Grants and Contributions

Through this 34-month systemic change project, Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters Inc. will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within workplaces, businesses, and organizations by shifting how employers respond to workplace GBV by changing attitudes, increasing awareness and professional development opportunities, and by designing preventative and protective measures to respond to GBV. This will be achieved by developing and delivering Train-the-Trainer workshops to various shelters so that they can best support local organizations in addressing GBV and by establishing networking opportunities to build awareness around GBV. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 34-month project, the New Brunswick Multicultural Council Inc. (NBMC) will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. The project will reduce barriers to participation and success in the workforce for newcomer women in New Brunswick. Specifically, it will connect with partners to gather information on current challenges faced by newcomer women and best human resources practices for employers. The collected information will then inform training opportunities to support employers in reducing barriers through improved internal policies. NBMC will focus on broader systems change through activities such as the creation of a short film as well as information and culturally appropriate supports for newcomer women. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 22-month systemic change project, Saint John’s Women Centre will scale Empowering Them e-course to advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles. The project will scale to participating employers to develop policies and procedures that create a work environment that values and leverages the contribution of women and gender diverse people. It will address barriers in the workplace faced by women and gender diverse people, empowering them to lead and take on decision-making roles. By creating a work environment that values and leverages the contribution of women and gender diverse people, participating businesses will encourage greater employee engagement, retention, and success. To do so, the project will engage with key employers and provide them with training while supporting the development and implementation of policies. Throughout the project, St. John’s Women’s Centre Inc. will conduct ongoing impact measurement to ensure training is relevant and effective.

Through this 22-month project, YWCA Halifax will conduct community-based research that will investigate sexual and gender-base violence (SGBV) in the skilled trades in Nova Scotia. It will identify the prevalence and experiences of 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals, address barriers to the accessibility and adequacy of workplace responses and supports, and provide recommendations to industry to prevent SGBV in the workplace and support survivors. To do so, the project will entail a targeted research phase which will include a literature review, relationship building work with key partners, engagement with 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals with lived experience and senior leaders in the skilled trade industry, and an analysis of results to identify best practices and develop recommendations for change and action. YWCA Halifax will create reports and multi-media pieces that summarize project findings and recommendations for key partners and stakeholders, and host a final meeting event to share project results, create workshop opportunities and develop action planning strategies for knowledge dissemination.

Through this 34 month systemic change project, the In Motion Network will help advance representation in leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within women’s representation in coaching and officiating positions across the Alberta sport system. The organization will use the principles of community-based research to develop a diverse women-led community who will identify and address long standing attitudes, policies, and practices that sustain exclusive (and at times harmful) sporting environments. The project will work to actively engage, centre, and affirm women with intersecting identities, not only as means of mobilizing diverse insights and lived experiences, but also to use these insights and experiences to co-create new transformational strategies, policies, and resources intended to increase the number of women in coaching and officiating positions and ensure diverse women are included in future decision-making processes. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project. 

Through this 22-month systemic change project, Women’s Network PEI will scale “Paths to Prosperity” to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. It will scale to re-examine the gendered experiences of poverty in the province of Prince Edward Island (PEI) by investigating how Covid-19, inflation, and the recent affordability crisis has impacted women and people from marginalized communities in PEI. This project will address inequalities related to gender, workforce, and the economy and will explore the gendered experiences in poverty across the province. To do so, it will bring together feminist and social justice organizations for a conference to explore Gender and Basic Income Guarantee in PEI while also mobilizing stakeholders to form a National Coalition of Feminists for Basic Income Guarantee.

Through this 34-month project, Action travail des femmes du Québec will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. In particular, the project will help identify systemic barriers that women face in complaint processes, including in seeking recourse for discriminatory harassment in the workplace, and more specifically, in situations involving an intersection of fundamental rights violations, such as sexual and racial harassment. The project will aim to raise awareness, mobilize and work with other organizations to address discriminatory harassment in the workplace, improve the current framework, and promote a more equitable society for all women. An external evaluation team will assess the project’s impact on systemic change.

Through this 34-month systemic change project, the South Asian Women’s Centre will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers faced by racialized women who are survivors of gender-based violence by researching the main barriers (through focus groups with survivors, a needs assessment, and consultations with like-minded organizations) and then developing a toolkit for Advocacy on Economic Empowerment, and training affected women on how to use it. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

This 22-month project will address the rise of hate towards the 2SLGBTQIA+ community by supporting Pride event teams and organizers across the country to ensure their security needs are met. This will be achieved through the further distribution of funds to Pride events to increase their safety and security, and the creation and implementation of training and resources on events safety to be made available to Fierté Canada Pride’s (FCP) network and beyond.

The second installment will allow Fierté Canada Pride to continue the Community Safety Fund for the Pride Season 2025-2026. Four bilingual online learning modules will be developed, grounded in the lessons learned and knowledge gathered through the first phase of the Community Safety Fund. These modules will focus on community safety planning, addressing rising hate, and creating inclusive and secure environments. The second installment will also support a national Community Safety Symposium, which will bring together grassroots organizations to share what’s working in their communities and further inform the development of tools and strategies to combat rising hate across the country.

The supplemental funding will further support Pride event teams and organizers to increase their safety and security by addressing unmet needs of small, rural and remote Pride events, and providing top ups to funded organizations, where necessary, to cover the increase in security costs this year.

Through this 22-month systemic change project, the Centre for Family Equity will scale the ‘Justice at Work for Lone Mothers’ initiative to advance women's and lone mothers’ economic security and prosperity in British Columbia. It will scale to deepen engagement, at the policy level, between lone parents and provincial policymakers in British Columbia. It will address policy and systemic barriers to lone mothers' economic participation and inclusion in British Columbia. To do so, the project will increase the mobilization of low-income lone mothers with Regional Community Impact Committees that promote their leadership in policymaking, conduct a public awareness campaign, and engage diverse regional stakeholders with policy recommendations informed by women’s lived experiences.