Grants and Contributions

Through this 21-month systemic change project, Conscious Economics will scale their “HeARTwork: Advancing the Inclusive Economy: Empowering Women in the Workforce to Lead” project to advance women’s economic security and prosperity. The project will scale out to focus on women with a variety of intersecting identities, especially BIPOC women, who are operating in the Canadian gig-economy or identified as precariously employed. The project will address barriers that prevent women from achieving personal and economic wellbeing at work, by addressing issues like access to fair and equal pay, access to affordable and stable housing, resources to support families and children, access to good quality benefits, access to leadership positions, and safe and heathy workplaces. To do so, the project will convene community organizations and recruit corporate champions to co-create and implement internal systemic changes to overcome the barriers identified in a needs assessment, with intersectional women gig-workers being invited to work alongside them. Corporate champions will take a pledge to implement at least 1 and up to 10 of the developed solutions within their organizations and will be supported in doing so. Conscious Economics will also create a national awareness campaign about the needs of intersectional women gig-workers and the barriers they face, using a heart-centred approach that is mindful of the emotional, social, and systemic issues that prevent women from thriving at work.

Through this 33 months systemic change project, Keeping our Foot on the Gas: Pushing for Systemic Change in Canada's Supply Chain, Trucking HR Canada (THRC) will advance women's economic security and prosperity and representation in leadership and decision-making roles. This project will address systemic barriers within the male-dominated trucking industry using a two-pronged approach with established expertise. First, it will develop a comprehensive Women's Leadership Accord that employers can sign to signal commitment to advance women's status in the industry. Second, it will identify and train volunteers to be Equity Champions in their workplaces and the industry.

To do so, THRC will develop and implement a screening process to ensure signatories demonstrate commitment to dismantling barriers and enabling women's success. Resources will be developed and disseminated to help employers achieve this standard. Equity Champions will receive training to set positive examples and act as mentors, they will be provided with tools and participate in workshops to learn how to advocate for and support women in the industry. An external evaluator will measure/assess the project's impact.

Through this 33-month project, Sustainable Livelihoods Canada (SLC) will help advance the economic security and prosperity of women and gender-diverse people working in not-for-profit (NFP) organizations within the gender-based violence sector by working to get a better understanding of the systemic barriers affecting them and those they support and by developing solutions to address them. SLC will engage with three organizations in the Ontario to undertake organizational assessments through the implementation of its asset-based framework in order to identify key challenges and improve their internal systems, policies, and processes. SLC will collaboratively analyze systemic barriers related to funding, referrals, and advocacy goals to develop a roadmap for organizational sustainability. An external developmental evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project and the project and evaluation’s results will be share with the sector, via learning events and digital dissemination tools.

Through this 29-month systemic change project, Woman Abuse Council of Toronto will help advance women’s economic security and prosperity through systemic change. The project will address systemic barriers faced by diverse women in the STEM sector in Ontario by mitigating harassment and discrimination, challenging gender stereotypes, elevating women leadership roles, and advocating for required policy changes. Specifically, the organization will engage community agencies and STEM partners, including women working in STEM, to lead a needs assessment. They will then, develop an action plan including policy recommendations, and tools and resources for STEM corporate organizations and women in that sector. Following, the tools and resources developed will be disseminated through webinars, campaigns, and media in collaboration with STEM organizations. An external evaluator will measure and assess the impact of the systemic change project.

This project aims to promote greener agriculture through the production, use and analysis of forest-based biostimulants in agricultural settings.

This project aims to investigate the potential application of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for improved, resilient and sustainable swine production operations.

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)

Not a Project (Mandated or Core Funding)