Grants and Contributions

This 36-month project will expand leadership opportunities and increase the participation of young women in formal political arenas through engagement with a diverse array of elected officials and the political institutions in which they serve. It will foster increased awareness among emerging women leaders about the diverse journeys of women in Canada and highlight the political advances made to date as well as the significant challenges that remain, using an anti-oppression approach to ensure equitable representation and participation. The young women will be equipped as effective champions in their communities to advance women socio-economic and democratic participation through community initiatives directed at women.

This 24-month project will engage Indigenous women to develop a practical, sustainable toolbox of culturally appropriate resources which will result in sustainable and long-term change towards the economic security and prosperity of Indigenous women and girls. Participants will develop clear targets and an action maps to identify effective, community-specific mechanisms and solutions, such as how to set up a network. An implementation plan will be put forward with the support of the Department of Workforce and Advanced Learning that will include opportunities for Indigenous women and girls as part of the departments’ overall plan for economic prosperity.

This 36-month project will address existing barriers to Indigenous women’s economic security and prosperity in northern British Columbia by incorporating a gendered lens in the economic development plans of First Nations Band Councils. This will be achieved by establishing partnerships, conducting a needs assessment utilizing gender-based analysis, researching models of best practices, developing a First Nations economic development manual and workshop series and implementing identified test strategies. This will build the capacity of First Nations communities and their governance structures to identify and incorporate the needs of women into community economic development plans.

This 36-month project will work with partners in key employability sectors to improve the path to employment for women in vulnerable situations (WVS) in the Laval region. The project aims to reduce systemic barriers such as those related to transportation, access to childcare or measures for family-work-studies balance. Project partners will be assisted to adapt practices, and a gender-based analysis (ACS+) will be applied to the advocacy platforms of at least one regional coalition so that it can better defend the rights of women in vulnerable situations.

These 2-day civil society events will bring together a steering committee of civil society organizations to work with the Canadian government to ensure that civil society has a relevant role to play in the upcoming Women’s Foreign Minister’s Meeting and to look at innovative ways to engage Canadian civil society as well as global civil society.

This 36-month project will work to make progress on some of the key areas identified in the survey and increase the participation of women and girls in the manufacturing sector. Planned activities will aim to encourage women to enter careers in manufacturing by raising awareness of the benefits of a manufacturing career in Canada. CME will also create regional networks to work with the established national working group to promote programs that attract more women into Canadian manufacturing professions. In order to create more inclusive and diverse workplaces, CME will develop a set of best practices toolkit for manufacturers to adopt and report on progress.

Additional funding of $50,000 will strengthen partnership development, scale-up current programming, and identify opportunities for sustained impact among women in manufacturing across Canada.

The Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces Global Initiative is the first international program that develops, implements, and evaluates tools, policies, preventative approaches and responses to sexual harassment, as well as other forms of sexual violence against women and girls in public spaces around the world. This Forum is a unique opportunity for member cities to gather together and share current international research to prevent and address Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in public spaces.

This 36-month project will work to make progress on some of the key areas identified in the 2016 Management Issues survey and increase the participation of women and girls in the manufacturing sector. Planned activities will aim to encourage women to enter careers in manufacturing by raising awareness of the benefits of a manufacturing career in Canada. CME will also create regional networks to work with the established national working group to promote programs that attract more women into Canadian manufacturing professions. In order to create more inclusive and diverse workplaces, CME will develop a set of best practices toolkit for manufacturers to adopt and report on progress.

This 36-month project seeks to increase economic security and prosperity among Inuit childcare workers by developing and testing an Inuit Early Childhood Education (ECE) diploma program with Algonquin College. The culturally-specific model and content will be shaped by focus groups with Inuit women and girls, in tandem with reviews of existing preparatory and training programs. Market research with prospective employers will also be undertaken, with demand for qualified Indigenous educators expected to be increasing to meet the needs of the growing Inuit population in Ottawa.

This 36-month project seeks to remove institutional barriers causing women's under-representation in Quebec's transport industry. The project will ensure a better understanding of the systemic barriers faced by women in accessing training and working as drivers, and then work towards changing current recruitment, integration and training practices of businesses and training centres. In collaboration with key partners from the private sector and two training centres, an action plan will be developed and concrete actions will be taken in six regions. Private businesses, training centres, the provincial trucking association and Via Prévention will offer resources to develop and implement new tools, provide support for the sector and share the new practices. An advisory committee of sector leaders will ensure the project’s governance and results sharing through province-wide transport industry events, promotional tools and partners' and stakeholders' websites.