Grants and Contributions

Through this 19-month systemic change project, Rise Women’s Legal Centre will scale Rural, Remote, and Northern Lawyer Practices to advance women’s economic prosperity. The project will scale GV21609 to directly influence and change lawyer’s practices to address barriers to economic participation due to unequal access to family law amongst women experiencing violence in rural, remote, and Northern communities. To do so, the project will develop and deliver personalized, targeted trainings and supports to lawyers, strengthen sectoral collaborations to cultivate knowledge-sharing opportunities, and produce a publicly available podcast to enhance supports for lawyers’ needs in the context of rural, remote, and Northern practices.

Through this 20-month project Northern Society for Domestic Peace will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to build organization capacity to meet its goals of a sustainable future of excellence in service delivery working to end gender-based violence. The project will include updating an implementing a strategic plan, development of policies and procedures manuals and development of a sustainable funding model.

Through this 32-month project, Femme & Pouvoir will help advance women’s access to leadership and decision-making roles through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers within businesses by conducting a study about Afrodescendant and racialized women in decision-making roles in QC, organizing bi-monthly workshops to create systemic change, creating a practical guide for racialized women and businesses, and sharing systemic change tools. An external evaluation team will measure and assess the impacts of this systemic change project.

Through this 19-month systemic change project, TechGirls Canada (TGC) will scale the Catalyst project to advance women's economic security and prosperity. It will scale to increase stakeholder networks and collaboration. This project will address barriers immigrant women face in STEM hiring and career advancement practices and build partnership between STEM employers and immigrant serving agencies (ISAs). To do so, TGC will develop CatalystNEXT, a career advancement training program that will connect ISAs to regional STEM employers, equip employers with accessibility to immigrant women's job applications and online career portfolios, and empower STEM employers with effective practices for hiring them. TGC will also develop a sustainable collaboration model.

Through this 19-month project, EFry Hope and Help for Women will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address gaps in knowledge and skills around human resource management, program delivery, and change management. The project will include, 1) developing guidelines and training material on ensuring administrative fairness in service delivery; 2) updating human resource policies and procedures, and performance management tools; 3) delivering training on how to audit adherence to international law with respect to women’s and children’s rights within the Canadian criminal justice system; and 4) creating resources and training to support change management within the agency.

This 19-month project will build Refugee Women's Network's capacity to advance gender equality by addressing the barriers to equality refugee women face during their settlement in the country and by increasing the organization’s financial sustainability. To do this, refugee women will be engaged in the organization’s research to identify and understand their needs, experiences and challenges. Findings will be used to adapt the organization’s programming to their needs and cultural diversity, therefore facilitating their integration into Canadian society and improving their quality of life. The hiring of a grant writer will also contribute to increasing the organization’s fundraising ability in order to sustain its services to refugee women..

Through this 19-month project, Women in Music Canada will build its capacity to advance gender equality and support women and gender-diverse creators and innovators in the music industry.

This project will address lack of capacity within the organization and their regional chapters to grow opportunities and communication in line with the growing needs of the industry. This will allow WIMC to engage on a national level, and support partner organizations trying to tackle gender barriers and increase opportunities for underserved women and gender-diverse individuals in the industry.

The project will include increased staff support for membership, networking development opportunities, communications, administration, and organization leadership. This will allow WIMC to be more actively engaging with members, financially support regional chapters, discover more opportunities, elevate support and benefits for women and non-binary artists, and break down barriers to success in the music industry in Canada. Additionally, new administration and sponsor fulfillment support will allow the organization to increase private support beyond this project to sustain and continue growth. This funding will also support WIMC ability to translate communication materials and meet the needs of the Francophone communities in the Canadian music industry.

Through this 19-month project, Dress for Success Orillia and Barrie will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address challenges in governance, financial management, and human resources that hinder the organization’s capacity to support women in achieving economic security. The project will include, 1) updating Bylaws to ensure compliance with the Ontario Not-for-Profit Corporations Act; 2) developing a new strategic plan and fund development plan; 3) developing human resource policies and procedures; 4) developing a communication plan and training for staff; and 5) developing policies, and corresponding training, to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Through this 19-month systemic change project, Information and Communication Technology Council of Canada (ICTC) will scale the ''Advancing Women's Leadership in Canada's Digital Economy'' project to advance women’s representation in leadership and decision-making roles in Canada’s emerging technology sectors, focusing on cleantech, health, biotech, agri-foods and manufacturing. This project will be scaled to new locations in British-Columbia, Alberta, MB, Ontario and QC in order to address the systemic barriers faced by women and marginalized groups in accessing managerial, executive and board positions within small and medium-sized private and not-for-profit organizations. To achieve this, ICTC will undertake research on targeted populations to adjust its approach, training and tools. It will engage organizations supporting women and gender diverse people in the project, organize focus groups, workshops and webinars, and provide resources and mentoring opportunities for women through its Online Gender Equity Centre. The project will culminate in a roundtable discussion aimed at developing effective and sustainable strategies for accessing senior management positions.

Through this 19-month project, Rowan House Society will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the organization’s needs with regards to its operational development and community engagement. The project will include the development of a strategic funding and donor stewardship plan, the development of a communications strategy and community engagement strategy, the development of strategic policies and procedures, and staff training.