Grants and Contributions

Through this 20-month project, Peers Victoria Resources Society will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need for the organization to build its capacity to better support BIPOC, migrant, immigrant and newcomer sex workers. The project will include consultations with organizations serving BIPOC, migrant, immigrant and newcomer sex workers, as well as direct consultations with service users. Peers Victoria will also host two events to share knowledge about how to better support BIPOC, immigrant, migrant and newcomer women, and develop a report with findings to disseminate to regional partners and stakeholders.

Supplemental funding in October 2024 will be used to expand collaboration with Supporting Women’s Alternatives Network (SWAN) Vancouver to provide additional consultation and support for the project.

Through this 20-month project of systemic change, the Réseau des groupes de femmes Chaudière-Appalaches (RGFCA) will expand the “STOP à l’âgisme envers les femmes en Chaudière-Appalaches” project to advance women’s access to leadership and decision-making positions and enable women aged 65 and over to actively participate in the region’s socio-political activities. This expansion project will be used to implement the recommendations of the research-action report from the previous project. It will foster social inclusion of women aged 65 and over by increasing their presence on various boards and committees, and through social intergenerational initiatives. The project will help deconstruct the social representation of senior women and develop social structures that include all women, including senior women. To achieve this, the RGFCA will work with various partners to implement new practices.

Through this 20-month capacity building project, The Shine Network Institute will enhance their capacity to advance gender equality by identifying the needs and barriers Indigenous women are facing within the Canadian screen sector.

Specifically, this project will focus on the development of strategic and long-term sustainable planning with the creation of a strategic plan, and the establishment of an Indigenous Pedagogy Policy.

The Shine Network Institute will conduct a needs assessment, comprehensive data collection and analysis, to gain a detailed understanding of the root causes and geographical differences of the challenges faced by Indigenous women in the Canadian screen sector. An Indigenous Pedagogy Policy will be implemented, focusing on education and training within the organization that is culturally informed, accessible, and safe. The Shine Network Institute will also develop a comprehensive strategic plan, serving as a roadmap for implementing sustainable solutions to the identified challenges, ultimately enhancing the impact and reach of the organization.

1.1. Through this 20 months systemic change project, Women in Aerospace Canada will help advance women’s economic prosperity and representation in leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers to increase the number of women in high-paying positions and facilitate their progression into leadership roles within Canada's aerospace sector by developing a scalable corporate auditing protocol to understand the driving factors within a corporation impacting the hiring, retention and progression of women in the aerospace sector. The audit will be deployed to four corporations in the sector (Ontario, QC, Prairies and Atlantic) and the results will be measured and assessed to develop recommendations. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 14-month project, Leeds and Grenville Interval House will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address policy and governance needs within the organization and build their capacity to respond to the women and children that they serve. The project will include the development of a policy manual with a GBA+ lens and the review of their by-laws to ensure compliance with legislation/ sector best-practices.

Through this 32-month systemic change project, CAYR Community Connections will help advance women and gender diverse people’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers by addressing institutional barriers to inclusion in York Region. The project will engage an expert in Safer Spaces programming to co-develop a module on barriers to economic security and prosperity, which will be added to their existing Safer Spaces curriculum. This will include engaging with women and gender-diverse people and stakeholders in York Region, and then creating and delivering the customized safer spaces training to stakeholders in the area. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 21-month project, WORTH Association will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s need to increase its reach with women in tourism, hospitality, and recreation, while gaining data to inform its goals and effectiveness in advocacy. The project will invest in CRM software, engage stakeholders to gather feedback, and develop and implement an organizational evaluation framework.

Through this 20-month systemic change project, Canadian Women and Sport will scale its Gender Equity Playbook initiative to new regions in Atlantic, Ontario, Prairies, and Pacific and to stakeholders across Canada to advance women’s equality through representation in leadership and decision-making roles in the sports sector.

The project will address systemic barriers and existing norms, practices and approaches that limit women’s opportunities for leadership, employment, and participation in sport, including diverse, Indigenous and BIPOC women, women with disabilities, and 2SLGBQTI+ people. To do so, the project will engage participants in GBA Plus and online training, organizational needs assessment, community of practice, action planning, change implementation, and support and engagement in a network of champions and changemakers. A measurement and evaluation plan will be implemented and a pan-Canadian and regional reports will be produced to disseminate the project’s results.

Through this 20-month project, Tahiuqtiit Womans Society will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s need to strengthen its infrastructure and outreach capacity to fulfill their mandate to support the equality of Inuit∕Inuvialuit women in the Nunakput region, which is comprised of four communities, Paulatuk, Sachs Harbour, Tuktoyaktuk and Ulukhaktok. The project will include governance training for the Board of Directors, development of evaluation tools, diversification of revenue strategies, improving social media presence, and strategic planning. This project will ensure Inuit∕Inuvialuit women in the Nunakput region move toward greater political, social, and economic equality.

Through this 20-month project, Care Masters Women and Family Services will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to strategically and sustainably fulfill the organizational mission to address critical needs within the African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) community in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and Peel Region. The project will include 1) creating a 5-year strategic and sustainability plan; 2) enhancing financial management practices; 3) creating organizational structures to increase financial stability and sustainability; 4) building organizational capacity and related in-house resources through professional development and trainings to focus on staff and volunteer well-being, development and retention; and 5) conducting community engagement and research sessions with ACB women to prepare for program enhancement and establishing a network of Black and women-led and serving organizations.