Grants and Contributions

Through this 24-month project, the Fédération des communautés culturelles de l’Estrie will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. In particular, the project will address systemic barriers within Estrie organizations operating in the economic sphere, whether in education, career counselling, entrepreneurship, advocacy, or budget counselling. This will be achieved through creating partnerships, establishing an advisory committee, conducting a needs analysis among immigrant women, analyzing partner organizations’ client reception and services, and implementing strategies for adapting services in the area and sharing lessons learned. A Gender-Based Analysis Plus consultant will take part in various stages of the project, and an external evaluation will measure and assess the impact of this systemic change project.

Through this 20-month project, Surrey Pride will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by conducting interviews and collecting and archiving histories of 2SLGBTQIA+ lives in Surrey.

Through this 29-month project, the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) will help advance women’s economic security, prosperity, and representation in leadership and decision-making roles. Specifically, the project will address the needs and barriers to equality for women in the firefighting industry by creating, piloting and evaluating anti-bullying strategies and through the development of mitigation strategies. The statements themselves will promote understanding and help to depersonalize the context of bullying, support victims and encourage an accountable, respectful, and safe workplace. The development of these statements, in consultation with CAFC members, will result in the provision of educational materials and a code of conduct to promote an anti-bullying culture within the sector. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project

Through this 28-month project, Divers-Gens will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ needs and barriers to equality. To achieve this, the organization will conduct research and development by performing a literature review and holding meetings with partners and 2SLGBTQI+ groups. Divers-Gens will also produce training capsules and provide equity, diversity, and inclusion support meetings promoting the adoption of best practices in various sectors to address anti-2SLGBTQI+ hate. Finally, the organization will release a web platform and an application to share a list of certified discrimination-free places.

Through this 17-month project, Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to strategically and sustainably fulfill its organizational mission to provide safe shelter, resources, information, and advocacy to all persons who identify as women and their children. The project will 1) build organizational capacity in marketing through a needs assessment and development of a marketing plan; and 2) develop and implement organizational policies and procedures in consultation with relevant stakeholders including recruitment and retainment strategies, HR policies and tools, administrative policies, and safety and security policies.

Through this 17-month project, Thunder Pride Association will build stronger capacity of 2SLGBTQI+ community organizations and networks to advance 2SLGBTQI+ equality. It will address the need to increase organizational capacity to advocate for, educate, advance, celebrate and create opportunities for those in the 2SLGBTQ+ community to live safely and openly as themselves in Thunder Bay and Northwestern Ontario. The project will build and expand connections in Thunder Bay and surrounding northern communities, including a specific focus on reaching out to Indigenous communities and groups. This will be accomplished by holding online and in-person community meetings and events, conducting a needs assessment, sharing results with stakeholders and developing a volunteer engagement plan to engage in next steps.

Through this 29-month project, Queer and Trans Health Collective Society will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. More specifically, this project will address obstacles to healthcare faced by trans individuals in Alberta. This will be achieved through formative research, by working with healthcare providers and professional organizations to develop and implement best practice guidelines, a care strategy, and a training toolkit to support gender affirming care. By the end of the project, the organization aims to reduce discrimination to trans and gender diverse patients, leading to more positive experiences and increased access to gender affirming healthcare in Alberta.

Through this 29-month project, QueerTech will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities in the tech ecosystem. QueerTech will achieve this by building awareness around 2SLGBTQI+ realities in the tech space, fostering inclusive workplaces in the tech industry, and promoting more inclusions in the use of AI products and services. For this, QueerTech will develop a comprehensive toolkit and a series of workshops designed for key industry professionals who want to create a more inclusive Canadian tech ecosystem. QueerTech will support 600 HR professionals at small, medium, and large tech companies in assessing and addressing gaps in representation among their workforce and adopting more inclusive management practices. QueerTech will also build the awareness of 400 AI product managers and developers around algorithmic biases and help them identify ways to circumvent them and build AI tools that truly include and represent 2SLGBTQI+ realities. This project will improve the workplace experience and career development of over 2,500 2SLGBTQI+ professionals and significantly limit the exposure to harmful stereotypes or inaccurate information for millions of Canadian AI users.

Through this 28- month project, Rise Up Indigenous Wellness Society will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by establishing a Two-Spirit advisory circle, conducting policy review and identifying barriers, developing culturally relevant resources, advocating for policy changes, completing an evaluation and celebrating the Two-Spirited community.

Through this 17-month project, EcoEquitable Inc. will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the employment barriers faced by women, especially newcomers, living with low income, living with a disability, or racialized, whose first language is not English. The project will include the development of three core strategies; a fund diversification and fundraising strategy, a strategic plan, and an advocacy strategy, along with a gender-based analyses of their existing programs and communications plan, which will improve the ability of the organization to reach their goals, be sustainable, and make change.