heighten participation in existing advocacy events and campaigns raising awareness about gender-based violence, as well as the establishment of a medium-term advocacy campaign, 'Woman Up Waterloo.' This new campaign will include community engagement, a sustainable fundraising strategy, and the collection and analysis of gender-based data to inform community programming and be made available through a newly created database.

Supplemental funding will be used to acquire a printer and software as well as hire external specialists to assist with content writing and graphic design.

This 24-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow the Young Women’s Christian Association of Cambridge (YWCA Cambridge) to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of a social enterprise model connected to the local food industry that will create opportunities to advance the economic security of women and gender nonconforming individuals who face barriers and discrimination in finding employment and meaningful connections.

The supplemental funds will cover the costs of physically moving the social enterprise to a new location.

This 49-month project will address organization capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic changes towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: human resources management, board governance, strategic planning, Gender-Based Comparative Analysis Plus, and restructuring of the organization.

The additional funding will be used to increase the number of hours allocated to the project in order to ensure its progress in the context of COVID-19.

This 45-month project will address organization capacity needs to allow the organization to continue promoting social and systemic changes towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the following activities: human resources management, board governance, strategic planning and diversification of the organization's funding sources.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the development of an advocacy strategy to heighten participation in existing advocacy events and campaigns raising awareness about gender-based violence, as well as the establishment of a medium-term advocacy campaign, 'Woman Up Waterloo.' This new campaign will include community engagement, a sustainable fundraising strategy, and the collection and analysis of gender-based data to inform community programming and be made available through a newly created database.

First supplemental funding will be used to acquire a printer and software as well as hire external specialists to assist with content writing and graphic design.

Second supplemental funding in 2023 will be used to increase organizational capacity to affect change by using the current advocacy activities to inform the development and implementation of an improved advocacy strategy at a provincial level for YWCA Ontario (led by Kitchener-Waterloo Young Women's Christian Association). This will involve 1) research and development to highlight foundation, 2) development of governance structure and 3) a two-year advocacy strategy.

This 60-month project will address organizational capacity needs to allow YWCA Muskoka to continue promoting social and systemic change towards gender equality. Organizational capacity will be enhanced through the establishment of a fund development and finance strategy, the development of a comprehensive Human Resources strategy with a focus on professional development, wellness, and succession planning, as well as an organizational strategic plan.

The 2023 supplemental funding will be used to strengthen the organization’s communication capacity by creating and disseminating a promotional video, while also supporting the development of an impact evaluation in collaboration with Sustainable Livelihood Canada.