Grants and Contributions

This 33-month project will facilitate the development of a feminist framework to monitor Canada's compliance with international human standards and provide recommendations to ensure that domestic laws and policies encourage women and girls to participate in leadership and decision-making roles. More specifically, FAFIA will enhance the capacity of women’s human rights organizations; increase awareness among women human rights advocates about the role of provincial and territorial legislatures and governments; ensure that the emerging Canadian accountability regime for human rights includes representatives of women’s right advocacy organizations and support participation of women’s human rights advocates in this new regime through the production and dissemination of GBA+ analyses of key international human rights instruments. This project aims to equip women’s human rights organizations with the knowledge, skills and resources to operate more effectively. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 20-month systemic change project, Kingston Employment & Youth Services Inc. will scale the Workplace Inclusion Charter Implementation project to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. It will scale to the Science, Technology, and Manufacturing sectors. It will address barriers to entry, retention, and promotion for women who are racialized, Indigenous, and living with disabilities. To do so, the project will 1) consult women, sector employers, and other relevant stakeholders to deepen understanding of the barriers; 2) tailor the Workplace Inclusion Toolkit informed by findings from consultations and an environmental scan of best practices in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; 3) engage 30 employers to adopt the Workplace Inclusion Charter with the support of Inclusion Coaches, who themselves are women with intersecting identities; 4) facilitate a Community of Practice to sustain learning by employers and support their efforts in change management; and 5) conduct ongoing program review and evaluation in preparation for a final best practices toolkit.

Through this 20-month project, Hope Restored Canada aims to advance gender equality by strengthening their capacity to support programing and safe housing for women and those identifying as women exiting a life of being sexually trafficked. The project will include the creation of a strategic plan, development an operational plan to address strategic priorities as well as development of an operational framework on policy and human resources.

Engagement will occur with survivors and partnering agencies such as Prairie Harm Reduction, Sagesse Domestic Violence Prevention Society, Sexual Assault Services of SK, and North Sask. Victim Services. These organizations provide supports, referrals, education tools and awareness and communication tools and will participate in the project to inform strategic priorities.

By the end of the project Hope Restored will have enhanced their capacity and sustainability to provide safe housing, multi-faceted education/trauma-informed healing programs, cultural education and skill building opportunities that make a measurable impact, transform, and support the lives of sexually exploited and trafficked women and youth in SK.

Through this 32-month systemic change pan-Canadian project, the Canadian Center for Women’s Empowerment (CCFWE) will address systemic barriers that hinder opportunities for economic security and prosperity in the tourism and hospitality sectors for women and 2SLGBTQI+ survivors of gender-based violence.

The project will work to change policies by engaging policymakers for closing the gender and racial gap, aligning current policies with international human rights documents (CEDAW and Beijing Declaration), addressing discriminatory impacts of the current employment insurance on women, particularly single mothers, and strengthening labour regulations to make workplaces for survivors more inclusive.

An environmental scan and SWOT analysis will be conducted in the tourism ∕ hospitality sector to understand the current barriers to women’s employment opportunities, conduct consultations, and develop inclusive policies that address gender wage gaps, discriminatory attitudes, workplace safety for survivors, and leadership opportunities for women.

Additionally, the project will address barriers to access micro-loan and lending practices for women survivors’ business owners by collaborating with financial institutions and loan programs to implement inclusive policies. The project will foster and reinforce partnerships across various sectors by implementing GBA+ sensitive policies, involving voices from diverse intersectional backgrounds in decision-making processes, and facilitating meaningful community engagement to enhance economic security and prosperity efforts. Finally, an external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 20-month systemic change project, Mères avec pouvoir (MAP) will scale “Le HUB,” a sharing network helping to empower women and make their voices heard to advance their economic security and prosperity. The initial project aimed to build and strengthen partnerships to find housing solutions for single mothers through multidisciplinary work. The current project will break down barriers facing women who lead lone-parent families in balancing their studies or work with family life, and it will propose viable solutions. To achieve this, MAP will conduct a strategic analysis, develop an action plan and recommendations, engage various partners, and deploy a communications and stakeholder engagement strategy.

Through this 32-month systemic change project, International Centre for Family Welfare (ICFW) will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. Specifically, the project will address systemic barriers preventing racialized women from fully participating in political activities. The project will 1) mobilize a network of women and partners; 2) develop and promote a non-partisan (across party lines) policy that supports participation of racialized women in politics; and 3) reinforce the capacity and systemically support racialized women who are interested in participating in politics by addressing gaps that prevent their effective participation. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 32-month project, the East Prince Women's Information Committee (EPWIC) will help advance women's economic and leadership opportunities through systemic change. Specifically, the project will create systemic change in workplaces in the Greater Summerside area of PE. EPWIC will support employers in the creation or enhancement of sexual harassment and violence policies, including through training, education, and awareness building activities. The project will also support women who have experienced workplace sexual harassment by offering resources and guiding through processes.

The project will benefit from the oversight of an advisory committee of relevant stakeholders, and throughout the course of the project, EPWIC will collect data on the number of women who have experienced violence, the businesses who have new or enhanced sexual harassment policies, and the impact of training and awareness sessions. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

Through this 20-month project, Sqwem-Sqwem Consulting Services Society will build its capacity to advance gender equality. It will address the need to strengthen board governance and the need to foster stronger relationships with government and First Nations and government entities. The project will include the development and implementation of a board policies and procedures manual and will build key partnerships with other First Nations and government entities to further advocate for Indigenous women and girls.

Through this 20-month project, Sisters in the Brotherhood (SIB) will build its capacity to advance gender equality throughout the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (UBC) in Canada. It will address the barriers faced by women in the construction industry including lack of representation, access to mentorship and a broader network of tradeswomen, access to adapted childcare, and addressing barriers relating to harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination. It will also strengthen SIB's capacity to engage with women in the construction and drive systemic change within the UBC.

This project will include strategic partnership development based on a needs assessment, the formation of new SIB committees from coast to coast to coast, as well as the strengthening of existing ones. It will also enhance the sisters’ network, notably by increasing the capacity of the SIB committees to host events and build networks. In addition, it will develop an advocacy strategy on childcare, and a data collection and analysis strategy. Lastly, it will enhance UBC's recording, reporting and response to incidents of harassment, sexual harassment, and discrimination. All the activities will be conducted with a GBA+ lens.

The supplemental funds will be used to cover expenses for a dedicated support person to maintain administrative tasks. This will aid in streamlining operations, allowing for enhanced outreach and improved project efficiency.

Through this 32-month project, Carrier Sekani Family Services Society will help advance Indigenous women and girls’ representation in leadership and decision-making roles by creating spaces for policy forum discussions to occur that will create systemic change along Highway 16 (Highway of Tears) in Northern BC. This project will conduct an environmental scan of the original Highway of Tears recommendation report, conduct community consultations and focus groups in communities along Highway 16 to develop a new community led action plan.

Carrier Sekani Family Services Society will host the Highway of Tears 20th anniversary symposium to highlight this work and to collaborate further with multiple levels of government to create systemic change moving forward to address safety concerns, build relationships and reduce systemic barriers that exist for justice in the North. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.