Grants and Contributions

Through this 11-month project The Dragonfly Counseling and Support Centre will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s need for a strategic plan which will improve the operational efficiency of their organization along with strengthening their relationships with their clients, community, and stakeholders. The 5-year Strategic Plan aims to increase community access to the organization and empower women who will seek their counselling services. Key activities include expanding on their gender justice and Indigenous principles, the development of a comprehensive strategic plan and communications strategy ensuring alignment between the organization’s Community and Agency goals for sustainable growth that will improve their capacity to support their commitment to ending the cycle of sexual abuse and assault in North Central East Alberta.

Through this 17-month project, Hum-WE will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to: 1) fill gaps in leadership skills and qualities within the organization to increase long-term viability; 2) create a solid plan to increase funding for their transitional shelter facility for domestic abuse victims ensuring privacy and safety; 3) build connections and collaborations with other organizations, government agencies, and stakeholders to pool resources, share knowledge, and coordinate services. As such, the project will include a capacity building needs assessment; skill development workshops; the development of a funding strategy; collaboration with organizations identified as having shared values and goals, particularly those focusing on women's empowerment and domestic violence, and the development and use of a robust project monitoring and evaluation framework.

Through this 17-month systemic change project, Black Women Film (BWF) will help advance the security, economic prosperity and representation of Black, non-binary and trans women producers in leadership and decision-making roles within the film and media industry, through systemic change. Specifically, the project will tackle the systemic barriers they face in order to improve their access to opportunities, and to safer and more inclusive working environments, at all stages of production. To achieve this, BWF will organize four mentored producer residencies in Halifax, Montreal, Winnipeg and Vancouver. The organization will lead a national participatory focus group study and evaluate the initiative throughout the project, using national charettes, video interviews and feedback gathering. An external evaluation will measure the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 30-month project, the African Canadian Civic Engagement Council will help advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers for racialized women and women of African descent within governance roles. This will be achieved through education and training, mentorship, outreach and policy advocacy, and partnership development. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the project.

Through this 29-month project, Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour will address the needs and barriers to equality for 2SLGBTQI+ communities. This will be achieved by forming a Racial Equity Steering Committee for strategic planning, conducting a comprehensive organizational assessment, creating and disseminating resources, developing an online oral history collection from Indigenous LGBTQ+ individuals, and conducting evaluation and sustainability planning.

Through this 30-month project, Divergenres will address 2SLGBTQI+ communities’ needs and barriers to equality, specifically those of the trans and non-binary community. To achieve this, the organization will provide workshops to educate trans people on their rights and existing mechanisms to uphold those rights. It will also develop training for frontline workers and community organizations on trans rights and strategies for promoting them. This education work will be supported through the creation and dissemination of a guide and card game for trans people on their rights, as well as a handbook on trans rights for the relevant practitioners. Finally, Divergenres will select and train two groups in the greater Québec City area to support trans people through processes related to their rights.

This 14-month project aims to support the coordination and implementation of the “Women’s 7” (W7), one of several official engagement groups facilitating inputs and discussions with civil society and experts, while contributing to improved gender equality outcomes resulting from Canada’s G7 Presidency in 2025. This will be achieved through the engagement of feminist activists and subject matter experts from Canada, G7 countries and the Global South in the gender-based analysis of Canada’s G7 themes and priorities; the gender analysis of previous G7 policy documents and commitments; the development of policy recommendations; and the engagement of G7 officials and gender equality leaders, including Canada, G7 Countries, and the Gender Equality Advisory Council (GEAC). Key activities include the publication of research papers providing a gender-based analysis of Canada’s G7 priorities, the formation of thematic working groups who will provide recommendations on Canada’s G7 priorities, the development of policy documents including a communique, analysis and recommendations, the communication and outreach of W7 policy documentation, and the engagement with the GEAC.

Through this 19-month project, the Centre de femmes l’Éclaircie will build its capacity to advance women’s equality. It will revitalize its services and activities from an intersectional perspective. The project will include analyzing the Centre’s services and activities to ensure they meet the needs of women at the intersections of multiple forms of oppression, developing mechanisms and strategies to ensure intersectional feminism is integrated into and applied across all the organization’s services and activities, developing partnerships, and sharing new internal strategic resources both within the organization and with its community and partners.

Through this 17-month project, Providing Advocacy, Counselling & Education Society (PACE) will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address four urgent organizational needs and undertake a thorough strategic planning process.

The project will include completing a community needs assessment, restructuring organizational hierarchy, address workplace culture and establish processes to support staff wellness and retention, develop a concrete action plan to move offices and develop a new strategic plan.

Through this 18-month project, missINFORMED will build its capacity to advance gender equality by developing a sustainability strategy. This strategy will ensure the organization addresses the health and health system information needs of young women and gender diverse people across Canada. The project will leverage community-based insights, third-party expertise, and continuing education and networking to ensure a sustainable future for the organization to serve the community of women, girls, and gender-diverse young people in Canada.